Practice question
A lawyer refuses to learn major new procedural requirements, asserting that passing the Bar decades earlier conclusively establishes permanent competence. The lawyer continues accepting matters affected by those changes. Which is correct?
- Section8’s lifelong-learning duty defeats the claimed permanent exemption from professional development
- Bar passage ends all need to learn
- Only new lawyers must study changes
- A long practice automatically repeals new rules
- Only a paying client may request competence
Legal references
- CPRA AM22-09-01-SC, CanonIV Sections3,7–8; CanonV Section3; CanonVI Sections1,12,16,18,32, issued primary text: https://bir-cdn.bir.gov.ph/local/pdf/RMC%20No.%20123-2023%20Annex%20A.pdf
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