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Practice question: Supervision and Control of the Legal Profession (Const., Art. VIII, Sec. 5(5))

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Practice question

A government office claims its regulation of law schools lets it independently prescribe a new mandatory continuing-legal-education regime for practicing lawyers. Which authority limits that claim?
  1. Any educational objective overrides the Court’s authority
  2. Every agency may regulate lawyers without limits
  3. Lawyers are exempt from all continuing education
  4. The Supreme Court’s control of legal practice recognized in Pimentel
  5. Only private employers may regulate lawyers

Legal references

  • Pimentel v. LEB, G.R. 230642 and 242954, November 9, 2021 MR, decision standing in other respects: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2021/nov2021/gr_230642_2021.html

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