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?
- Any educational objective overrides the Court’s authority
- Every agency may regulate lawyers without limits
- Lawyers are exempt from all continuing education
- The Supreme Court’s control of legal practice recognized in Pimentel
- 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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