Bar Matter No. 850 requires members of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines to undergo continuing legal education to ensure that throughout their career they keep abreast of law and jurisprudence, maintain the ethics of the profession and enhance the standard of the practice of law.
Failure to comply with the MCLE requirements jeopardized the causes of clients because the pleadings filed could be stricken off from the records and considered invalid.
A lawyer's failure to comply with the MCLE requirements and disregard of the directives of the MCLE Office warrant his declaration as a delinquent member of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines.
