AMEND. TO RULES REG. FLA. BAR, RULE 6-12.1

No. 71466.

524 So.2d 634 (1988)

THE FLORIDA BAR RE: AMENDMENT TO RULES REGULATING THE FLORIDA BAR, RULE 6-12.1 (BASIC SKILLS COURSE REQUIREMENT).

Supreme Court of Florida.

April 21, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ray Ferrero, Jr., President, Fort Lauderdale, Rutledge R. Liles, President-elect, Jacksonville, John F. Harkness, Jr., Executive Director, Tallahassee, Bette E. Quiat, President, Young Lawyers Div. of The Florida Bar, Miami, Warren W. Lindsey, Bridge-The-Gap Committee of Young Lawyers Div., Winter Park, Ladd H. Fassett, Chairman, CLE Committee of Young Lawyers Div., Orlando, John N. Hogenmuller, Director, Programs Div., Tallahassee, and Tom Ervin, Tallahassee, for The Florida Bar, petitioner.


PER CURIAM.

The Florida Bar has petitioned this Court requesting approval of a mandatory basic skills course for all new admittees of The Florida Bar. We have jurisdiction. Art. V, § 15, Fla. Const.

The proposed basic skills course is patterned after the present "Bridge-The-Gap" voluntary seminar program which has been sponsored by the Young Lawyers Division of The Florida Bar since 1953. This program covers thirteen separate substantive areas, including...

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