Rule
14-402. Definitions.
As used in this article:
(a) "active emeritus" or
"active emeritus lawyer" means a lawyer who has been a member of the
Bar for 50 years or who is 75 years of age as of July 1 of the current year and
who qualifies for active emeritus status as defined under the Bar's rules, regulations
and policies;
(b) "active
status" or "active status lawyer" means a lawyer who has elected
to be on active status as defined under the Bar's rules, regulations and
policies;
(c) "admission
on motion applicant or lawyer" means a lawyer who has applied for
reciprocal admission as defined under Rule 14-705 or has been admitted as such;
(d) "approved
law school" means an ABA approved law school as defined under Rule 14-701;
(e) "Bar" means the Utah State
Bar;
(f) "Board" means the Utah State
Board of Mandatory Continuing Legal Education as set forth in Rule 14-403;
(g) "Board of Bar Commissioners"
means the governing board of the Bar;
(h) "certificate
of compliance" means a written report evidencing a lawyer's completion of
accredited CLE as required and defined under Rule 14-414;
(i)
"CLE" means continuing legal education;
(j) "full
exam" means all components of the Bar Examination as defined under Rule
14-710;
(k) "inactive
status" or "inactive status lawyer" means a lawyer who has
elected to be on inactive status as defined under the Bar's rules, regulations
and policies;
(l) "MCLE" means mandatory
continuing legal education as defined under this article;
(m) "new admittee" means a lawyer newly admitted to the Utah
State Bar;
(n) “NLTP” means the New Lawyer Training
Program as set forth in Rule 14-404 and Rule 14-808;
(o) "presumptively
approved sponsor" means those CLE sponsors or providers who qualify under
the standards set forth in Rule 14-412;
(p) "presumptive
CLE accreditation" means those CLE courses or activities that qualify
under the standards set forth in Rule 14-412;
(q) "OPC" means the Bar's Office
of Professional Conduct;
(r) "OPC ethics school" means the
OPC annual seminar on the Utah Rules of Professional Conduct which provides six
CLE or NLCLE credit hours; and
(s) "Supreme Court" means the Utah
Supreme Court.