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Tabas Appointed to Continuing Legal Education Board;Golden Named Chair; Shuster, Vice Chair

December 22, 2005

HARRISBURG, December 23, 2005 — The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania today announced the appointment of Lawrence J. Tabas, Esq., to the Continuing Legal Education Board. Tabas, of Philadelphia, was appointed to a three-year term beginning Dec. 31, 2005. Thomas M. Golden, Esq., of Berks County, was designated chair and Kelly H. Shuster, Esq., of Cumberland County, was designated vice chair, beginning Dec. 31, 2005. The board is comprised of 10 active Pennsylvania attorneys appointed by the Supreme Court. Member terms are three years in length, and no member may serve more than two consecutive terms. The board is responsible for administering the rules pertaining to continuing education for attorneys. This responsibility began with establishing the entire continuing legal education requirements system and continues to include updating the requirements and rules as necessary, monitoring each attorney’s compliance with the requirements, notifying attorneys of CLE status, and accrediting and monitoring CLE providers and courses. To best accomplish the requirements set forth by the Pennsylvania Rules for Continuing Legal Education, the Continuing Legal Education Board is organized into four committees, each covering a major area of operations: Accreditation, Administration, Audit and Compliance. Active attorneys in Pennsylvania must complete, during the compliance period to which he or she is assigned, 12 hours of continuing legal education including a minimum of one hour of ethics. (For more information on the CLE, or its board of directors, please visit: www.pacle.org.)