Please refer to Rule 6-12.4 Deferment and Exemption of the Rules Regulating the Florida Bar for details of deferment and exemption from the Basic Skills Course Requirement (BSCR).
Basic Skills Course Requirement Deferment Request
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Rule 6-12.4 Deferment and Exemption
(a) Deferment of Practicing with Professionalism Requirement.
(1) Deferment Eligibility. A member of The Florida Bar is eligible to defer compliance with the requirements of rule 6-12.3(a)(1), if:
(A) the member is on active military duty;
(B) compliance would create an undue hardship;
(C) the member is a nonresident member whose primary office is outside the state of Florida;
(D) the member elects inactive membership status in The Florida Bar; or
(E) the member is a full-time government employee who had benefited from the deferment of the Practicing with Professionalism requirement as of its May 12, 2005, elimination, as long as the member continuously remains in government practice.
(2) Deferment Expiration. A deferment of the requirements of rule 6-12.3(a)(1) as provided under this rule shall expire at the time the member is no longer eligible for deferment. Upon expiration, a member must:
(A) promptly notify The Florida Bar in writing of the date deferment expired; and
(B) attend the Practicing with Professionalism program within 12 months of deferment expiration;
(b) Deferment of Basic Level YLD Courses.
(1) Deferment Eligibility. A member of The Florida Bar is eligible to defer compliance with the requirements of rule 6-12.3(a)(2) if:
(A) the member is on active military duty;
(B) compliance would create an undue hardship;
(C) the member is a nonresident member whose primary office is outside the state of Florida;
(D) the member is a full-time governmental employee; or
(E) the member elects inactive membership status in The Florida Bar.
(2) Deferment Expiration. A deferment of the requirements of rule 6-12.3(a)(2) as provided under this rule shall expire at the time the member is no longer eligible for deferment. Upon expiration, a member must:
(A) promptly notify The Florida Bar in writing of the date deferment expired; and
(B) attend 3 elective, basic, substantive continuing legal education programs sponsored by the YLD within 24 months of deferment expiration.
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