Section 9 - Newly-Admitted Attorneys(A)Exemption from continuing legal education requirements. An attorney newly admitted to the practice of law shall be exempt from the continuing legal educational requirements of Section 3 of this rule during the attorney's first biennial compliance period, provided that if the attorney is admitted to the practice of law during the second year of the attorney's biennial compliance period, the attorney shall be exempt during the biennial compliance period that follows the attorney's year of admission. However, the attorney shall complete the New Lawyers Training instruction in accordance with Section 14 of this rule by the deadline set forth in this division.(B) Exemption from New Lawyers Training. (1)The following newly admitted attorneys shall be exempt from the New Lawyers Training instruction requirements of Section 14 of this rule, but shall otherwise comply with the applicable requirements of this rule: (a) An attorney registered as inactive pursuant to Gov. Bar R. VI, Section 5;(b) An attorney admitted to the practice of law in Ohio pursuant to Gov. Bar R. I, Section 10:(c) An attorney temporarily admitted to the practice of law in Ohio pursuant to Gov. Bar R. I, Section 18;(d) An attorney registered as corporate counsel pursuant to Gov. Bar R. VI, Section 6.(2) Upon approval by the Commission on Continuing Legal Education, attorneys on full-time military duty who received an exemption for two biennial compliance periods pursuant to Section 12 of this rule may be exempted from the requirements of the New Lawyers Training instruction requirements, but shall otherwise comply with the applicable requirements of this rule.(C) Attorney previously registered as inactive. If an attorney has been exempt from the continuing legal educational requirements of Section 3 of this rule because the attorney has been registered as inactive and subsequently registers as active, the attorney shall complete the New Lawyers Training instruction in accordance with Section 14 of this rule by the end of the biennial compliance period in which active status is reinstated or, if the attorney's exemption ends on or after July 1st of the second year of the attorney's biennial compliance period, by the end of the next biennial compliance period.(D) Termination of exemption. If an attorney has been granted an exemption by the Supreme Court Commission on Continuing Legal Education pursuant to Section 12(A) of this rule, which exempts the attorney from completing the New Lawyers Training instruction in accordance with Section 14 of this rule, and the exemption is subsequently terminated, the attorney shall complete the New Lawyers Training instruction by the end of the biennial compliance period in which the exemption is terminated or, if the exemption ends on or after July 1st of the second year of the attorney's biennial compliance period, by the end of the next biennial compliance period.Effective: July 1, 1988 and January 1, 1989; Amended effective 1/1/1989; July 1, 1989; December 15, 1989; May 28, 1990; September 1, 1990; January 1, 1991; February 18, 1991; September 1, 1991; January 1, 1992; July 1, 1992; January 1, 1994; January 1, 1995; January 1, 1996; January 1, 1998; November 1, 1998; January 1, 2000; May 8, 2000; July 1, 2001; January 21, 2002; July 1, 2002, September 1, 2004, November 7, 2005; November 1, 2007; November 1, 2008; December 1, 2011; January 1, 2014; January 1, 2015; July 1, 2017; Amended October 17, 2017, effective 11/1/2017; amended April 4, 2020, effective 6/1/2020; amended July 12, 2022, effective 1/1/2023.