Amendments to Rule 4-6.1 of the Rules Regulating the Florida Bar—Pro Bono Public Service

The Florida Bar (the Bar) petitions this Court for entry of an order amending rule 4-6.1 of the Rules Regulating the Florida Bar. We have jurisdiction. Art. V, § 15, Fla. Const. We deny the petition.

The Bar seeks to amend rule 4-6.1 to eliminate the mandatory annual reporting provision that currently requires all members of the Bar to report whether and how they have satisfied their professional responsibility of providing pro bono legal services to the poor. The proposed amendment would make slight, but crucial, changes to wording in the reporting requirements in section 4-6.1(d). It would…