The Florida Supreme Court ratified its amendment of a Bar rule banning quotas for speakers and panelists at Bar-approved CLE programs and clarified that credit will not be awarded regardless of whether it is the sponsor or the individual lawyer who applies if the program organizers employ quotas.

The court, however, delayed the amendment’s effective date until January 1.

Justice Jorge Labarga dissented from the December 16 per curiam opinion, saying the policy was not a quota system and promoted diversity.