Wire service report
The Nevada Supreme Court is working on stringent new rules to ensure that lawyers continue to update their legal education.
Justices say there has been an unacceptable trend of non-compliance, with about 15 percent of the state's licensed lawyers not meeting the requirements for annual education updates.
Failure to meet the requirements "is a breach of a professional responsibility that cannot be tolerated," Chief Justice Jim Hardesty said, adding that many of the same lawyers fail to complete the requirements year after year.