All active lawyers admitted to practice law in Utah are required to comply annually with the Mandatory CLE requirements. The annual MCLE requirements are a minimum of 12 credit hours, including a minimum of 1 ethics hour and 1 professionalism hour. At least six of the CLE must be in Verified Live CLE. On or before July 31 of each year Utah…
Group 2 California attorneys (last name H-M) who missed their February 1, 2024, reporting deadline have until June 30 to complete their California Late Reporting. Failure to report by June 30 could result in disbarment and additional fines by the California State Bar. Attorneys completing their late 2024 credits should make sure that they complete the required mix of specialty credit hours.…
The New Hampshire CLE compliance cycle deadline is fast approaching. The New Hampshire CLE compliance cycle is June 1 – May 31. New Hampshire attorneys have until July 1 to report any CLE completed during their two-year cycle. The New Hampshire CLE requirement is 12 credit hours, of which a minimum of two hours must qualify as ethics/professionalism credit hours. New Hampshire…
Oregon attorneys are required to complete 45 CLE credits in each 3-year reporting period. Of the 45 CLE credit hours, a minimum of 5 ethics hours, 1 elder and child abuse reporting hour, 1 mental health hour are required in each compliance cycle, and 3 access to justice hours are required in alternate reporting periods. Oregon attorneys can login to the Oregon…
Florida CLE Rules As Of April 2024 Any Florida attorney with an April 2024 and beyond CLE deadline will be required to meet the new Florida CLE rules. The new Florida Continuing Legal Education requirement is a minimum of 30 CLE credit hours during your 3-year compliance cycle. Of the 30 credit hours, a minimum of 3 of the credit hours are…
The Difficulty Of Continuing Legal Education (CLE) For Your Organization Does your law firm or business have problems delivering and reporting your firm’s in-house CLE? Most organizations don’t have a system to deliver, monitor, or report CLE effectively to their attorneys and the states. Your job may be the practice of law, or being an expert witness, not making sure that some…
Georgia attorneys are required to complete 12 CLE hours including 1 ethics hour, 1 professionalism hour and if you are a trial attorney, 3 trial hours each year. Georgia attorneys’ 2023 CLE requirement should have been completed by December 31, 2023. There is a $100.00 late fee if you don’t report your 2023 CLE requirement before March 31, 2014. Even though your…
On June 14, 2023, the North Carolina Supreme Court amended the North Carolina Continuing Legal Education (CLE) rules. The new rules became effective on March 1, 2024. Attorneys admitted in an odd year will only be required to complete 12 total hours, including 2 ethics, 1 technology, and 1 PWB for the February 28, 2025, deadline. Attorneys admitted in an even year…
What is Cryptocurrency? Cryptocurrency is a digital, encrypted, and decentralized form of currency. Many attorneys do not understand what cryptocurrency is. Nor do lawyers understand where bitcoin comes from or how to spend it. Don’t We Already Use Digital Money? Yes, we all have been using digital money for decades. The money in your bank account is digital money and is used…
Are Law Firms A Target For Cyber Attacks? GootLoader… never heard of it? GootLoader is a type of malvertising that has seeded malicious content to search engines for millions of keywords and search terms. Many of these “fake” search terms deal with legal content. When you are searching for something on the internet you could end up seeing one of these fake…