California adopted new Minimum Continuing Legal Education (MCLE) requirements that start with the current compliance period. Attorneys in Group 1 (last name A – G) have a compliance period ending January 31, 2025. Group 1 attorneys have a compliance period of 2/1/2022 – 1/31/2025. If you have a January 31, 2025 compliance deadline you are required to meet the new MCLE requirements.…
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Pennsylvania has three annual CLE deadlines, April 30, August 31, and December 31. If you are in compliance group 2, your CLE deadline is only two weeks away. Compliance group 1 has a April 30 CLE deadline and compliance group 3 has a December 31 CLE deadline. Pennsylvania requires a minimum of 12 CLE credits each year, of which a minimum of…
When it comes to reporting completed continuing legal education (CLE) courses to the states, there are two main differences. There are self-reporting states where attorneys must self-report and there are provider reporting states. In this short blog about CLE reporting, we are going to cover what states Attorney Credits reports to and how frequently we report. Reporting questions are one of the…
All active Mississippi attorneys are required to complete a minimum of 12 CLE hours, including 1 hour of ethics during each annual compliance period. The deadline to complete MS CLE hours is July 31 of each year and must be reported to the Mississippi Commission on the CLE Annual Report Statement by August 15. The CLE Annual Report Statement is mailed to…
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In this CLE, Cari Sheehan will detail the ethical issues associated with using social media & TikTok and review some attorney influencer videos to see if their online conduct truly comports with the Rules of Professional Conduct. Main topics covered: attorney advertising in a TikTok world, how artificial intelligence can help attorney advertising and ethical rules implicated in advertising on social media platforms.
Two main issues with association membership are attracting and maintaining your membership numbers. Getting new members has always been hard along with membership churn, but what if you had something new to offer your membership? If your association is comprised of attorneys, there is nothing better than offering your membership free CLE along with their paid membership. What? Free CLE! How can…
CLE Accreditation Continuing Legal Education (CLE) or Mandatory Continuing Legal Education (MCLE), is the type of education that states require to ensure that attorneys maintain competence in their legal knowledge of law. Most states, but not all, require admitted attorneys to complete a minimum number of CLE credit hours during their MCLE compliance period. Every state has different MCLE requirements, unique state…
Minnesota admitted attorneys are required to complete their CLE compliance requirements every three years. The Minnesota CLE requirement is a minimum of 45 credit hours. Of those 45 credit hours a minimum of 3 hours of ethics, 2 hours of elimination of bias, and 1 hour of mental health & substance abuse are required each compliance cycle. All 45 credit hours can…