The short answer – yes! California attorneys can take all 12.5 required participatory hours online, including all ethics, bias and competence issues. For online (and downloadable) CLE courses, participatory means that we monitor your participation – which we do.[1] The next group up for MCLE compliance in California is Compliance Group 2. Attorneys with last names H-M must complete the California MCLE…
Florida attorneys must complete 30 CLE credit hours every three years to fulfill their CLER (Continuing Legal Education Requirement). Each three year compliance period Florida attorneys must also complete at least 5 credit hours in the area of ethics, professionalism, substance abuse, or mental illness awareness. Each member of the Florida Bar is assigned a three year reporting cycle. You can find…
At 45 units each compliance period, Colorado attorneys have one of the more formidable MCLE requirements. Luckily for attorneys in Colorado, each compliance period lasts for three years. Even better, Colorado does not cap online CLE units – attorneys may take all 45 credit hours through online CLE courses. In Colorado, online CLE courses are considered to be Homestudy Credits. To receive…
A Sunday morning traffic stop that ended with a tasering – I would rather have a cup of coffee for breakfast. But that’s just how 21-year-old Carl Bryan started his day early one summer morning in 2005. And according to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, the Coronado police officer who zapped the young man with a Taser during that stop –…
The man who was dubbed New York’s most obnoxious lawyer (what a distinction!) by the Village Voice has been denied $1.2 million in contingency fees for his disregard to the judicial system and flight from New York to avoid arrest on contempt charges. No other lawyer in New York had been ousted for “obstructive and offensive behavior which did not involve fraud…