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…
Kansas CLE Requirements Total MCLE Required: 12 credit hours Legal Ethics Required: 2 credit hours minimum Compliance Deadline: June 30 Reporting Deadline: July 31 Total Online Credits Allowed: All 12 Approval Status: All Attorney Credits Kansas Courses are Pre-Approved by Kansas CLE Attention Kansas attorneys – your upcoming Kansas CLE deadline is June 30. All Kansas attorneys are required to complete a…
Mike will mainly cover the following points on hearsay: Rule 801 & hearsay definitions, forms of non-hearsay and the hearsay exceptions. Mike will also provide numerous memorable hypotheticals so you can think fast on your feet during the trial and practically deploy the Rules of Evidence to your advantage.
Arizona lawyers have an annual CLE reporting requirement of 15 credit hours. The MCLE cycle is from July 1 to June 30. Of the 15 required CLE credit hours due in Arizona, a minimum of 3 hours must be in ethics/professional responsibility. All Arizona lawyers that are required to complete MCLE (there are a few exemptions) must submit proof of meeting the…
Attention attorneys in Arizona, Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, Minnesota, Missouri, North Dakota, Rhode Island, Utah, Vermont, and West Virgina. It’s go time for your CLE! Your CLE compliance deadline is coming up at the end of June. Don’t miss your CLE Compliance deadline. Attorney Credits is a nationwide provider of CLE. With over 3 million certificates issued you can count on us to…
Testimonial evidence is a statement made under oath. An example would be a witness pointing to someone in the courtroom and saying, “That’s the guy I saw robbing the grocery store.” Presented by seasoned trial attorney & noted CLE speaker Michael DeBlis III, this third part of our four-part Evidence series will focus on witnesses and testimonial evidence.
In this installment of Mike’s comprehensive Evidence series, he finishes discussing relevance, covers competence and begins discussing witness & testimonial evidence. The main topics covered will be: character evidence in criminal cases, tips for approaching MIMIC evidence, writings & the Best Evidence Rule (BER), competency and lay opinion testimony & expert opinion testimony.
Judges apply the rules of evidence to determine whether to admit or exclude physical evidence, oral testimony & exhibits, and if admitted the jury decides how much weight to afford the evidence. As a starting point, the rules of evidence permit only relevant and trustworthy evidence to be make it in front of the jury. This CLE will focus on specific problems involving logical relevance, character evidence in civil cases and character evidence in criminal cases.