Uniform Rules of the Appellate Divisions
Issued December 15, 1998. Effective December 31, 1998.
Part 1500.
Mandatory Continuing Legal Education
Program for Attorneys in the State of New York
Subpart A
Structure Of Program
Section 1500.1
Scope
There shall be a mandatory continuing legal education program in the State of New York
(hereinafter Program) which shall include a transitional legal education program for newly
admitted attorneys, as set forth in Subpart B, and a legal education program for all other
admitted attorneys, as set forth in Subpart C. A Continuing Legal Education Board shall
accredit and oversee, as set forth in this Subpart, the courses, programs and other
educational activities that will satisfy the requirements of the Program.
Section 1500.2
Definitions
(a) Accredited Course or Program is a continuing legal education course or
program that has met the standards set forth in §1500.4(b) and has received advance
accreditation approval by the Continuing Legal Education Board.
(b) Accredited Provider is a person or entity whose entire continuing legal
education program has been accredited by the Continuing Legal Education Board, and who has
been certified by the Continuing Legal Education Board as an accredited provider of
continuing legal education courses and programs in accordance with §1500.4(c).
(c) Ethics and Professionalism may include, among other things, the following:
the norms relating to lawyers' professional obligations to clients (including the
obligation to provide legal assistance to those in need, confidentiality, competence,
conflicts of interest, the allocation of decision making, and zealous advocacy and its
limits); the norms relating to lawyers' professional relations with prospective clients,
courts and other legal institutions, and third parties (including the lawyers' fiduciary,
accounting and record-keeping obligations when entrusted with law client and escrow
monies, as well as the norms relating to civility); the sources of lawyers' professional
obligations (including disciplinary rules, judicial decisions, and relevant constitutional
and statutory provisions); recognition and resolution of ethical dilemmas; the mechanisms
for enforcing professional norms; and professional values (including professional
development, improving the profession, and the promotion of fairness, justice and
morality).
(d) Skills may include, among other things, problem solving, legal analysis and
reasoning, legal research and writing, drafting documents, factual investigation (as
taught in courses on areas of professional practice), communication, counseling,
negotiation, mediation, arbitration, organization and trial advocacy.
(e) Practice Management may encompass, among other things, office management,
applications of technology, state and federal court procedures, substance abuse control,
stress management, management of legal work and avoiding malpractice and litigation.
(f) Areas of Professional Practice may include, among other things,
corporations, wills/trusts, elder law, estate planning/administration, real estate,
commercial law, civil litigation, criminal litigation, family law, labor and employment
law, administrative law, securities, tort/insurance practice, bankruptcy, taxation,
compensation, intellectual property, municipal law, landlord/tenant, environmental law,
entertainment law, international law, social security and other government benefits, and
alternative dispute resolution procedures.
Section 1500.3
The Continuing Legal Education Board
(a) The Continuing Legal Education Board. The Continuing Legal Education Board
(CLE Board) is hereby established.
(b) Board Composition. The CLE Board shall consist of 16 resident members of the
bench and bar. Three (3) members shall be chosen by each of the Presiding Justices of the
Appellate Divisions, and four (4) members shall be chosen by the Chief Judge of the State
of New York. The Chief Judge shall designate the Chair. Board members shall serve at the
pleasure of the Administrative Board of the Courts.
(c) Quorum. Nine (9) members shall constitute a quorum of the entire CLE Board.
(d) Term of Service. Appointed Board members shall serve for terms of three (3)
years with a maximum of two (2) consecutive three-year terms. The initial term shall be
drawn so that five (5) members serve for one-year terms, five (5) serve for two-year
terms, and six (6) serve for three-year terms.
(e) Duties and Responsibilities. The CLE Board is authorized to: accredit
providers of courses, programs, and other educational activities that will satisfy the
requirements of the Program; determine the number of credit hours for which continuing
legal education credit will be given for particular courses or programs; adopt or repeal
regulations and forms consistent with these rules; examine course materials and the
qualifications of continuing legal education instructors; consult and appoint committees
in furtherance of its official duties as necessary; foster and encourage the offering of
accredited courses and programs, particularly in geographically isolated regions; and
report annually on its activities to the Chief Judge, the Presiding Justices of the
Appellate Divisions and the Chief Administrator of the Courts.
(f) Expenses. Members of the CLE Board shall serve without compensation but
shall be reimbursed for their reasonable, actual and direct expenses incurred in
furtherance of their official duties.
(g) Confidentiality. The files, records and proceedings of the CLE Board, as
they relate to an attorney's satisfying the requirements of this Part, shall be
confidential and shall not be disclosed except in furtherance of the duties of the Board
or upon the request of the attorney affected, or as they may be introduced in evidence or
otherwise produced in proceedings implementing this Part.
(h) Appeal of determinations. Any person or organization aggrieved by a
determination pursuant to this Part may seek administrative review of that determination
pursuant to the regulations and guidelines adopted by the CLE Board.
Section 1500.4
Accreditation
(a) Procedure. Unless a provider has been granted Accredited Provider status
pursuant to subdivision (c), accreditation of continuing legal education courses or
programs normally must be sought at least 60 days prior to the occurrence of the course or
program, but may be given retroactively up to 90 days after the course or program, in
accordance with CLE Board application rules.
(b) Standards. Continuing legal education courses or programs to be accredited
must comply with the following guidelines:
(1) One (1) hour of continuing legal education credit shall consist of at least 50
minutes of instruction, exclusive of introductory remarks, meals, breaks, or other
noneducational activities.
(2) The program must have significant intellectual or practical content and its primary
objective must be to increase the professional competency of the attorney in ethics and
professionalism, skills, practice management and/or areas of professional practice.
(3) The continuing legal education course or program must be offered by a provider that
has substantial, recent experience in offering continuing legal education, or that has
demonstrated an ability to effectively organize and present continuing legal education.
(4) Thorough, high quality, readable and carefully prewritten materials must be made
available to all participants at or before the time the course or program is presented,
unless the absence of materials, or the provision of such material shortly after the
program, is approved by the CLE Board.
(5) The course or program must be conducted in a physical setting that is comfortable
and conducive to learning.
(6) At the conclusion of the course or program, each participant must be given the
opportunity to complete an evaluation questionnaire addressing the quality, effectiveness
and usefulness of the particular course or program. A summary of the results of the
survey(s) must be submitted to the CLE Board at the end of the calendar year in which the
course or program was given. Providers must maintain the questionnaires for a period of
four (4) years following the course or program.
(7) Providers of continuing legal education courses or programs shall provide a
Certificate of Attendance to all persons completing the continuing legal education course
or program.
(8) Providers of continuing legal education courses or programs must maintain an
official attendance list of participants in the program, and the time, date, location,
title, speaker(s) and amount of approved CLE credit for each course or program, for at
least four (4) years after the completion date.
(9) Programs that cross academic lines, such as accounting-tax seminars, may be
considered for approval by the CLE Board.
(10) The cost of continuing legal education courses or programs to the participating
attorney, apart from optional meals, lodging and travel, shall be reasonable.
(c) Accredited Provider Status.
(1) Procedure. Application may be made for Accredited Provider status by
submitting the appropriate forms and materials to the CLE Board pursuant to CLE Board
regulations and guidelines. Such status must normally be sought at least 90 days prior to
the occurrence of the course or program but may be given retroactively up to 90 days after
the course or program.
(2) Requirements. Accredited Provider status may be granted at the discretion of
the CLE Board to applicants satisfying the following requirements:
(i) The provider has presented, within the past three (3) years, separate programs of
continuing legal education that meet the standards set forth in subdivision (b) and the
regulations and guidelines of the CLE Board, or
(ii) The provider has demonstrated to the Board that its CLE activities have
consistently met the standards set forth in subdivision (b) and the regulations and
guidelines of the CLE Board.
Providers that meet the foregoing requirements may include bar associations, law
schools, law firms and legal departments (including corporate, nonprofit and municipal and
state law departments).
(3) Duration of Accredited Provider Status. Once a provider has been granted
Accredited Provider status, the continuing legal education courses or programs sponsored
by that provider are presumptively approved for credit for a period of three (3) years
from the date of the grant of such status.
(4) Accredited Provider Reports. Providers granted Accredited Provider status
shall file a written report with the CLE Board each year at a time fixed by the Board. The
report shall describe the continuing legal education activities conducted during the prior
12 months and shall be in such detail and form as required by the Board. The accredited
status of a provider may be continued by filing an application for renewal with the Board
before the end of the provider's accreditation period.
(5) Renewal of Accredited Provider Status. Renewal of Accredited Provider status
shall be for periods of three (3) years. The CLE Board shall determine if there are
pending or past breaches of these rules or regulations and guidelines, and the Board, in
its discretion, may condition renewal upon the provider meeting additional requirements
specified by the Board.
(i) If an application for renewal is timely filed, the accredited status shall continue
until the Board acts on the application.
(ii) If an application for renewal is not filed before the end of the provider's
accreditation period, the provider's accredited status will terminate at the end of the
period. Any application received thereafter shall be considered by the Board as an initial
application for Accredited Provider status.
(6) Revocation. Accredited Provider status may be revoked by the Board if the
reporting requirements of these rules and regulations and guidelines are not met or, if
upon review of the provider's performance, the CLE Board determines that the content of
the course materials, the quality of the CLE activities, or the provider's performance
does not meet the standards set forth in these rules and regulations and guidelines. In
such event, the CLE Board shall send the provider a 60-day notice of revocation by
ordinary mail. The provider may request a review of such revocation, and the CLE Board
shall determine the request within 30 days. The decision of the CLE Board shall be final
after such review.
(d) Individual Course Approval. An attorney seeking approval of a course or
program that has not otherwise been approved shall apply to the CLE Board for approval in
accordance with Board procedures. Such approval must be sought at least 60 days prior to
the occurrence of the course or program, but may be given retroactively up to 90 days
after the course or program.
(e) Provider List. A list of providers whose continuing legal education courses
or activities have been presumptively approved for credit shall be compiled and published
annually by the CLE Board. Lists shall be made available at each of the Appellate
Divisions and at such other offices and electronic sites as the Chief Administrator of the
Courts shall determine.
(f) Announcement. Accredited Providers who have received approval for continuing
legal education courses and programs may indicate that their course or program has
received CLE Board approval as follows:
"This (transitional) continuing legal education course (or program) has been
approved in accordance with the requirements of the Continuing Legal Education Board for a
maximum of _____ credit hours, of which _____ credit hours can be applied toward the _____
requirement, and _____ credit hours can be applied toward the _____ requirement."
Where a program or segment of a program might reasonably be used to satisfy more than
one category of instruction, e.g., either skills or areas of professional practice, the
approved provider may so indicate, but must state that duplicate credit for the same hour
of instruction is not permitted; an election must be made by the attendee, and each hour
may be counted as satisfying only one category of instruction. The following language may
be used:
Section 1500.5
Waivers, Modifications and Exemptions
(a) Waivers and Modifications. The Continuing Legal Education Board may, in
individual cases involving undue hardship or extenuating circumstances, grant waivers and
modifications of Program requirements to attorneys, upon written request, in accordance
with the regulations and guidelines established by the CLE Board and this Part.
(b) Exemptions. The following persons shall be exempt from the requirements of
New York's continuing legal education program:
(1) Subject to the requirements in §§1500.12(f) and 1500.22(k), attorneys who do not
practice law in New York. Attorneys practice law pursuant to this section if, during the
reporting period, they give legal advice or counsel to, or provide legal representation
for, a particular body or individual in a particular situation in either the public or
private sector.
The practice of law does not include the performance of judicial or quasi-judicial
(e.g., administrative law judge, hearing officer) functions;
(2) Full-time active members of the United States Armed Forces;
(3) Attorneys with offices outside of New York who are temporarily admitted to practice
in a court within New York for a case or proceeding;
(4) Attorneys who certify that they are retired from the practice of law pursuant to
§468-a of the Judiciary Law.
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Subpart B
Mandatory Continuing Legal Education
For Newly Admitted Attorneys
Section 1500.10
Application
(a) The requirements of this Subpart shall apply to all newly admitted attorneys, who
are not exempt from these requirements pursuant to §1500.5(b), within the first two years
after their admission to the Bar of the State of New York.
(b) A newly admitted attorney is an attorney who has successfully passed the New York
State Bar examination administered by the State Board of Law Examiners and who becomes
duly admitted to the practice of law in New York after October 1, 1997.
(c) Attorneys who have been engaged in the practice of law in another state, the
District of Columbia, any territory of the United States or any foreign jurisdiction, for
the five (5) years preceding admission to the New York Bar, shall not be deemed newly
admitted attorneys for the purposes of this Subpart, and shall be required to comply with
the requirements of Subpart C to the extent they are applicable.
Section 1500.11
Statement of Purpose
Mandatory Continuing Legal Education for Newly Admitted Attorneys in the State of New
York is a transitional continuing legal education program for newly admitted attorneys
designed to help recent graduates and newly admitted attorneys become competent to deliver
legal services at an acceptable level of quality as they enter practice and assume primary
client service responsibilities. The Program seeks to help the newly admitted attorney
establish a foundation in certain practical skills, techniques and procedures, which are
and can be essential to the practice of law, but may not have been adequately addressed in
law school. It includes courses targeting ethics and professionalism, skills, practice
management and areas of professional practice.
Section 1500.12
Minimum Requirements
(a) Credit Hours. Each newly admitted attorney shall complete a minimum of 32
credit hours of accredited transitional education within the first two (2) years of
admission to the Bar. Sixteen (16) accredited hours shall be completed in each of the
first two (2) years of admission to the Bar as follows:
- Three (3) hours of ethics and professionalism;
- Six (6) hours of skills; and
- Seven (7) hours of practice management and areas of professional practice.
Ethics and professionalism, skills, practice management and areas of professional
practice are defined in §1500.2. The ethics and professionalism and skills components may
be intertwined with other courses.
(b) Carry-Over Credit. A newly admitted attorney who accumulates more than the
16 hours of credit required in the first year of admission to the Bar may carry over to
the second year of admission to the Bar a maximum of eight (8) credits. Six (6) credits in
excess of the 16-hour requirement in the second year of admission to the Bar may be
carried over to the following biennial reporting cycle to fulfill the requirements of
Subpart C. Ethics and professionalism credit, however, may not be carried over from one
year to the next.
(c) Accredited Courses or Programs Only. Transitional continuing legal education
credit will be granted only for courses and programs approved as such by the CLE Board,
except where reciprocity is extended as provided in subdivision (d). No transitional
continuing legal education course or program consisting of self-study, correspondence
work, video, audio or motion picture presentations may be accepted for credit without
prior permission from the CLE Board.
(d) Reciprocity. Transitional continuing legal education courses approved by
another state, the District of Columbia, any territory of the United States or any foreign
jurisdiction with requirements meeting the standards adopted by the CLE Board shall count
toward the newly admitted attorney's compliance with New York's transitional CLE Program
requirements. Reciprocity requests must be submitted to the CLE Board in writing in
accordance with the regulations and guidelines established by the CLE Board and this Part.
(e) Post-Graduation/Pre-Admission. A maximum of 16 credit hours of approved
transitional CLE courses taken from the date of graduation from law school up through the
date of admission to the New York Bar may be applied toward a newly admitted attorney's
Program requirements.
(f) Obligations of attorneys exempt from the Program requirements.
(1) An attorney who is exempt from the requirements of this Program and who is required
to comply with the continuing legal education requirements of another jurisdiction shall
comply with those requirements and shall certify this compliance on the attorney's
biennial attorney registration statement.
(2) An attorney who is exempt from the requirements of this Program and who is not
required to comply with the continuing legal education requirements of another
jurisdiction shall so certify on the attorney's biennial attorney registration statement.
(3) An attorney who is exempt from the requirements of this Program and who thereafter
ceases to be exempt and commences the practice of law in New York during the first two
years after admission to the Bar shall be required to complete by the end of those two
years 1.5 credit hours of accredited continuing legal education as set forth in section
1500.12(a), in any combination of categories set forth in said section, for each full
month of the two-year period during which the attorney practices law in New York.
Section 1500.13
Reporting Requirements
(a) Attorney Obligations. Each newly admitted attorney subject to New York's
transitional continuing legal education requirements shall retain the Certificate of
Attendance for each approved transitional education course or program for at least four
(4) years from the date of the course or program.
(b) Certification.
(1) Except as otherwise authorized by this Part, each newly admitted attorney subject
to New York's transitional continuing legal education requirements is required to certify
along with the submission of his or her biennial attorney registration statement that the
attorney has satisfactorily completed 32 credit hours of transitional continuing legal
education (16 credit hours in the first year of admission to the Bar, 16 credit hours in
the second year of admission to the Bar) and that the attorney has retained the
Certificates of Attendance or other documentation required by the CLE Board for the
accredited courses or programs.
(2) A newly admitted attorney who is required to file his or her biennial attorney
registration statement prior to completing the second year of admission to the Bar shall
certify the actual number of credit hours of transitional continuing legal education
completed. The attorney shall remain responsible for completing the 16 second-year credit
hours of transitional continuing legal education by the end of that second year after
admission, but may apply 12 of the 16 credit hours to fulfilling the requirements of
Subpart C as set forth in §1500.22(b)(3).
Section 1500.14
Waivers or Modifications.
(a) A newly admitted attorney may apply in writing to the Continuing Legal Education
Board for a waiver or modification of Program requirements based upon extenuating
circumstances -- such as illness, disability, or other undue hardship -- preventing the
newly admitted attorney from complying with the requirements, in accordance with the
regulations and guidelines established by the CLE Board and this Part.
(b) Requests for extensions of time in which to complete Program requirements based
upon extenuating circumstances shall not be granted for a period of greater than 90 days
absent special circumstances. If an extension is granted, the period of time by which a
newly admitted attorney must complete the mandatory continuing legal education
requirements applicable to all attorneys as set forth in Subpart C remains the same.
Section 1500.15
Noncompliance
The names of newly admitted attorneys who fail to comply with transitional continuing
legal education requirements will be submitted to the Appellate Division for appropriate
action.
Section 1500.16
Effective Date
Mandatory Continuing Legal Education for Newly Admitted Attorneys in the State of New
York shall become effective on October 1, 1997.
Subpart C
Mandatory Continuing Legal Education
For Attorneys Other Than Newly Admitted Attorneys
Section 1500.20
Application
The requirements of this Subpart shall apply to all attorneys who have been duly
admitted to the practice of law in New York, are not exempt from these requirements
pursuant to §1500.5(b), and are not newly admitted attorneys subject to the requirements
of Subpart B of this Part.
Section 1500.21
Statement of Purpose
It is of utmost importance to members of the Bar and to the public that attorneys
maintain their professional competence by continuing their legal education throughout the
period of their active practice of law. This Program establishes the minimum requirements
for continuing legal education for attorneys other than newly admitted attorneys in New
York State.
Section 1500.22
Minimum Requirements
(a) Credit Hours. Each attorney shall complete a minimum of 24 credit hours of
accredited continuing legal education each biennial reporting cycle in ethics and
professionalism, skills, practice management or areas of professional practice, at least
four (4) credit hours of which shall be in ethics and professionalism. Ethics and
professionalism, skills, practice management and areas of professional practice are
defined in §1500.2. The ethics and professionalism components may be intertwined with
other courses.
(b) Biennial Reporting Cycle.
(1) The biennial reporting cycle shall be the two-year period between the dates of
submission of the attorney's biennial registration statement.
(2) An attorney shall comply with the requirements of this Subpart commencing from the
time of the filing of the attorney's biennial attorney registration statement in the
second calendar year following admission to the Bar.
(3) A newly admitted attorney whose transitional twoyear post-Bar admission period has
not been completed as of the last day the attorney registration statement in paragraph (2)
is required to be filed may apply 12 credit hours of the second-year accredited
transitional education credits required in section 1500.12(a) to fulfilling the
requirements of this Subpart.
(c) Carry-Over Credit. An attorney who accumulates more than the 24 hours of
credit in any one biennial reporting cycle may carry over a maximum of six (6) credits to
the next biennial reporting cycle.
(d) Categories of Credit. Continuing legal education courses or programs may
consist of lectures, seminars, panel discussions, question-and-answer periods, in-house
education, and judging law competitions, mock trials and arguments. Video, audio, and
motion picture presentations, interactive video instruction, and activities electronically
transmitted from another location may qualify for credit. Self-study, correspondence work
and on-line computer courses may qualify for credit upon submission to the CLE Board for
verification procedures.
(e) Credit for Speaking and Teaching Activities. Credit may be earned through
speaking, teaching or participating in an accredited CLE program. Credit may be granted
for preparation time and presentation time as may be permitted pursuant to the regulations
and guidelines of the CLE Board. Where teaching is done in tandem or by panel, teaching
credit shall be given to all participants.
(f) Credit for Teaching Law School Classes. Credit may be earned through
teaching in an ABA-accredited law school. Credit for teaching approved law school classes
shall be for the number of teaching hours and for preparation time as may be permitted
pursuant to the regulations and guidelines of the CLE Board.
(g) Credit for Attending Law School Courses. Credit may be earned for attending
courses at an ABA-accredited law school after admission to practice in New York provided
(i) the attorney is officially registered for the course with the law school, and (ii) the
attorney completed the course as required by the terms of registration. Credit for
approved attendance at law school courses shall be for the number of class hours attended.
(h) Credit for Publications. Credit may be earned for legal research-based
writing upon application to the CLE Board, provided the activity (i) produced material
published or to be published in the form of an article, chapter or book written, in whole
or in substantial part, by the applicant, and ii) contributed substantially to the
continuing legal education of the applicant and other attorneys. Authorship of articles
for general circulation, newspapers or magazines directed to a nonlawyer audience does not
qualify for CLE credit. Allocation of credit of jointly authored publications should be
divided between or among the joint authors to reflect the proportional effort devoted to
the research and writing of the publication.
(i) Accredited Courses, Programs and Activities Only. Continuing legal education
credit will be granted only for courses, programs and activities approved by the CLE
Board, except where reciprocity is extended as provided in subdivision (j).
(j) Reciprocity. Continuing legal education courses approved by another state,
the District of Columbia, any territory of the United States or any foreign jurisdiction
with requirements meeting the standards adopted by the CLE Board shall count toward the
attorney's compliance with New York's CLE Program requirements. Reciprocity requests must
be submitted to the CLE Board in writing in accordance with the regulations and guidelines
established by the CLE Board and this Part.
(k) Obligations of attorneys exempt from the Program requirements.
(1) An attorney who is exempt from the requirements of this Program and who is required
to comply with the continuing legal education requirements of another jurisdiction shall
comply with those requirements and shall certify this compliance on the attorney's
biennial attorney registration statement.
(2) An attorney who is exempt from the requirements of this Program and who is not
required to comply with the continuing legal education requirements of another
jurisdiction shall so certify on the attorney's biennial attorney registration statement.
(3) An attorney who is exempt from the requirements of this Program and who thereafter
ceases to be exempt and commences the practice of law in New York during a biennial
reporting cycle shall be required to complete by the end of the reporting cycle one credit
hour of accredited continuing legal education as set forth in section 1500.22(a), in any
combination of categories set forth in said section, for each full month of the biennial
reporting cycle during which the attorney practices law in New York.
Section 1500.23
Reporting Requirements
(a) Attorney Obligations. Each attorney subject to New York's continuing legal
education requirements shall retain the Certificate of Attendance or other documentation
required by the Board for each approved education course, program or activity for at least
four (4) years from the date of the course, program or activity.
(b) Certification. Except as otherwise authorized by this Part, each attorney
subject to New York's continuing legal education requirements is required to certify along
with the submission of his or her biennial attorney registration statement that the
attorney has satisfactorily completed 24 credit hours of continuing legal education for
the current biennial reporting cycle and that the attorney has retained the Certificates
of Attendance or other documentation required by the CLE Board for the accredited courses,
programs or activities.
Section 1500.24
Waivers or Modifications.
(a) An attorney may apply in writing to the Continuing Legal Education Board for a
waiver or modification of Program requirements based upon extenuating circumstances --
such as illness, disability, or other undue hardship -- preventing the attorney from
complying with the requirements, in accordance with the regulations and guidelines
established by the CLE Board and this Part.
(b) Requests for extensions of time in which to complete Program requirements based
upon extenuating circumstances shall not be granted for a period of greater than 90 days
absent special circumstances. If an extension is granted, the period of time by which the
attorney must complete the mandatory continuing legal education requirements of the next
biennial reporting cycle remains the same.
Section 1500.25
Noncompliance
The names of attorneys who fail to comply with continuing legal education requirements
will be submitted to the Appellate Division for appropriate action.
Section 1500.26
Effective Date and Transition
The requirements of this Subpart shall become effective on December 31, 1998.
Compliance with the certification requirement shall commence with biennial attorney
registration statements filed on or after January 1, 2000, as follows:
(1) Attorneys who file their biennial registration statement in calendar year 2000
shall complete 12 credit hours of accredited continuing legal education as of the date of
the filing in any combination of the categories set forth in §1500.22(a). Attorneys who
accumulate more than 12 credit hours at the time of this filing may carry over a maximum
of six (6) credit hours to the next biennial cycle;
(2) Attorneys who file their biennial registration statement in calendar year 2001 must
complete the full 24 credit hours of accredited continuing legal education as set forth in
§1500.22(a).
Approved CLE credits earned from January 1, 1998, may be applied toward fulfilling the
requirements for the initial biennial reporting cycle.
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