Of the 45 states that have a mandatory continuing legal education (MCLE) requirement, less than five allow for paperless submission of CLE application for accreditation of a course or activity.
In addition to paper applications, most states require a set of attachments including faculty biographies, course outlines, advertising brochures and table of contents of materials. Three states, Georgia, New Jersey and New York, incredulously and irresponsibly require a complete set of materials to accompany each application. [New York requires this submission 60 days in advance! But that's a rant for another time.]
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Filling out an application for CLE accreditation of a conference, course or webinar? Confused? Have a question? Check the rules and regulations. [check out this very helpful post I Have an MCLE Question - Now What?].
What if that doesn’t help? Call or email the CLE regulator or board. Still confused?
We’ve all been there. I certainly have. Many times. And,while I generally find state CLE boards and their staff to be generous with their time and eager to help, I’ve often experienced conflicting or inadequate answers depending on whom I communicate with. And this is not always the fault of the person I speak to but the vagueness and inherit conflict of the rule or regulation.
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by Tim Baran on August 14, 2010
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For many years, I’ve received the very informative PinHawk’s daily Law Librarian NewzDigest.
The Digest aggregates the top blogs and news sources on Knowledge Management, Records Management, Legal Technology, eDiscovery and more, delivered as a daily email news digest to your inbox.
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by Tim Baran on August 11, 2010
in Jobs
We are introducing two new features, CLE Jobs and CLE Classifieds in response to an ever increasing demand for information regarding continuing legal education jobs, products and services.
But instead of crawling the web for information to populate these databases, the projects will be community driven and moderated, based on collaborative research, engaging across the social media / networking spectrum and, of course, your valuable contribution and feedback.
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Adding to the sweltering New York City heat wave was the smoking hot Association of Continuing Legal Education (ACLEA) 46th Annual Meeting. Held on July 24-27, 2010 at the Weston in Times Square, the conference set a new record for attendance.
Presenters spanned the legal and CLE spectrum including blawging and social media giants Sam Glover, Matt Homann and legend Bob Ambrogi, and CLE innovators Alli Gerkman, Jennifer Flynn and Peter Berge (whose digital prowess is in full display in the image that accompanies this post). A rich pool of veterans, state bar representatives and provocateurs rounded out the faculty.
For an overview of the topics discussed, and to get a feel for the camaraderie that ACLEA conferences are known for, check out the #ACLEA hashtag. [Since historical tweets can be often difficult to retrieve, I've captured a sampling.]
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