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Only attorneys who have been admitted to practice law for 50 years or more in New Jersey or any jurisdiction, those who have reached age seventy-five regardless of length of tenure at the Bar, those on full-time active duty in the military, VISTA or Peace …
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If you are active with the Fund at any time during the compliance reporting period, you must meet the continuing legal education requirement for the period. For example, if your compliance period is 1/1/2020-12/31/2021, and you claim retirement for the …
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Attorneys that do not practice New Jersey law … are not … automatically exempt from New Jersey’s CLE requirements. Attorneys practicing in another mandatory CLE jurisdiction can use courses approved in that jurisdiction to meet the NJ CLE requirement, so …
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An attorney may file an application for a waiver of the requirement and must show by clear and convincing evidence either undue hardship, or circumstances beyond the control of the attorney that prevents compliance in any reasonable manner with the CLE …
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Generally, yes. The courses must be approved for CLE credit. Alternative verifiable learning format courses are those courses in which the participant is not physically in the room with the presenter. Courses offered under an alternative verifiable …
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An attorney neither living nor working in a mandatory CLE jurisdiction can obtain all of their required credits through alternative verifiable learning formats (BCLE Reg. 201:8(b)). … What if I am both working and residing in a non-mandatory CLE …
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Up to 12 credit hours (6 for the transitional period) can be carried over to the next consecutive compliance period (BCLE Reg. 201:3). If the carried over credits are not used in the next consecutive compliance period, they cannot be carried further. An …
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Educational activities that satisfy the following standards shall be approved for CLE credit: the activity must have significant intellectual, educational or practical content, and its primary objective must be to increase each participant's professional …
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When advertising credit, providers must correctly distinguish between courses awarded New Jersey CLE credit vs courses awarded New Jersey CLE new admit credit, especially when a course covers one of the twelve subject areas but is not New Jersey law …
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CLE providers who have obtained per-course approval or approved provider status by the Board are required to use only the New Jersey Certificate of Attendance available on the provider’s management page. Providers who do not seek or obtain course approval …
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Providers must have a reliable method of verifying and recording an attorney's attendance under an alternative verifiable learning format. Reliable methods of verifiability include embedded codes, polling, pop-up quiz questions, etc. A system that only …
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Most organizations are subject to paying an application fee to the Board. Please refer to the Information for CLE Providers fee chart available on the Board’s website. Government or public service organizations may be exempt from paying a fee but must …
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Every per-course provider and approved service provider who charges a registration, attendance, or membership fee is required to have a detailed financial hardship policy for lawyers who wish to attend its courses, but for whom the expense of such courses …
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Any person, entity, organization, or association who complies with the standards and requirements of Rule 1:42 and the Board's Regulations can apply for per-course approval or approved service provider status (BCLE Reg. 302:1). The presumption is for the …
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Providers seeking per-course approval must complete an on-line application for Information for CLE Providers Individual Course Accreditation and submit the Information for CLE Providers proper fee and required documents including: a final version of the …
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All programs must be submitted for per course approval at least 30 days prior to but no later than 30 days after the date the course was given. Courses submitted later than 30 days will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis and a late fee will be imposed. …
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Many courses are given multiple times at different locations. The Board must be notified of all the dates and locations of the presentation via the provider’s management page. The accredited course approval expires one calendar year from the date of Board …
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Local, state, and specialty bar associations; for profit and nonprofit legal education providers; Inns of Court; educational institutions; in-house providers; and government entities are eligible for approved service provider status (BCLE Reg. 302:1). … …
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Applicants who meet the following minimum requirements may be granted approved service provider status: the provider has presented at least five separate programs of CLE that meet BCLE Reg. 301 and 302 within the past two consecutive years; the provider …
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In-house courses are educational programs that are offered or conducted by law firms, corporate or government legal departments, or similar entities for the purpose of educating their members/employees (BCLE Reg. 103:1(m)). … What are "in-house" courses? …