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The provider of a course approved for CLE credit in NJ must give the attorney attendee a New Jersey Certificate of Attendance. For courses approved in another mandatory CLE jurisdiction, a completed copy of that jurisdiction's Certificate of Attendance …
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The New Jersey Continuing Legal Education program is self-reporting and the Board does not track an attorney’s credit-by-credit course work. Attorneys must maintain possession of their Certificates of Attendance for at least three years. In the event of a …
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Attorneys will certify compliance on the online Annual Attorney Registration and Billing Statement (BCLE Reg. 401:1). Every attorney is permanently assigned to one of two compliance groups, determined by their birth month. Compliance Group 1, those born …
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Every licensed New Jersey attorney is subject to being selected for audit by the Board. The Board will notify selected attorneys of an audit. Those attorneys will be required to demonstrate compliance in writing within 30 days of receipt of a request by …
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Attorneys will be notified by the Board of noncompliance and will receive notice of a grace period to achieve compliance. Any credits obtained during this time will count only for the previous compliance period and not the then-current compliance period. …
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When the grace period expires, attorneys will no longer be able to report compliance on the online registration system. Attorneys will find a reporting form on the Board’s website and must submit that completed reporting form to the Board and certificates …
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You will be placed on the CLE ineligible list and as such are no longer authorized to practice New Jersey law until you comply with the CLE requirement. Attorneys needing to be reinstated to practice will find a Reinstatement Reporting form on the Board’s …
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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 …