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Any attorney with a plenary or limited license to the New Jersey bar who is in good standing is required to comply, … regardless of whether the attorney is practicing New Jersey law … . The program is mandatory for attorneys, judges, in-house corporate …
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In their first full two-year compliance period, newly admitted New Jersey attorneys with a plenary license must earn sixteen (16) of the twenty-four (24) credit hours in at least six (6) of the following twelve (12) subject areas: NJ basic estate …
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Continuing legal education is defined as any legal, judicial, or other educational activity designed principally to maintain or advance the professional competence of attorneys and/or to expand an appreciation and understanding of the ethical and …
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Through reciprocity, New Jersey will accept credits for courses that are not accredited in New Jersey, but are accredited in another mandatory CLE jurisdiction, provided the type of credit/course is not otherwise excluded by the Board on Continuing Legal …
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A credit hour is 50 minutes of instruction time in Board-accredited continuing legal education courses. Segments considered not educational, such as introductory remarks, keynote speeches, breaks, meals, etc., will be excluded (BCLE Reg. 103:1(j)). … What …
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Ethics and/or professional responsibility courses or segments of courses are devoted to: the substance, underlying rationale, and the practical application of the Rules of Professional Conduct; the professional obligations of the attorney to the client, …
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Professionalism courses are devoted to the examination or identification of principles of competence, civility, improvement of the justice system, advancement of the rule of law, and service to the community. … How are courses on professionalism defined? …
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Alternative verifiable learning format courses are those courses presented on videotape, audiotape, remote-place viewing, online Internet computer presentations, webinars, webcasts, satellite simulcasts, teleconferences, videoconferences, and Internet …
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Once per compliance period, attorneys who present an approved course are entitled to claim double credit for the amount of time personally spent presenting/as a panelist. If the attorney presenter attends the rest of the course, he/she can claim …
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No. The 2:1 credit for teaching is available for the same course only once during a compliance period. However, attorneys can get 1:1 credit for attending the same course multiple times in that same compliance period (BCLE Reg. 201:6). … Is credit …
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No. Courses taken toward any degree, including law, cannot be used toward compliance with the CLE requirement. However, law schools that offer continuing education courses to licensed lawyers can obtain CLE credit for those courses, so long as those …
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Law school professors and instructors are not awarded CLE credit for teaching full or part-time law students (BCLE Reg. 201:6). … Can a law professor obtain credit for teaching law students? Discover a variety of judicial programs, informational …
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Hybrid programs that cross academic lines but do not deal directly with the practice of law, such as: accounting, medicine, environmental science, may be considered for approval by the Board. In making its determination, the Board must be satisfied that …
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Approved courses will be displayed in the Board’s course catalog Board’s course catalog and will be available for attorneys to search. The presumption is that all approved courses will be displayed in the Board’s course catalog Board’s course catalog …
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In dismissed cases, the charges are dropped, but there still is a public record of the case. In expunged cases, the entire case is removed from the public record. It cannot be found in any public database maintained by the Judiciary and it cannot be …
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The goal of the law is to clear the record of anyone who was charged or convicted of certain marijuana or hashish offenses before recreational use of marijuana and hashish was legalized. People usually must include information about their criminal or …
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If your eligible marijuana or hashish case includes only the charges listed above and is pending: The case will be dismissed and expunged (removed from your criminal record). Any active arrest warrant related to that case will be cancelled. Any violations …
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There will be no sentencing or juvenile disposition and the case will be dismissed. The case will also be expunged (removed from your criminal record). Any active arrest warrant related to a failure to appear in that case will be cancelled. Any violations …
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Anyone incarcerated or in detention because of the offenses listed above was released. Any term of probation, parole, or other community supervision ended. Any unpaid court-ordered payments, including civil judgments for non-payment, were cancelled. The …
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Any remaining sentence, juvenile disposition, ongoing supervision, associated violation of probation, or unpaid court-ordered costs, including civil judgments for non-payment, will be cancelled. The case will be expunged. Any active arrest warrant related …