It was only last year when I overheard this comment between a couple of seasoned practitioners at a CLE event: “Well, I guess I have to go out and get an email account … because that email thing isn’t going away!” Yes, I did almost spit out my morning coffee when I heard this – although I was luckily able to refrain…
South Dakota is yet another state without a mandatory continuing legal education requirement for attorneys who practice within its borders. Further, it’s incredibly difficult to find any information about CLE in South Dakota. One of the few resources I was able to locate was from the State Bar of South Dakota. On the State Bar of South Dakota homepage, there are a…
Michigan is one of the handful of states around the country that do not have an MCLE requirement for attorneys. Interestingly enough, Michigan previously had an MCLE requirement – but the MCLE requirement was abandoned and the experiment was labeled “a disaster” by some.[1] Here’s how the story goes. In 1987, a proposal was adopted by the State Bar of Michigan Representative…
Maryland is another state without an MCLE requirement … for now.[1] The Maryland MCLE subcommittee recently voted to recommend that the Commission on Professionalism support an MCLE requirement for attorneys in Maryland. The push for MCLE in Maryland started in 2009, when the Commission on Professionalism formed an MCLE subcommittee to examine the whether the Maryland Bar should adopt Mandatory Continuing Legal…
Run a Google search for ‘MCLE’ … and the first thing that pops up is Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education (MCLE). Ironically, although there is no MCLE requirement in Massachusetts, the CLE body in Massachusetts is known as MCLE – and their website can be found at mcle.org. However, the ‘M’ in MCLE does not stand for mandatory or minimum like most states,…
In the world of CLE there are two kinds of states out there – mandatory and non-mandatory CLE states. At this point in time, there are only a handful of states where CLE is not mandatory. In the past few years states Nebraska and New Jersey have adopted MCLE, leaving Connecticut, Hawaii, Washington D.C., Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan and South Dakota as the…
Just about every attorney – criminal or otherwise – can tell you that the Fourth Amendment prohibits the government from conducting unreasonable searches and seizures. The difficult part has always been the application of the standard … and social media only makes the application of the Fourth Amendment even trickier. The latest clash between the Fourth Amendment and online privacy revolves around…
We are happy to report that we are now offering CLE courses for attorneys in Alabama. Attorneys from the “Yellowhammer State” may now take a number of Attorney Credit’s courses that have been pre-approved by the Alabama CLE Commission. Alabama attorneys may earn up to six credit hours each reporting cycle with online CLE courses. This is not bad considering this represents…
California recently became the first state in the country to pass legislation aimed at preventing employers and colleges from viewing the social media accounts of employees and students.[1] While a number of other states have passed this type of legislation, California is the first state to protect both students and employees. This legislation may collectively save California businesses tens of millions of…