Changes
to the California Business & Professions Code allow California
Attorneys to earn their Minimum Continuing Legal Education (MCLE)
credit online in the comfort of their own homes or offices.
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Additionally,
the California State Legislature has mandated that Paralegals*
must also earn MCLE credits from California State Bar approved
providers.
In
accordance with these changes, Internet For Lawyers offers numerous
informative, and useful PARTICIPATORY MCLE quizzes online for
Attorneys and Paralegals in the following categories.
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Online MCLE Quizzes for
Participatory Continuing Legal Education Credit
California, New York, Arizona & West
Virginia |
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- California Legal
Ethics, Elimination
of Bias in the Practice of Law,
Prevention, Detection & Treatment of Substance Abuse, Law
Practice Management or General Participatory Continuing Legal
Education credit may be earned online for only $20.00 per hour (when
reading accompanying articles or code sections when applicable and
answering related quiz questions). The exams can be viewed online
for free prior to taking them by clicking the links above. For
Attorneys or Paralegals requiring multiple hours, we have created
a number of money-saving multi-course bundles. Save up to $90 when
completing all 19 hours of Continuing Legal Education courses we
have available online.
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some of these quizzes qualify for CLE credit for New York, Arizona
and West Virginia Attorneys. Attorneys in
other jurisdictions may be able to submit the California MCLE Certificate
of Completion for MCLE credit if they can claim credit for credits
in their home jurisdictions from exercises earned from California
MCLE providers. Internet For Lawyers is a California State Bar certified
MCLE provider.
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Internet
For Lawyers also custom-designs in-person MCLE training seminars
for individuals, your practice group, law firm or professional
organization. For more information, contact us at seminars@netforlawyers.com or 310/559-1632 - or view our
online continuing legal educaiton seminar calendar for our schedule of upcoming
live MCLE events.
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the year 2000, the California State Assembly passed a bill (AB 1761) outlining, among other things, new MANDATORY
continuing legal education requirements for Paralegals. The
Bill provides under Business & Professions
Section 6450 paragraph d
that "all continuing education courses shall meet the requirements
of [Business & professions Code] Section 6070.
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6070 only courses offered by State Bar of California approved MCLE
providers are recognized when considering MCLE credit hours earned.
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the State Bar has gone on record stating that "If an activity
is geared toward Paralegals or attended only by Paralegals, the
activity DOES NOT qualify for MCLE credit and therefore does not
meet either the Attorney's or the Paralegal's requirements."
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- When taking
live or online MCLE courses, Attorneys and Paralegals should be
certain that the provider is certified by the California State Bar.
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Internet
For Lawyers is a California State Bar approved MCLE provider.
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in 2000, the California State Senate passed a bill (SB144) instructing
the State Bar to "ensure that by July 1, 2000, any member
possessing or having access to the internet or specified generally
available computer technology shall be capable of satisfying
the full self-study portion of his or her MCLE requirement [online]
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d).
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Bar also allows PARTICIPATORY CREDIT online MCLE if the provider
keeps record of the attorneys' usage of the materials. Internet
For Lawyers keeps these records, and therefore our quizzes are
eligible for PARTICIPATORY credit.
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- For
a full list of the upcoming California State Bar MCLE deadlines
visit click here.
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- For
the full text of California Senate Bill 144 click
here.
- For
the text of proposed changes to the California State Bar MCLE
requirements (Rule 958), click on http://www.calbar.org/
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