For US-based Continuing Legal Education (CLE) providers, the integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a rapidly evolving toolkit that promises to revolutionize how we create, deliver, and market our essential continuing legal educational offerings. From automating tedious tasks to personalizing the learning experience, AI presents a powerful opportunity to enhance efficiency, engagement, and ultimately, our reach within the legal community.

Here’s how CLE providers can leverage AI to stay ahead:

1. Content Generation & Augmentation: Beyond the Blank Page

The most immediate application of AI lies in its ability to assist with content creation, turning legal expertise into compelling educational modules more quickly and efficiently.

• Drafting & Outlining: AI tools can rapidly generate initial drafts of course descriptions, learning objectives, and even module outlines based on a topic prompt. Imagine providing AI with "recent Supreme Court decision on administrative law" and receiving a structured outline for a 60-minute CLE, complete with key takeaways and potential discussion points. This isn't about replacing legal expertise, but jumpstarting the drafting process, freeing up attorneys to focus on the nuanced legal perspectives that can be included in the course.

• Summarization & Extraction: AI can quickly digest lengthy legal documents, recent case law, or legislative updates, and extract key points relevant to a CLE topic. This allows expert presenters to rapidly grasp the essence of complex material, ensuring their content is current and concise.

• Case Study and Hypothetical Scenario Creation: Need a realistic hypothetical for a ethics course? AI can generate detailed, contextually relevant scenarios based on specified parameters, offering diverse and engaging examples for learners. This can also eliminate the potential ethical pitfall of presenters using (potentially) identifiable facts about their clients in their presenations.

• Question Bank Development: AI can generate multiple-choice questions, true/false statements, and short-answer prompts tailored to specific learning objectives, significantly reducing the time required to build robust assessment tools for courses.

2. Personalized Learning Experiences: The Future of Legal Education

One of AI's most exciting potentials is its ability to tailor the learning journey for individual attorneys, making CLE more relevant and impactful for individual attendees.

• Adaptive Learning Paths: Imagine an AI recommending specific modules to a lawyer based on their practice area, prior course history, and identified knowledge gaps. Instead of a one-size-fits-all approach, AI can curate personalized learning pathways, ensuring attorneys get the most relevant education for their professional development.

• Intelligent Q&A Bots: For on-demand courses, an AI-powered chatbot could answer frequently asked questions about the course material or legal concepts, providing instant support. This could reduce the burden on volunteer human instructors, leaving more interesting, complex queries for them to answer.

• Feedback and Remediation: AI can analyze learner performance on quizzes and exercises. This can help identify areas of weakness and suggest supplementary materials or topics for review. This targeted remediation can enhance attendee comprehension and retention.

3. Marketing & Distribution: Reaching the Right Attorneys

Beyond content, AI offers unparalleled capabilities in understanding our audience and optimizing our marketing efforts.

• Audience Segmentation & Targeting: AI algorithms can analyze registration data, website interactions, and demographic information to identify distinct segments within our legal audience. This allows for highly targeted marketing campaigns, promoting relevant CLE courses to the attorneys most likely to benefit.

• Predictive Analytics: AI can forecast demand for certain CLE topics based on current legal trends, legislative changes, and attorney interest. This allows us to proactively develop content for emerging areas of law, ensuring timely and in-demand courses.

• Automated Content Promotion: AI tools can optimize social media posts, email subject lines, and ad copy for maximum engagement. They can also schedule posts at optimal times and identify the best platforms to reach specific attorney demographics.

• Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Enhancement: AI can identify keywords and phrases that legal professionals use when searching for CLE, helping us optimize our course titles, descriptions, and website content to rank higher in search results.

• Personalized Marketing Communications: Instead of generic email blasts, AI can craft personalized email recommendations for courses based on an attorney's past registration history, browsing behavior, and stated preferences, dramatically increasing conversion rates.

4. Operational Efficiencies: Streamlining the Back Office

AI can also tackle the administrative burdens that often consume valuable resources.

• Speaker & Topic Matching: For those of us running large CLE programs, AI can analyze attorney expertise, availability, and past presentation topics to suggest optimal speaker-to-topic pairings, ensuring the best content delivery.

• Administrative Task Automation: In the absence of a dedicated Learning Management System (LMS), AI can automate tasks like sending reminder emails, generating certificates of completion, and updating attorney credit hours, freeing up our team for more strategic initiatives.

• Transcription and Captioning: AI-powered transcription services can rapidly convert audio from webinars and in-person seminars into text, making content accessible to a wider audience and providing source material for written summaries or articles. Transcripts can also be used to close-caption video content to make it more accessible to the hearing impaired.

Integrating AI into CLE production and marketing isn't just about adopting new technology; it's about reimagining how we serve the legal community. By embracing these tools, we can create more engaging, personalized, and impactful educational experiences, ensuring attorneys remain sharp, compliant, and at the forefront of their practice.

The future of CLE is intelligent, and it's here now.

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Artificial Intelligence (AI) is no longer a futuristic concept; it is an active partner in the practice of law, promising efficiencies from legal research to document drafting.

However, the rapid adoption of AI in the practice of law is not without significant risk. For every efficiency gained, there is a potential pitfall that could jeopardize client trust, breach ethical duties, and expose the firm to malpractice liability or severe court sanctions. The excitement around AI must be tempered with vigilance and a clear-eyed understanding of the professional responsibility rules that govern the legal profession.

We must recognize that AI tools are just that - tools; they are not lawyers. The buck, ultimately, stops with the supervising attorney and the firm itself.

Here are the top five high-stakes pitfalls that US-based law firms must actively address when their lawyers utilize AI in the practice of law.

1. The Catastrophic "Hallucination" and the Failure of Competence

The most public and immediate threat posed by generative AI is its propensity for "hallucination," where the AI tool fabricates plausible but entirely nonexistent legal authorities, statutes, or facts. The consequences of submitting a brief to a court that relies on fake case law are severe, leading to judicial sanctions, fines, public reprimand, and a catastrophic loss of professional credibility.

This pitfall strikes at the core of ABA Model Rule 1.1: Competence. A lawyer who fails to verify the accuracy of AI-generated content - especially citations and legal analysis - is failing to provide "thoroughness and preparation reasonably necessary for the representation." In the eyes of the court, ignorance is no excuse; the lawyer remains responsible for every assertion made. Firms must understand that AI's confidence in its output is wholly uncorrelated with its accuracy. Attorneys cannot be lazy about these citations just because they are generated by AI. Now more than ever, what you learned in your first-year Legal Research and Writing class is true. "Cite-checking is important."

2. Breaching Client Confidentiality and Privilege

Law firms are custodians of their clients' most sensitive data. The unauthorized disclosure of confidential information is a fundamental breach of trust and a violation of ABA Model Rule 1.6: Confidentiality of Information.

The AI pitfall here lies in the input. Many popular, general-purpose AI tools (especially those publicly available) may use the data input by a user to train their underlying models. If a lawyer inputs confidential client documents, trade secrets, or litigation strategy into such a tool without ensuring the vendor has robust, legally-vetted privacy protocols, that information could inadvertently become part of the publicly accessible training data for the model. This is an unauthorized disclosure that could waive attorney-client privilege and subject the firm to immense liability and client flight.

3. Algorithmic Bias Leading to Discriminatory Outcomes

AI systems are trained on vast datasets, and if that data reflects historical or societal biases (for instance, in criminal justice records, demographic information, or financial data), the resulting AI output will perpetuate and even amplify those biases.

This pitfall is insidious because the discrimination is hidden behind a seemingly neutral "algorithm," violating a lawyer's obligations regarding fairness and non-discrimination. If a firm uses AI for tasks like predictive policing analysis, e-discovery prioritization, or even internal hiring and promotion decisions, and the tool produces biased results, the firm risks legal challenges under Title VII or other anti-discrimination laws. Worse, it erodes the public's trust in the integrity of the justice system itself. The firm could be seen as outsourcing its ethical responsibility to a "black box" technology.

4. The Erosion of Independent Professional Judgment

A major risk is the over-reliance on AI, where lawyers treat the technology not as a research assistant, but as a definitive authority. This creates an erosion of independent professional judgment, a key element of competent lawyering.

AI is designed to find patterns in data, but it struggles with legal nuance, jurisdictional subtleties, and the human element necessary for effective client strategy. If a junior attorney relies solely on AI for a complex contract clause or a novel legal theory, they may miss critical context, fail to exercise skepticism, and ultimately provide substandard advice. This over-dependence diminishes the value of the human lawyer and potentially increases the firm's exposure to malpractice claims. Firms are hired for their judgment and advice, not their ability to parrot a chatbot.

5. Failure of Supervisory and Training Duties

The adoption of AI necessitates firms to rethink how they approach supervising lawyers and staff, and reviewing their work product. This is especially important in light of ABA Model Rules 5.1 and 5.3 (Responsibilities of Partners, Supervisory Lawyers, and Nonlawyer Assistants).

The final pitfall is the failure of firm leadership to establish and enforce clear, mandatory policies for AI use. Leaving AI implementation to individual attorneys invites chaos. If a partner fails to adequately supervise a junior associate who is using an unauthorized, non-secure AI tool to draft a motion, the partner and the firm can be held professionally responsible for any resulting ethical breach or legal error. This liability extends to non-lawyer staff who may be using AI for administrative or document review tasks without understanding the confidentiality risks.

Solutions: How to Safeguard Your Firm

Avoiding these pitfalls requires a proactive, mandatory, and governance-first approach. Firms are wise to embrace AI, but must do so safely and ethically.

1. Mandate Human Verification and Oversight

• The "Zero Tolerance" Rule for Hallucinations: Enforce a mandatory, documented human review of all AI-generated citations, case law, and factual assertions before submission to a client or court. Treat AI output as a first draft from a highly capable (but fundamentally unreliable) individual.

2. Implement a Vetted-Only AI Policy

• Restrict Tool Usage: Create a firm-approved list of AI tools. This list should exclude all general-purpose AI platforms unless the firm has a dedicated enterprise license that contractually guarantees no client data is used for model training.

• The Confidentiality Triage: Lawyers must be trained to never input confidential, privileged, or personally identifiable client information into an unvetted AI system.

3. Prioritize Technological Competence Training

• CLE Requirements: Make ongoing, mandatory CLE on the benefits, risks, and ethical obligations of AI a requirement for every attorney and relevant staff member. Training must cover how to spot hallucinations and recognize algorithmic bias.

• CLEwebinars.com offers a variety of Continuing Legal Education webinars that cover the opics of law firm implementation of Artificial Intelligence and ways to avoid the kinds of pitfalls discussed here.

4. Establish Clear Supervisory Protocols

• AI Checklist: Incorporate AI usage into existing supervision workflows. Create a checklist for the "Verification of AI Input/Output". Require supervising attorneys to review this "Verification of AI Input/Output" checklist for any work product generated or assisted by AI. This can help ensure accountability under Model Rules 5.1 and 5.3.

5. Open Client Communication

• Informed Consent: Be transparent. If the firm plans to use AI in a material way that involves client data, the firm should consider obtaining informed consent from the client, explaining the benefits and, more importantly, the steps taken to mitigate the risks to confidentiality. This does also give the client the opportunity to opt-out of having AI employed for their matters. Be prepared.

By integrating robust policies, mandatory training, and diligent human oversight, firms can responsibly harness the power of AI while ensuring that the firm’s ethical obligations and commitment to excellence remain uncompromised.

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Artificial intelligence (AI) has a growing role in continuing legal education (CLE). AI can be used to automate tasks, provide personalized learning experiences, and assess student progress.

For example, AI can be used to automate the tasks of creating and grading CLE materials. AI can also be used to provide personalized learning experiences by recommending content that is tailored to each student's individual needs. Additionally, AI can be used to assess student progress and identify areas where additional support is needed.

The use of AI in CLE can help to make CLE more efficient and effective. AI can also help to make CLE more accessible to a wider range of learners.

Here are some specific examples of how AI is being used in CLE:

• Automated grading: AI can be used to automate the task of grading CLE materials. This can save time and improve accuracy.
• Personalized learning: AI can be used to provide personalized learning experiences by recommending content that is tailored to each student's individual needs. This can help students to learn more effectively.
• Assessment: AI can be used to assess student progress and identify areas where additional support is needed. This can help students to improve their learning outcomes.

Overall, AI has a growing role in CLE. AI can be used to automate tasks, provide personalized learning experiences, and assess student progress. This can help to make CLE more efficient and effective.

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Internet for Lawyers and CLEwebinars.com, its online webinar division, are co-sponsoring a five-day Continuing Legal Education Conference on the Big Island of Hawaii, March 23-27, 2020. Internet For Lawyers is providing California CLE credit for California lawyers and paralegals who attend.

The CLE conference, produced by DestinationCLEs', offers up to 15.5 hours of CLE credit (depending on your jurisdiction). It will be held at the Fairmont Orchid Resort on the Big Island of Hawaii. 

Attend CLE sessions, explore the island on your own and by signing up for the excursions to an exciting luau, a dinner at the stunning Kahua Ranch, and tour the local vanilla farm with a nice lunch.

Hotel group rate available until February 21, 2020 (or until it sells out).

In addition to California, CLE credit is also available in:

• Alaska
• Arizona
• Delaware
• Geoergia
• Illinois
• Missouri
• New Mexico
• Oklahoma
• South Carolina
• Wyoming

If you are interested in attending and receiving credit in another state, contact the organizers at DestinationCLEs.com.

CLE Conference sessions include:

• Lawyer Wellness – Carpe Diem – Presented by: Nancy Nolin
• Progress was all right. It just went on too long. – James Thurber – Presented by: Nelson Page, Bar Counsel, Alaska Bar Association
• Your Client’s Business Valuation Simplified – Presented by: Joe Novello, CPA
• Professional Ethics in Film CLE – Roman J. Israel, Esq. Presented by: Clifford Scott-Rudnick, J.D.
• Understanding Your Client’s Financial Statements – Presented by: Joe Novello, CPA
• Gone with the Wind, Or the Virtual Law Practice – Presented by Nelson Page
• The Duty of Technological Competence or “Never trust a computer you can’t throw out a window.” – Steve Wozniak – Presented by: Nelson Page
• Diversity and Inclusion Issues – Presented by: Clifford Scott-Rudnick J.D.
• Learning the Art of Mindfulness: A Wellness Approach for the Legal Profession – Presented by: Nancy Nolin, LCSW, ACSW, CAS, CADC II

Internet for Lawyers certifies that this activity has been approved by the State Bar of California for the following number of MCLE Credits:

• 9.25 General Credits
• 1 Competence Issues Credit
• 1 Recognition and Elimination of Bias in the Legal Profession and Society
• Credit
• 4.25 Ethics Credits

Internet For Lawyers is a State Bar of California approved MCLE provider.

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Internet for Lawyers is co-sponsoring the five-day conference. Running from February 11-15, 2019, the CLE conference will include 12 hours of educational presentations on a variety of Legal Ethics, Law Practice Management, Internet Investigative Research, Sexual Bias/Harrassment, Client Service, and General continuing legal education topics.

The CLE conference, to be held at the Prince Waikiki resort in Honolulu, also includes a variety of optional recreational activities away from the conference venue.

The CLE by the Sea conference is produced by the Alaska State Bar Association CLE department and co-sponsored by, Internet For Lawyers, Hawaii State Bar Association CLE, Maine State Bar Association CLE, Montana State Bar Association CLE, Oklahoma Bar Associaiton CLE, and South Carolina Bar CLE.

Interested attorneys can get details regarding the continuing legal education schedule, hotel venue, registration, activities, etc. by downloading the CLE conference brochure. Registration for the CLE conference is available online at the Alaska Bar's website.

CLE credit is available in the following states:

• Alaska
• Arizona*
• California
• Delaware
• Hawaii
• Idaho
• Kansas
• Maine
• Montana
• New Mexico
• New York**
• Oklahoma
• Oregon
• Pennsylvania
• South Carolina
• Utah
• Virginia
• West Virginia***
• Wyoming

Don't see your state listed above? Contact Carole Levitt of Internet For Lawyers (clevitt@netforlawyers.com) for information about how we may be able to help you earn CLE credit in the jurisdiction where you're licensed.

Speakers will include:

• Larry J. Cohen, Esq. - Cohen's Counsel
• Levi K. Hookano, Esq. - Law Office of Levi K. Hookano
• Carole A. Levitt, Esq. & Mark E. Rosch - Internet For Lawyers
• Nelson G. Page, Esq. - Alaska State Bar Association
• Stephanie Thompson, Esq. - Starn O’Toole Marcus & Fisher

Internet For Lawyers certifies that this activity has been approved by the State Bar of California for 6 hours of ethics and 6 hours of general MCLE credit. Internet For Lawyers is a State Bar of California approved MCLE provider.

*Arizona Attorneys may claim Arizona MCLE credit for attending these webinars under Arizona's Mandatory Continuing Legal Education Regulation. MCLE Regulation 104(A) identifies the standards to apply. 

**New York Attorneys may claim New York MCLE credit for attending these webinars under the Approved Jurisdiction policy of New York's "CLE Board Regulations and Guidelines."

***West Virginia Attorneys...

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The CLE at Sea 2018 educational programs have been approved for CLE credit in the following jurisdictions:

• Alaska
• California
• Pennsylvania
• South Carolina

Continuing Legal Education credit is also available in: 

• Arizona
• New Jersey (via reciprocity)
• New York (via reciprocity)
• West Virginia

Texas attorneys may individually apply for CLE credit for the conference using this form.

CLE at Sea 2018 conference registration is $350. Separate arrangements must be made for ship-board accomodations.

The conference will be held aboard Royal Carribean's Liberty of the Seas, February 18-25, 2018. The ship's itinerary is:

• February 18    Welcome – Galveston, TX
• February 19    At Sea – 5.0 Hrs of CLE Programs
• February 20    Cozumel, Mexico
• February 21    Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands
• February 22    Falmouth, Jamaica
• February 23    At Sea – 4.0 Hrs of CLE Programs
• February 24    At Sea – 3.0 Hrs of CLE Programs
• February 25    Galveston

The CLE at Sea 2018 educational conference schedule is:

February 19

9:00–11:00 a.m.

• Mutiny in the Boardroom: Walking the Plank of Board Rights, Responsibilities, Fiduciary Duties and Managing Conflict in Closely Held Organizations
  • Presented by Cheryl McKay | 2.0 General CLE Credits

1:30–2:30 p.m. 

• If It’s Tuesday This Must Be Phoenix
  • Presented by Nelson Page | 1.0 Ethics CLE Credits

4:30–5:30 p.m. 

• Cruisin’ Through Social Media
  • Presented by Carole Levitt and Mark Rosch | 1.0 General CLE Credit

5:30–6:30 p.m. 

• Cruisin’ Through Social Media Research, Ethically
  • Presented by Carole Levitt and Mark Rosch | 1.0 Ethics CLE Credit

February 23

9:30–11:30 a.m.

• Self-Care for Lawyers: Carpe Diem. Using Cognitive Behavioral Techniques & Mindfulness Skills for Self-Care
  • Presented by Nancy Nolin | 2.0 Ubstance Abuse/Mental Health/Wellness CLE Credits

4:30–5:30 p.m. 

• Cruisin’ Through Public Records
  • Presented by Carole Levitt and Mark Rosch | 1.0 General CLE Credit

5:30–6:30 p.m. 

• Cruisin’ Through Free Legal Research
  • Presented by Carole Levitt and Mark Rosch | 1.0 General CLE Credit

February 24
 
8:30–11:45 a.m.

• Heavy Sailing: Avoiding the Rocks and Shoals That Can Sink Your Practice
  • Presented by Nelson Page | 3.0 Ethics CLE Credits

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The device has the potential for changing the way enterprises produce and deliver professional education training.

Movi lets you:

• Edit while you record.
• Track movement of specific people in the frame .
• Pan and zoom remotely (using the iOS app interface; connected via the device’s on-board wi-fi or other available network).

• With its “built in people detection, ” Movi can even making tracking and editing decisions automatically.
• Access up to nine virtual HD cameras (all generated from the one device). This allows the user to cut between different camera angles…even though there is only one camera.
• Store video locally with Movi’s built-in 16GB of storage.

With the Movi, small continuing education providers can stream and record high quality, professional-looking video with just one employee who is comfortable with the “pinch-to-zoom” technology of iOS devices.

Livetream is a Brooklyn, NY-based company that provides a platform for its customers to stream high resolution video of live events over the Internet. So, it’s no surprise, that Movi users can easily stream their event live with an optional Livestream subscription (starting at less than $9 per month), or share their final, edited via social networks (at no additional charge).

PC World is reporting battery life at approximately one hour of recording – reportedly extendable to up to 10 hours with an optional battery pack (that also serves to waterproof the Movi). Other reports set the price for this accessory at $150.

In a press release announcing the device, Livestream said Movi which will ship in early April at a retail price of $399. However, Movi is currently available for a limited time pre-order period at the discounted price of $200 at getmovi.com.

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California Attorneys and Paralegals can earn one hour of General California MCLE credit by reading the article "How to Search Congressional Legislative Materials at Thomas and FDSys" and successfully completing this MCLE quiz. 

Internet For Lawyers is a State Bar of California approved MCLE provider. California Attorneys can earn all 25 of their required California MCLE hours online from Internet For Lawyers.Individual California MCLE exercises are only $20 each. Multiple hour bundles can bring the cost down to less than $15 per California MCLE credit hour.

For more information about California MCLE compliance deadlines and the revamped reporting process process click here.

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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] at a cost of fifteen dollars ($15) per hour or less, ... " (Paragraph d).

California attorneys can earn all of their MCLE credits online - this includes (up to a maximum) 12.5 hours of Self-Study credits. Internet For Lawyers' California MCLE bundles meet the educational, access, and low price parameters of the Bill.

Attorneys can earn up to 22 hours online with Internet For Lawyers' interactive MCLE exercises. Internet For Lawyers' exercises are designed to help Attorneys locate information on the Internet that can be useful to the cases they handle in their practices. Of these MCLE credit hours, 15 hours qualify for Participatory California MCLE credit and 7 qualify for Self-Study California MCLE credit.

For more information on our MCLE exercises and special package prices for multi-hour bundles, see http://www.netforlawyers.com/online_mcle_catalog.htm. Internet For Lawyers is a California State Bar approved MCLE provider (number 9836).

For a full list of the upcoming California State Bar MCLE deadlines visit click here.

For the full text of California Senate Bill 144 (2000) click here.

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The MCLE (Minimum Continuing Legal Education) compliance deadline for California attorneys in Compliance Group 3 is January 31, 2011. Compliance Group 3 includes all licensed California attorneys whose names end with letters N through Z. California attorneys are required to report their MCLE compliance by February 1 by submitting the California State Bar's affidavit form or online via their "My State Bar" profile.

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] at a cost of fifteen dollars ($15) per hour or less, ... " (Paragraph d).

California attorneys can earn all of their MCLE credits online - this includes (up to a maximum) 12.5 hours of Self-Study credits. Internet For Lawyers' California MCLE bundles meet the educational, access, and low price parameters of the Bill.

Attorneys can can earn up to 20 hours online with Internet For Lawyers' interactive MCLE exercises. Internet For Lawyers' exercises are designed to help Attorneys locate information on the Internet that can be useful to the cases they handle in their practices. Of these MCLE credit hours, 15 hours qualify for Participatory California MCLE credit and 5 qualify for Self-Study California MCLE credit.

For more information on our MCLE exercises and special package prices for multi-hour bundles, see https://www.netforlawyers.com/online_mcle_catalog.htm. Internet For Lawyers is a California State Bar approved MCLE provider (number 9836).

For a full list of the upcoming California State Bar MCLE deadlines visit click here.

For the full text of California Senate Bill 144 (2000) click here.

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