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State Bar & Bar Associations,
Law Practice

Oct. 5, 2015

Is more CLE the medicine we need?

As they did in 2013, the State Bar of California again wants to increase the MCLE requirement.

Diane L. Karpman

Phone: (310) 887-3900

Email: karpethics@aol.com

Diane is a legal ethics expert (expert witness and State Bar defense), she is a certified specialist in legal malpractice.

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The State Bar of California is once again going back to the drawing board regarding Minimum/Mandatory Continuing Legal Education. As they did in 2013, the Board of Trustees again wants to increase the required hours. This will be on the board's agenda at its meeting later this month (July 23, 24).

About five years ago, the State Bar began to audit MCLE. In the 1990s, they only audited CLE providers. Now they audit individual lawye...

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