Discipline
Feb. 22, 2012
MCLE audits: The cover up is worse than the crime
Errant attorneys face far more than an administrative suspension when they fib about MCLE compliance. By Stephen J. Strauss
As reported by The Daily Journal, the State Bar has fired up its moribund audits of attorney compliance with continuing legal education. After finding that 21 percent of the attorneys audited had failed to either submit their course attendance certificates or otherwise lied under penalty of perjury about completing 25 units of continuing education, the State Bar Board of Trustees voted to instruct its membership records department to refer t...
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