Application for Credit
- Courses should be submitted 30 days in advance of the program by the sponsor.If a sponsor will not submit, an attorney can submit up to 30 days after a program.
. - Attorneys are responsible for this and should never expect to submit a course more than sixty days after the close of the program year (December 31).
. Compliance Deadlines and Penalties
- Deadline for completion of courses
All courses must be completed by December 31, 2008. Attorneys completing courses between January 1st and January 31st, must apply for a deficiency plan to take APPROVED COURSES and include the first $100 penalty with their reporting form.
. - Deadline for non-compliant attorneys to report
Non-compliant attorneys must report credit to the bar by January 31, 2009. If an attorney is tardy, he must pay the second $100 penalty.
. - Deadline to complete approved deficiency plans
March 1 is the last date for late compliance, if an attorney is tardy, he will have to submit a request for an extension listing the extraordinary reasons that he could not complete his courses timely and send the third $100 penalty to the Alabama State Bar. Attorneys who did not send in a form and did not complete their courses by March 1st, will have incurred all three penalties and owe a total of $300 for their tardiness.
. - Penalties if Certified
If an attorney is certified, he will owe an additional penalty of $300. Note: this is in addition to any of the three penalties incurred prior to certification. An attorney could owe up to $600 for
non-compliance at this stage.
Certification schedule
Names of attorneys who fail to timely gain or report their CLE, will be sent to the Chairman of the Disciplinary Commission
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- January 31, 2009
January 31, 2009 is the final day to report compliance for 2008 or to request a deficiency plan. Non-compliant attorneys that fail to request a plan may be certified as soon as practical after January 31.
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- March 15, 2009
March 15, 2009 is the final day to report completion of an approved deficiency plan. Non-complaint attorneys that fail to report by that date will be certified as soon as practical after March 15th.
- April 1, 2009
The MCLE Commission may not extend deficiency plans past April 1, 2009.
For more information, please contact Continuing Legal Education at (334) 269-1515 or cle@alabar.org
