CLE: What, You Have Something Better To Do?
In lieu of Wednesday’s ATL / Lateral Link featured job survey post — lolcat lover Justin Bernold is on vacation — we bring you a questionnaire about a topic near and dear to your hearts: Continuing Legal Education (CLE).
If you’re at a firm that’s experiencing a slowdown due to the downturn, with many free (and non-billable) hours to kill, now is a good time to rack up CLE credits. In Notes from the Breadline, Roxana wondered: can CLE credits be rolled over, like cell phone minutes? In some jurisdictions, yes.
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First to say CLE is a big scam.
Lat is right. Now is a great time to do your CLE. And also pro bono work. Or write articles and build your reputation.
Use the recession as an opportunity!
We do our CLE's in-house...need to jump through hoops to get approved to attend any other CLE course. Associates are required to attend all CLE's.
The upside: I just got my CLE compliance form and have enough banked for the next two years...helpful since I got canned in January....
i love cle's. especially the ones offered by pli. you can even download them onto your mp3 player and take them on the go.
Sometimes the CLEs are in fantastic resorts. And, at least back in the good old days, firms would pay for your travel.
I hear that New Jersey has very onerous CLE requirements. Can someone tell me about that?
I am planning to take the bar in New York but am from New Jersey. I am wondering: should I take both bar exams?
6 - Don't bother, unless you actually plan to practice there. It is such a big hassle.
6, look it up u db.
CLE classes are such a scam. "Important Folks" talking to each other at the podium about what they EXACTLY meant when they helped write the legislation. Big fat buffons slapping each other on the back about how they are masters of the legal universe. Every time you ask someone a question, they always answer, "well, in the article/book/blog/gumwrapper I wrote...."
The best CLE is online. Then you can do other things while you comply with your requirements.
The ppl who attend SMU or TTU need CLE. And jobs.
10 is right. The best way to do CLE is online. Then you don't have to put up with all the BS described by 9.
I too agree that online CLE is the way to go. I just got finished with all my credits from Lawline.com. It was extremely convenient.
http://www.lawline.com/
CLE is a scam! $300 for a day long seminar is an outrageous price. Many states do not have CLE. Unfortunately, my state requires CLE.
14 - Most jurisdictions do (with a few exceptions, like DC).
6 - If you have or will have some connection to NJ then take it. All 8 NJ subjects are covered if you also take NY (21 subjects). And you get admitted faster in NJ than NY cuz they do all the character stuff before the exam. Don't let NJ CLE right now turn you away, they're moving to a NY type system and they're going to make it easy for credits to transfer across the Hudson. The current NJ CLE setup is gonna be dead by 2011.
Here in Mass - no CLE credits required! Just send in your money every year and sign your name.
There's a problem with the survey setup. What's the difference between "in house" and "my firm"? And why can't you choose multiple sources?
In-house = corporate employer.
Firm = firm.
That's my guess....
11 = moron. Someone at SMU learned a lot more law than someone at most of the T14. A Yale grad would learn all new stuff at CLE. Like Contracts.
11 - what's your problem with these schools?
11 - what's your problem with these schools?
I would love to see the results and possibly link them to my own blog that focuses on CLE issues. http://www.ginascleblog.com/
Gina Roers
I may be an outlier, but I actually ENJOY going to CLE.....