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Cossette Sun, Director Alameda County Law Library. Giving Credit: The Law Library as CLE Provider. Library’s Broad Role in E ducation. Publicity: E-mail. Publicity: Flyer. Publicity: Newspapers. The Inter – City Express The Recorder San Francisco Daily Journal.
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Cossette Sun, Director Alameda County Law Library Giving Credit: The Law Library as CLE Provider
Publicity: Newspapers • The Inter – City Express • The Recorder • San Francisco Daily Journal
Alameda County Bar Associationweb site – “Snooping With Google”
State Bar of California MCLE Requirements • 25 total hours every 3 years • Maximum of 12.5 “self-study” hours • At least ½ of hours must be “participatory” • Special requirements either “participatory” or “self-study” • Legal ethics - 4 hours • Detection/Prevention of substance abuse or mental illness - 1 hour • Elimination of bias in the legal profession – 1 hour
Participatory MCLE Credit FORMS FOR CALIFORNIA MCLE Certificate of Attendance Official Record of Attendance (Sign In Sheet) Activity Evaluation
BERNARD E. WITKIN ALAMEDA COUNTY LAW LIBRARY Bernard E. Witkin Memorial Lectures / Bernard E. Witkin Memorial Symposia on Legal Research 1998 Topic: Internet Legal Research Speakers: Tim Stanley, Creator and Founder of FindLaw Andrew Wong, Esq. Melina J. Burns, Esq.
Our First MCLE in 1998 • 1998 Topic: Internet Legal Research • Speakers: Tim Stanley, Creator and Founder of FindLaw • Andrew Wong, Esq. • Melina J. Burns, Esq. • 1999 Topic: A View from the Bench -- A Century of Justice • Looking Back at the 20th Century and Ahead to the 21st • Speaker: Associate Justice Stanley P. Mosk, Associate Justice, Supreme Court of California • 2000 Topic: E-Commerce: Pandemonium in Cyber-Space or an Orderly Market? • Speakers: David H. Levine, Acting Assistant Chief Counsel, California State Board of Equalization • G.W. “Bill” McDonald, Assistant Commissioner, Enforcement Division, California Department of Corporations • Dr. Arie Segev, Professor and Director, Fisher Center for Information Technology & Market Place Transformation, Haas School of Business, “Business to Business (B2B) E-Commerce: to B or not to 2B is the Question!” • Richard Stim, Intellectual Property attorney & Author
With the Witkin Institute • Beginning in 2001, the Witkin Legal Institute began sponsoring an annual Spring Symposium with the Alameda County Law Library. • 2001 Panel Program: Legal Research in California Revisited • 2002 Panel Program: E-Courts: California Court Online • 2003 Lecture: California's New Plain English Jury Instructions • 2004 Panel Program: Ethics and Discovery on the E-Frontier • 2005 Lecture: Snooping on Google for Legal Researchers • 2006 Panel Program: Disaster Preparedness for the Solo and Small Law Firm: Keeping Your Practice Alive During and After a Disaster • 2007 Lecture: Internet Legal Research Revisited: Exciting New Tools • 2008 Lecture: Client Relations in a Changing World
The Road to Becoming a Multiple Activity Provider • Single Activity Provider may apply after: • 4 separate and different educational activities individually approved • has actually held all 4 activities • has granted California MCLE credit for all four activities within a 2 year period prior to applying for status of Multiple Activity Provider
Single or Multiple Activity Provider Single Activity Multiple Activity • Prior approval for each individual activity • $75.00 fee each time • No prior approval for activities • $100.00 a year or $300.00 for 3 years
Some Examples Not Qualifying for MCLE Credit • Legal subject taught to non-attorneys • Marketing • Train the trainer programs • Grading the California bar exam • Chat room discussions • Jury duty • Reviewing & evaluating legal work of associates on a one on one basis • Acting as a supervising attorney in the State Bar Law Office Study Program
Upcoming CLE - J. Gary Gwilliam BOOK - Getting a Winning Verdict in My Personal Life: A Trial Lawyer Bares His Soul CEB Video Programs: Getting a Winning Verdict in Your Personal Life: A Discussion of Personal Ethics , 1 hour MCLE credit CEB Video Program: Am I Drinking Too Much? A Rhetorical Question, 1 hour MCLE credit
State Bar of California MCLE Requirements • 25 total hours every 3 years • Maximum of 12.5 “self-study” hours • At least ½ of hours must be “participatory” • Special requirements either “participatory” or “self-study” • Legal ethics - 4 hours r • Detection/Prevention of substance abuse - 1 hour • Elimination of bias in the legal profession – 1 hour
Self-Study MCLE: Elimination of Bias in the Legal Profession
Fees for Lending MCLE Materials • $10.00 per CD for up to but not including 3 credits • $30.00 per CD set for 3 credits up to but not including 6 credits • $60.00 per CD set for 6 credits and up