Under New York’s Approved Jurisdiction policy, so long as certain requirements are satisfied, New York attorneys may count towards their New York CLE requirement credit earned through participation in out-of-state courses accredited by a New York Approved Jurisdiction [CA is listed, but attorneys must retain written materials]. The policy applies to both traditional live classroom-format and nontraditional-format courses (online, DVD, teleconference, etc.). Traditional live classroom-format courses are out-of-state if they take place outside of New York State. Nontraditional-format courses are out-of-state if the sponsor organization is headquartered outside of New York State.
An attorney claiming credit for an out-of-state course must retain the following documentation for a period of at least four (4) years:
EXPERIENCED ATTORNEYS (admitted to the New York Bar for more than two years)
- proof of attendance from the course sponsor
- proof of accreditation by at least one of the New York Approved Jurisdictions listed above
- proof that written course materials were made available
- proof that the faculty included at least one attorney in good standing
- for nontraditional-format courses (online, DVD, teleconference, etc.), proof of acceptable attendance verification
http://bit.ly/nyreciprocityapprove
The sponsor of a CLE course must be able to independently verify an attorney’s completion of the course before issuing credit. An attorney claiming credit for completion of a nontraditional-format course must retain proof that the sponsor verified the attorney’s completion of the course without relying solely on statements made by a participating attorney, or log-in and log-out times of the participants. For example, the attorney might retain a copy of a form on which he or she reported an attendance verification code that was spoken and/or shown during the course. Similarly, the attorney might obtain from the sponsor a description of the procedures used to verify an attorney’s completion of a course, such as requiring the participating attorney to respond to pop-up boxes periodically, or requiring successful completion of a quiz at the end of the course.
http://bit.ly/nyreciprocityverify
New York attorneys:
Please keep a record of this statement by Internet For Lawyers for 4 years:
- Internet For Lawyers (IFL), a State Bar of California approved MCLE provider (#9836), certifies that this activity has been approved by the State Bar of California for 2 hours of General MCLE credit.
- IFL attests that:
- it is one of New York’s Approved Jurisdictions under New York’s Approved Jurisdiction policy
- it supplied written materials
- it independently verified the attorney’s completion of the course before issuing credit by recording the attorney’s login and logout times and required the participating attorney to periodically respond to pop-up polling questions. The attorney’s answers to the pop-up polling questions were recorded. These records are available from IFL if requested.
- the faculty included at least one attorney in good standing
For CLE courses you can complete and submit for credit, see – Internet For Lawyers CLE webinars
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