Cossette Sun, DirectorAlameda County Law Library

Library’s Broad Role in Education

Publicity: E-mail

Publicity: Flyer

Publicity: Newspapers

The Inter – City Express

The Recorder

San Francisco Daily Journal

Alameda County Bar Associationweb site – “Snooping With

Google”

Publicity: Large Poster

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 ResearchSpeakers: Tim Stanley, Creator and Founder of

FindLawAndrew Wong, Esq.Melina J. Burns, Esq.

Tim Stanley

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

Checking in at Registration

Decade Award Winner Judge Ford

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

CEB OnLaw Given Twice for Credit

Application for 1 Activity

New Activity Approval Form

Welcoming Attorneys to CLE

Second MCLE

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

List of MCLE Material at http://www.acgov.org/law/mcle.pdf

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