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Mandatory Continuing Legal Education
NOTICE: See Special Instructions for 2009 MCLE Compliance. FAX and E-mail transmissions not accepted for Year End Compliance. FAX machine will be disabled until December 21, 2009. Online certification feature will shut down at 4:45 p.m. on December 15, 2009.
NOTICE FROM THE MCLE DEPARTMENT:
The Form 1, End of Year Reports will be mailed November 10th. Be sure to follow the NEW instructions for proper completion. To the extent not completed online, the Form 1, End of Year Report must be mailed with any corrections and all required attachments. ALL additions and corrections must be received by the MCLE office no later than 4:45 p.m. on December 15, 2009. FAX and E-mail transmissions will not be accepted.
NOTICE: MCLE Requirement: 12 CLE hours including 2 hours in ethics/professionalism by October 31, 2009
- MCLE DEADLINE: October 31, 2009
Failure to complete 12 CLE hours including 2 hours in ethics/professionalism by October 31, 2009 will result in a $100 non-compliance fee.
- MCLE REPORTING DEADLINE: December 15 , 2009
Failure to certify the required 12 CLE hours including 2 hours in ethics/professionalism by December 15, 2009 will result in a $100 late filing fee.
- NEW LATE FILING FEE: February 1, 2010
Failure to certify the required 12 CLE hours including 2 hours in ethics/professionalism by February 1, 2010 will result in an ADDITIONAL $100 late filing fee.
- Current Virginia Approved Courses
- Form 1 - Instructions and Form (PDF file)
- Form 1 - Form Only (PDF file)
- Certifying Your MCLE Attendance
- MCLE FAQs for New Admittees
- Supreme Court Rules Governing MCLE See the Rules of the Supreme Court of Virginia Part 6, Paragraph 17 of the 2008-2009 Professional Guidelines, page 156 (pdf)*
- MCLE Regulations (pdf file)
- Opinion 1,2,3,5,6,7 - Waivers
- Opinions 4,9,10 - Course Approval
- Opinion 8 - Taped Courses
- Opinion 11 - Advertisement by Sponsors
- Opinion 12 - Carryover Credit
- Opinion 13 - Legal Ethics
- Opinion 14 - Written Materials
- Opinion 15 - Vendor Programs
- Opinion 16 - Distance Learning Programs
- Opinion 17 - Law Office Management Programs
- Opinion 18 - Law Firm Sponsored Courses and Programs
- Opinion 19 – Substance abuse, mental health disorders, stress and work/life balance topics
- Form 2 - Certification of Attendance (.pdf)
- Form 3 - Certification of Teaching (.pdf)
- Applications for MCLE Course Approval
- Virginia CLE (This link will take you from the VSB Web site to the VaCLE Web site.)
*Note: Some of the documents above are in Adobe Portable Document Format (.pdf). If you have the Adobe Acrobat Reader on your PC, you can view and print these documents. If you do not have the Acrobat Reader, you can download a free copy,
by clicking here.
Updated: March 15, 2010