Changes at the Cle Commission

• Jurisdiction: Kansas,United States
• Citation: Vol. 80 No. 3 Pg. 49
• Pages: 49
• Publication year: 2011

Changes at the CLE Commission No. 80 J. Kan. Bar Assn 3, 49 (2011) Kansas Bar Journal March, 2011

Changes at the CLE Commission

Beginning with the 2011-12 compliance period, attorneys licensed in the state of Kansas will see many changes to the rules governing CLE. In addition to streamlining the rules for a more user-friendly format, the changes include:

● expansion of the approval of non-traditional programming. The maximum amount of hours that can be earned for non-traditional programming is 5 hours per compliance period.

● addition of a 2-hour option for law practice management programming.

● "professional responsibility" has been renamed "ethics and professionalism."

● additional approval of non-substantive diversity and elimination of bias programming in the ethics and professionalism category.

● all attorneys will be required to file as either active...