Mcle Audit Results Encouraging, but Some Attorneys Still Face Discipline
| Jurisdiction | California,United States |
| Citation | Vol. 12 No. 2012 Pg. 05 |
| Publication year | 2012 |
| Pages | 05 |
| Year | 2012 |
| topic | Business of Law |
CBJ - December 2012 #05. MCLE audit results encouraging, but some attorneys still face discipline
The California Lawyer
December 2012
December 2012
MCLE audit results encouraging, but some attorneys
still face discipline
By Laura Ernde
Staff Writer
Staff Writer
Attorneys performed better overall in the second year of a State Bar audit of compliance with Minimum Continuing Legal Education (MCLE) requirements, a recent report showed. Even so, about 4.6 percent of lawyers failed the audit and face possible disciplinary action as a result.
This year the bar audited 2,600 attorneys, or 5 percent of those who were required to report their MCLE compliance by Feb. 1. The audit revealed problems for 349 lawyers, or 13.4 percent. That was a decline from 21 percent last year.
"Attorneys who...
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