RULE ON MANDATORY CONTINUING LEGAL EDUCATION Rule 208.1. Definitions

• Jurisdiction: United States

Rule 208.1. Definitions

As used in this Rule:

(A) "Continuing Legal Education Program" or "CLE Program" or "CLE Programming" means a legal education program taught by one or more faculty members that has significant intellectual or practical content designed to increase or maintain the lawyer's professional competence and skills as a lawyer.

(B) "Credit" or "Credit Hour" means the unit of measurement used for meeting mandatory CLE requirements. For Credits earned through attendance at a CLE Program, a Credit Hour requires fifty minutes of programming. A fraction of a credit may be awarded for shorter programs.

(C) "Ethics and Professionalism Programming" means CLE programming that addresses standards set by the Virgin Islands Rules of Professional Conduct with which a lawyer must comply to remain authorized to practice law, as well as the tenets of the legal profession by which a lawyer demonstrates civility, honesty, integrity, character, fairness, competence, ethical conduct, public service, and respect for the rules of law, the courts, clients, other lawyers, witnesses, and unrepresented parties.

(D) "In-House CLE Programming" means programming provided to a select private audience by a private law firm, a corporation, or financial institution, or by a territorial, federal, state, or local governmental agency, for lawyers who are members, clients, or employees of any of those organizations.

(E) "Interdisciplinary Programming" means programming that crosses academic lines that supports competence in the practice of law.

(F) "Jurisdiction" or "United States Jurisdiction" means all United States jurisdictions including the fifty states, the District of Columbia, territories, and Indian tribes.

(G) "MCLE" or "Mandatory Continuing Legal Education" or "Mandatory CLE" means the ongoing...