Taking continuing legal education is crucial in ensuring that clients are assisted properly, but can be neglected and has serious consequences for legal professionals.

1. Paralegal
Are you in compliance?

2. Attorneys failed CLE audit
• Did you know that last year the State Bar of CA
conducted a random audit on 635 attorneys?
• The 635 attorneys that were audited were only
1% of the attorneys that had minimum
continuing education requirements due
• Out of the attorneys that were audited only 2%
were in compliance
• Read more about this year’s proposed audit in
the California Bar Journal

3. Would you pass an audit?
• All paralegals in CA are required to have 8 hours
of CLE every two years
• AAPI certified paralegals are required to have 18
hours of CLE every three years
• NALA certified paralegals are required to have
50 hours of CLE every five years
• NALS professional paralegals are required to
have 75 points of CLE credits every 5 years
• NFPA registered paralegals are required to have
12 hours of CLE credits every 2 years

4. Typical CLE activities
• Publication of scholarly articles
• Speaking at seminars, workshops & conferences
• Teaching a group of legal professionals
• Attending seminars
• Taking college courses

5. Tracking your CLE activities
• Some paralegal associations provide tracking
forms for paralegals to use to track CLE
activities
• Some law firms have internal tracking systems
for their staff
• A physical or electronic file can be created to
track CLE activities

6. Paralegal Rainmakers Membership
• We offer all of our members access to our
electronic CLE tracking system
• This system can be used for various purposes:
1. To register for CLE courses offered by Paralegal
Rainmakers and Rainmakers Virtual College
2. To monitor CLE activities not offered by
Paralegal Rainmakers
3. To alert members of approaching CLE deadlines

7. Remain in compliance
• Although, California is the only state that
requires all paralegals to take continuing legal
education, everyone in the legal field should
aspire to be a continuous learner. When a client
entrusts their matter to a firm they are not just
handing over that matter they are oftentimes
handing over their freedom, financial future, and
business success to that firm. It is every legal
professionals responsibility to their clients to
stay up to date and current with changing laws
and trends in order to assist them properly.

8. Contact
Paralegal Rainmakers
www.prainmakers.com
info@prainmakers.com
888-734-5554
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