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Continuing Legal Education

The Continuing Legal Education Department (CLE) of the Stark County Bar Association provides a wide variety of programs and conferences to meet your professional education requirements. It is our goal to offer enough CLE hours to our membership that a Stark County Attorney never has to leave the county to obtain the required CLE hours. A variety of formats include noon classes, three-hour seminars and full day seminars. We offer a substantial amount of seminars in December to meet the end-of-year demand. All programs meet the requirements and follow the guidelines set forth by the Ohio Supreme Court Commission on CLE.

SCBA attorney members, Associate members (Law Students, Law School Graduates, Legal Administrators, and Paralegals) and non-member attorneys are welcome to attend all CLE events.

The Stark County Bar Association relies on its committees, organized according to specialty areas of law, to provide various CLE seminars and programs. The committees organize, coordinate, create, sponsor, and participate as speakers in their areas of expertise to provide high-quality educational programs sponsored by the Stark County Bar Association. Committee membership is open to our members and provides excellent opportunities for education, networking and professional development.

For other CLE related questions not addressed here, please e-mail our CLE Director at SCB@StarkCtyBar.com or call the Stark County Bar Association office at 330-453-0685 Monday through Friday during the business hours of 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Cancellation Policy

 No refunds are given unless a cancellation is received 24 hours in advance of the seminar. If a participant has pre-registered without payment, failure to attend or cancel will result in receipt of an invoice for the cost of that program. Upon request, course materials are available in consideration of tuition paid.

The Stark County Bar Association reserves the right to modify or cancel a program if circumstances warrant. If the Stark County Bar Association cancels a program, full tuition will be refunded.

Accreditation

Under Rule X (Ohio CLE) we will request credit for all programs. The Stark County Bar Association is an approved sponsor of Continuing Legal Education seminars.

Services for Persons With Disabilities

If a registrant requires special arrangements in order to participate in a Stark County Bar Association program, please contact the Stark County Bar Association at 330-453-0685, at least one week prior to the course date.

Rule X – Supreme Court CLE Requirements

Rule X Including Professionalism Requirement

Rule X of the Supreme Court Rules for the Government of the Bar of Ohio was amended, effective January 1, 1998.

The requirement is 24 hours for each two-year reporting period. At least two and one-half of the 24 hours must be related to professional conduct and must include all of the following:

  • Thirty minutes of instruction on substance abuse, including causes, prevention, detection and treatment alternatives;
  • Sixty minutes of instruction related to the Code of Professional Responsibility;
  • Sixty minutes of instruction related to professionalism (including A Lawyer’s Creed and A Lawyer’s Aspirational Ideals adopted by the Supreme Court).

All Ohio lawyers have been permanently assigned to one of two groups based on the first letter of his or her last name.

If your last name begins with letter A through L, you must report by the thirty-first day of January of even-numbered years for the preceding two calendar years.

If your last name begins with M through Z, you must report by the thirty-first day of January of odd-numbered years for the preceding two calendar years.

For additional information regarding the CLE requirement in Ohio contact:

The Supreme Court of Ohio Commission on Continuing Legal Education
Ohio Judicial Center
 65 S. Front Street
 Columbus , Ohio 43215-3431
 614-387-9325

New Lawyer Training (Effective November 1, 2008)

The Stark County Bar Association currently offers New Lawyer Training programs twice a year.

Attorneys admitted by examination and attorneys initially registering for corporate status on or after Nov. 1, 2008, must comply with New Lawyers Training ("NLT") educational requirements of Gov. Bar R. X, unless otherwise exempted from the requirements (see number 3, below).

General Requirements

  • You must complete 12 hours of NLT instruction by the end of your first biennial reporting period. Your biennial reporting period is based on your last name. An attorney whose last name begins with a letter A through L must complete his or her educational hours by the end of each odd-numbered year and an attorney whose last name begins with a letter M through Z must complete his or her educational hours by the end of each even-numbered year. 
  • If you were admitted to the practice of law or initially registered for corporate status in the second year of your first biennial reporting period, you must complete your NLT requirements by the end of the next biennial reporting period.
  • For example:
    • If you were admitted to the practice of law or initially registered for corporate status in 2011, and your last name begins with a letter A through L, you must complete your NLT educational hours by Dec. 31, 2013.
    • If you were admitted to the practice of law or initially registered for corporate status in 2011, and your last name begins with a letter M through Z, you must complete your NLT educational hours by Dec. 31, 2012.
  • You are also required to file a Final Reporting Transcript by Jan. 31 of the year following completion of NLT requirements.

Classroom Hours 

  • You must earn at least 12 hours of New Lawyers Training instruction by attending courses that have been accredited by the Supreme Court of Ohio's Commission on Continuing Legal Education as New Lawyers Training education.
  • Three of the 12 hours must consist of 60 minutes of instruction on topics related to professional conduct, professional relationships, obligations of lawyers, or aspirational ideals of the profession; 60 minutes of instruction on topics related to fundamental law office management; and 60 minutes of instruction on topics related to client fund management.
  • Nine of the12 hours must be instruction in one or more substantive law topics that focus on handling legal matters in specific practice areas.

Mentoring

If you are admitted to the practice of law by examination, you may meet your NLT requirements by participating in the Lawyer to Lawyer Mentoring Program sponsored by the Commission on Professionalism and by completing three classroom hours of instruction on professionalism, law office management, and client fund management.  For additional information on mentoring, please go to www.supremecourt.ohio.gov/AttySvcs/mentoring/default.asp.

Please check the Supreme Court of Ohio website: www.sconet.state.oh.us/AttySvcs/CLE/ for detailed information on New Lawyer Training.

 

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