The National Legal Aid & Defender Association sponsors many Continuing Legal Education events each year. For more information, please see the registration brochures or on-site agendas for individual events.

Continuing Legal Education Instructions for NLADA Events

The states listed below have special CLE credit requirements. If a particular state is not listed and has an MCLE requirement, please fill out the 3-part form only.

Arizona: Attorneys are to use their own discretion to determine if a seminar meets CLE requirements, and are responsible for reporting their own hours to the Bar at the end of each year.

Colorado: Attorneys maintain their own records and report their own hours.

Delaware: All Delaware attorneys must sign-in each time they arrive at a session and must sign-out each time they leave. This includes first thing each morning, break times, meal times, last thing each evening, and any other time they leave during the day.

Florida: Scanner cards are available at the registration desk. They must be filled out completely using a number 2 pencil and returned to the registration desk.

Georgia: Attorneys seeking CLE credit in the State of Georgia MUST attach a check for $5.00 for each credit hour sought. Make check payable to CCLC (Commission on Continuing Lawyer Competency) and attach to NLADA s CLE form.

Iowa: Attorneys maintain their own records and report their own hours.

Kansas: Complete a Kansas Affidavit, which may be obtained at the registration desk, and mail directly to the Kansas CLE Commission, 400 S. Kansas Avenue, Suite 202, Topeka, KS 66603.

Kentucky: Complete the KBA form #3, which may be obtained at the registration desk. Return this form with the NLADA form to the registration desk.

Louisiana: Scanner cards are available at the registration desk. They must be filled out completely using a number 2 pencil and returned to the registration desk.

Minnesota: Attorneys maintain their own records and report their own hours.

Missouri: Attorneys maintain their own records and report their own hours.

Mississippi: Attorneys seeking CLE credit in the State of Mississippi MUST attach a check for $1.00 for each credit hour sought. Make check payable to Mississippi Commission on CLE and attach to NLADA's CLE form.

Montana: Attorneys maintain their own records and report their own hours.

New Hampshire: Attorneys maintain their own records and report their own hours.

New Mexico: Attorneys seeking CLE credit in the State of New Mexico MUST attach a check for $1.00 for each credit hour sought. Make check payable to New Mexico CLE Board and attach to NLADA's CLE form.

New York: New York has a reciprocal agreement with 34 other jurisdictions. Attorneys may pick up verification of approval in one of the jurisdictions at the registration desk and must maintain it in their records for a minimum of 4 years.

North Carolina: Attorneys seeking CLE credit in the State of North Carolina MUST attach a check for $2.25 for each credit hour sought. Make check payable to NC State Bar, Board of CLE and attach to NLADA's CLE form.

Ohio: Scanner cards are available at the registration desk. They must be filled out completely using a number 2 pencil and returned to the registration desk.

Oklahoma: Oklahoma attorneys are required to sign at the registration desk each morning upon arrival.

Pennsylvania: Complete a PA CLE form, which may be obtained at the registration desk and return with the NLADA form. Attorneys MUST attach a check made out to PA CLE Board for $1.50 per credit hour or half credit hour requested.

Rhode Island: Participants must apply directly to the Rhode Island MCLE commission. They should obtain the Uniform Application for Accreditation, complete a NLADA certificate of attendance and MUST attach a check for $1.50 for each credit hour sought. Please mail directly to the Rhode Island MCLE Commission, 25 Benefit Street Providence, RI 02903. Make check payable to Rhode Island MCLE commission.

Tennessee: Tennessee attorneys report their own hours directly to the TN Commission on CLE. Attorneys MUST attach a check for $2 per credit hour requested.

Texas: Scanner cards are available at the registration desk. They must be filled out completely using a number 2 pencil and returned to the registration desk.

Vermont: Attorneys maintain their own records and report their own hours.

Virginia: The Virginia State Bar requires participants to fill out a Virginia Uniform Certificate of Attendance. Return this form with the NLADA form to the registration desk.

West Virginia: The West Virginia Board requires participants to fill out a Certificate of Attendance. Return this form with the NLADA form to the registration desk.

MCLE Boards record credit hours in 50-minute or in 60-minute hours.

60-Minute states are: AL, AZ, AR, CA, DE, GA, ID, IN, IA, KY, LA, ME, MN, MS, MT, NH, NV, NC, ND, OH, OR, PA, SC, TN, TX, VA, VT, WA and WY.

50-Minute states are: CO, FL, KS, MO, NM, NY, OK, RI, UT, WV, and WI.

Please return a completed CLE Uniform Certificate of Attendance and other form required by your state, to the registration desk to ensure you obtain your CLE credits, OR MAIL TO:

NLADA Conference Office, 1140 Connecticut Ave. NW, Suite 900, Washington, DC 20036