Section 6-B3611. MANDATORY CONTINUING LEGAL EDUCATION

 

3611.1Subject to the availability of in-house or other training approved and paid for by the District, each attorney shall complete at least twelve (12) credit hours of legal education during each rating period.

 

3611.2At least three (3) hours of the twelve (12) required credit hours of legal education shall be instruction in ethics, to the extent training is available.

 

3611.3Attorneys with less than three (3) years in the Legal Service shall fulfill the ethics requirement solely by attendance at courses devoted to instruction in ethics.

 

3611.4Subject to the approval of the Training Director or the Director of the Mayor’s Office of Legal Counsel, attorneys with more than three (3) years in the Legal Service may fulfill the ethics requirement by attending courses addressing other subjects of the law if a specific ethical component is included that is related to the substance of the instruction involved.

 

3611.5Other substantive course requirements, including the subject matter of courses and the hours of required instruction, shall be determined, arranged, and approved by the Training Director and the Director.

 

3611.6In addition to in-house training programs and training programs offered by outside providers, the following activities within the rating period may, pursuant to guidelines adopted by the Training Director and the Director, be pre-approved to qualify for credit for continuing legal education:

 

(a) Providing instruction in a legal education program;

 

(b)Publication of an original work on a legal topic in a recognized legal periodical or by a legal publishing house;

 

(c)Self-study (for example, formal showings of audio and video tapes produced by an accredited sponsor of legal programs);

 

(d)Attendance at or audit of a law school class(es);

 

(e)Courses for self-improvement in civility, human relations, stress and time management; or

 

(f)Participation in meetings and conferences with a legal training component.

 

 

authority

Section 861 of the District of Columbia Government Comprehensive Merit Personnel Act of 1978, effective April 20, 1999 (D.C. Law 12-260; D.C. Official Code § 1-608.61 (2012 Repl.)), as amended by the Elected Attorney General Implementation and Legal Service Establishment Technical Emergency Amendment Act of 2014 (“Implementation Act”), enacted July 14, 2014 (D.C. Act 20-377; 61 DCR 7598 (August 1, 2014)).

source

Final Rulemaking published at 47 DCR 7371 (September 28, 2000); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 50 DCR 3461 (May 2, 2003); as amended by Final Rulemaking 54 DCR 12269 (December 21, 2007); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 61 DCR 12182 (November 28, 2014).