205:1 General Requirements. [Except as provided below, an] An applicant shall submit
information demonstrating a completion of a specified number of hours of continuing legal
education, approved and accredited for continuing legal education credits by the Board on
Continuing Legal Education, specifically in the area of certification applied for or in ethics and
professionalism within the three years immediately preceding the application. [An "hour" of
continuing legal education shall include only the time spent in instruction. Meals and recess
periods are specifically excluded. Applicants instructing or participating in a continuing legal
education program as described in (b) and (c), below, will be credited with twice the time of
actual instruction. Repeat presentations of the same lecture within a twelve-month period will
gain no additional credit. Among the types of educational involvement that the Board will
consider are:
(a) Attendance at and completion of courses that relate to the improvement of trial
and litigation skills in the specific area of practice for which certification has been
sought;
(b) Teaching or lecturing in programs of study or in courses in the area of practice for
which certification has been sought;
(c) Participating as a panelist in or speaker at seminars, symposia, or lecture
programs in aspects of litigation in the area of practice for which certification has
been sought;
(d) "In-house" courses given by and for government attorneys only; provided,
however, that an applicant may not use such courses for more than 50% of the
continuing legal education credits required by this Regulation; and
(e) Such other educational involvement as the Board may, in its discretion, deem
appropriate.]
The Board and/or Certification Committees shall review an applicant’s submitted continuing
education courses to ensure that the applicant has limited the credits required for certification to
the area of specialty sought, exclusive of the credits obtained toward fulfillment of
ethics/professional responsibility and professionalism credits as required under the mandatory
continuing legal education program. The Board reserves the right to review and approve, on a
case by case basis, other forms of educational activities that may not have been accredited under
the mandatory continuing legal education program.
