AudioSolutionz LLC offers financial aid assistance for attorneys who wish to purchase its Continuing Legal Education courses, but for whom it is financially burdensome to attend due to cost considerations.
In order to receive CLE financial assistance, you must apply in writing. CLE financial aid assistance is available for up to 50% of selected course fees for all attorneys based upon income verification as set forth below.
Attorney Discounts
Income up to $35,000 50% discount
Income $35,001-$50,000 25% discount
Income above $50,000 no discount
Application Process and Income Verification
Please forward a letter or an e-mail explaining the reasons for your request for financial aid.
Applicants who are currently employed must include a letter from your current employer confirming your anticipated current year earnings. Applicants who are self-employed should include a personal statement confirming their anticipated current year earnings. Applicants who are currently unemployed should include a personal statement confirming your current unemployment status with your submission.
Applications for CLE financial aid assistance should be sent to:
AudioSolutionz LLC
2222 Sedwick Road
Durham, NC, 27713
Or scanned and emailed to:
Mark Belkin
mbelkin@audiosolutionz.com
MCLE Requirements
How many credits must I receive as an Attorney admitted to the New York Bar?
All New York admitted Attorneys must complete a total of 24 accredited CLE credit hours during each reporting period (2 years). This requires at least 4 hours of ethics and professionalism credits per reporting period. The remaining credit hours may be in any category of credit.
What is an Experienced Attorney?
Attorneys admitted in New York for more than two years are classified as experienced attorneys.
When do I have to report my credits?
They must be reported within 30 days after your birthday, every two years.
How do I calculate credit hours?
Credit hours are 50 minutes. A 60 minute program is 1 credit. A 90 minute program is 1.5 credits. A 120 minute program is 2 credits. Etc.
What if I am a newly admitted Attorney?
If you are admitted for less than two years you are considered a newly admitted Attorney.
What are newly admitted Attorneys requirements for CLE Credit?
They are required to take 16 hours of transitional credit in each of the first two years. This is 3 hours of ethics and professionalism, 6 hours of skills, and 7 hours of law practice management or areas of professional practice each year. As of January 1, 2016, newly admitted attorneys also may earn law practice management and professional practice credit through approved webinars, teleconferences, on-demand products, recorded products, or interactive videoconference. Ethics and professionalism credit may be earned through a fully interactive videoconference. Skills credit may ONLY be earned through the traditional live classroom.
How do I get verification of my attendance for the credits that I received through AudiosolutionZ.com?
Attendance Reporting Procedure: When watching the course, make sure to listen for the verification codes spoken at some point during the course. This verification code(s) will also be shown as a PDF slide. Submit a New York Attorney Affirmation Form for EACH course you are submitting for credit, complete the information requested, including the verification codes. These codes will not be in the materials included with the program. AudiosolutionZ will provide New York certificates of attendance to attorneys after verifying their participation. Attorneys must retain these certificates for four years after the program and certify completion of CLE requirements each reporting period. AudiosolutionZ will not send these certificates of attendance to the New York board.
How do I report my credits to New York State?
An attorney registration form will be mailed to you by New York State. You must file your attorney registration form and complete your CLE requirement within 30 days after your birthday on alternate years. All attorneys must certify, at the time of their biennial registration, that they have satisfactorily completed their CLE requirement for that reporting cycle and that they have retained the proper documentation. If, when you register, you have completed your required CLE credits but have not received all of your certificates of attendance, you may edit the relevant sentence on the attorney registration form to indicate that you are "awaiting documentation" of your compliance.
Many other answers can be found on:
https://www.nycourts.gov/attorneys/cle/attorney_faqs.shtml
Or by Contacting the New York State Continuing Legal Education Board at:
25 Beaver Street, Room 888
New York, NY 10004
(212) 428-2105
Toll-free outside NYC: (877) 697-4253
e-mail: CLE@nycourts.gov
website: www.nycourts.gov/attorneys/cle
How many credits must I receive as an Attorney admitted to the California Bar?
You are required to obtain 25 CLE credits within a 3 year reporting period.
Are there specific credits I must obtain?
In every reporting period you must obtain 4 hours of ethics credit; 1 hour of competence issues credit; and 1 hour of elimination of bias in the profession credit.
Are they any limits on those credits?
Attorneys must earn 12.5 credit hours through activities qualified for participatory credit and up to 12.5 hours can be earned via self-study.
What is a participatory credit?
A CLE is participatory if a provider can verify the attendee participation; AudiosolutionZ provides attendance verification.
How do I get verification of my attendance?
Fill out the AudiosolutionZ California Certificate of Attendance and California Course Evaluation. Submit those to Audiosolutionz via: (??)
How do I calculate credit hours?
Credit hours are 60 minutes.
How do I get proof of attendance for my credits that I received through AudiosolutionZ.com?
Attendance Reporting Procedure: When watching the course, make sure to listen for the verification codes spoken at some point during the course. This verification code(s) will also be shown as a PDF slide. Submit a California Affirmation Form for EACH course you are submitting for credit, complete the information requested, including the verification codes. These codes will not be in the materials included with the program. AudiosolutionZ will provide California certificates of attendance to attorneys after verifying their participation. AudiosolutionZ will not send these certificates of attendance to the California board.
How do I report my credits to the California Bar?
Prior to the end of the reporting period, the State Bar sends compliance cards to those who must comply that year. Attorneys must retain their certificates of attendance for participatory credit activities and are responsible for tracking their CLE credit. California reporting is done by the Attorney through Compliance groups at the end of their particular reporting period. California attorney membership is divided into 3 compliance groups by last name: Group 1 (A-G); Group 2 (H-M); and Group 3 (N-Z). Each group is up for compliance every 3 years. Although the reporting date is February 1st, please check
http://mcle.calbar.ca.gov/Attorneys/ComplianceInformation.aspx for more details on reporting year as they change.
Many other answers can be found on:
http://mcle.calbar.ca.gov/Attorneys.aspx
Or by Contacting the State Bar of California at:
Office of Certification
180 Howard Street, 8th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94105
(415) 538-2130
e-mail:
MCLE@calbar.ca.gov
website:
http://mcle.calbar.ca.gov/
How many credits must I receive as an Attorney admitted to the Illinois Bar?
You are required to obtain 30 CLE credit hours within a 2 year reporting period.
Does this include any type of specific credit?
It must include 6 hours of professional responsibility credits. This includes professionalism, issues involving diversity, mental illness and addiction issues, and civility or legal ethics.
How do I calculate credit hours?
Credit hours are 60 minutes.
Can CLE activity hours be carried over from one reporting period to another?
Up to 10 hours, including ethics hours, may be carried over to the next reporting period.
How do I get proof of attendance for my credits that I received through AudiosolutionZ.com?
When watching the course, make sure to listen for the verification codes spoken at some point during the course. This verification code(s) will also be shown as a PDF slide. Submit an Illinois Affirmation Form and Illinois Course Evaluation Form for EACH course you are submitting for credit, complete the information requested, including the verification codes. These codes will not be in the materials included with the program. AudiosolutionZ will provide Illinois certificates of attendance to attorneys after verifying their participation. AudiosolutionZ will not send these certificates of attendance to the Illinois board.
When must I report my credits?
Reporting periods are determined by the first letter of your Last Name
on Date Admitted to IL Bar. Last names that begin with A through M must report in subsequent even numbered years, and N through Z must report in subsequent odd numbered years.
How do I report my credits?
Attorneys must report their compliance with CLE requirements on a certification form that will be mailed to the attorney. They must complete the MCLE certification and submit it to the Board within 31 days after the end of the attorney’s reporting period. The MCLE certification requires that the attorney: (a) has complied with the CLE requirements; (b) has not complied with them; or (c) is exempt. Illinois is a self-reporting state, so each attorney must: Use AudiosolutionZ certificates and other relevant documents (e.g., time records and a published copy for writing credit, course syllabus for teaching credit) to calculate total CLE hours earned in the reporting period. Report compliance to the Board by going to
http://www.mcleboard.org/ . Retain those certificates and other relevant documents for three years after the reporting period ends.
Many other answers can be found by contacting the Illinois Bar at:
MCLE Board of the Supreme Court of Illinois
200 West Madison Street, Suite 900
Chicago, IL 60606
(312) 924-2420
e-mail:
mcle@mcleboard.org
website:
www.mcleboard.org
How many credits must I receive as an Attorney admitted to the Washington Bar?
You are required to obtain 45 CLE credits within a 3 year reporting period.
Does this include any type of specific credit?
As of January 1st, 2016 the requirement includes 6 hours of ethics and professional responsibility credits, and 15 hours of law and legal procedure.
How do I calculate credit hours?
Credit hours are 60 minutes.
May I carry over excess credits to the next reporting cycle?
You may carry over up to 15 credits towards your next reporting period. Of these 15 credits, up to 2 may be ethics credits.
When must I report my credits?
The compliance date is December 31and the reporting date is February 1. WSBA members are divided into three MCLE reporting groups based upon year of admission. (Newly admitted members are exempt).
Group 1: Admitted through 1975, 1991, 1994, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2009, 2012 and 2015
Group 2: Admitted in 1976 through 1983, 1992, 1995, 1998, 2001, 2004, 2007, 2010, 2013 and 2016
Group 3: Admitted in 1984 through 1990, 1993, 1996, 1999, 2002, 2005, 2008, 2011 and 2014
Please check the Washington State Bar website for more details.
How do I report my credits?
Go to
https://www.mywsba.org/ and register for one of our accredited courses through the site. We report your attendance, and that coordinates your completion of our CLE.
Many other answers can be found by contacting the Washington State Board of CLE at
the Washington State Bar Association:
1325 4th Ave., Ste. 600
Seattle, WA 98101-2539
(800) 945-9722 / (206) 443-9722
website:
www.wsba.org
How many credits must I receive as an Attorney admitted to the Florida Bar?
You are required to obtain 30 CLE credit hours within a 3 year reporting period.
Does this include any type of specific credit?
It must include 5 hours in the area of ethics, professionalism, substance abuse, or mental illness awareness.
How do I calculate credit hours?
Credit hours are 50 minutes. A 60 minute program is 1 credit. A 90 minute program is 1.5 credits. A 120 minute program is 2 credits. Etc.
When must I report my credits?
Compliance and reporting dates are assigned by the Florida Bar.
How do I report my credits?
Go to
http://www.floridabar.org/CLER and Post CLE Credits under Access CLE Records Online. If it is your first time, you will need to request a password, which may take 5 to 7 days to arrive. We will provide a course number list with your order. Use that code to enter the CLE courses into your profile.
Many other answers can be found by contacting the Florida Bar at:
Legal Specialization & Education Department
651 E. Jefferson Street
Tallahassee, FL 32399-2300
phone: (850) 561-5842
fax: (850) 561-9421
e-mail:
clemail@flabar.org
website:
www.floridabar.org/cler
How many credits must I receive as an Attorney admitted to the Texas Bar?
You are required to obtain 15CLE credit hours within a 1 year reporting period.
Does this include any type of specific credit?
It must include 3 hours in the area of legal ethics or legal professional responsibility.
How do I calculate credit hours?
Credit hours are 60 minutes.
When must I report my credits?
Compliance and reporting dates are the last day of birth month, annually.
How do I report my credits?
Report your MCLE hours by either of two ways:
Online at
https://www.texasbar.com/ :
You can easily access and report your MCLE hours when you log in to the My Bar Page. Scroll down to "My MCLE Hours."
or, submit a coded "Credit Input Form": Credit Input Form with your MCLE Annual Verification Report. This form is printed with special ink that is read by our scanner and it cannot be copied or reproduced. If you need another form, please contact us at the number below. Once you have completed the form, mail it to the address below.
The Credit Input Form will need to be received by the MCLE Director by the last day of the birth month in order to avoid a non-compliance penalty.
Many other answers can be found by contacting the Texas Bar at:
State Bar of Texas
Minimum Continuing Legal Education
P.O. Box 13007
Austin, TX 78711-3007
(800) 204-2222 x1806 / (512) 427-1806
e-mail:
mcle@texasbar.com
website:
www.texasbar.com
How many credits must I receive as an Attorney admitted to the Ohio Bar?
You are required to obtain 24 CLE credit hours within a 2 year reporting period.
Does this include any type of specific credit?
It must include 2.5 hours in the area of professional conduct.
How do I calculate credit hours?
Credit hours are 60 minutes.
When must I report my credits?
Compliance date is December 31st and the reporting date January 30th. Attorneys with last names beginning with A through L must complete credits by December 31 of each odd-numbered year. Attorneys with last names beginning with M through Z must complete credits by December 31 of each even-numbered year.
How do I report my credits?
Audiosolutionz will report your Credits to the Ohio Bar.
Many other answers can be found by contacting the Ohio Bar at:
Supreme Court of Ohio
Commission on CLE
65 South Front Street, 5th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215-3431
(614) 387-9320
e-mail:
ccle@sc.ohio.gov
website:
www.supremecourt.ohio.gov
How many credits must I receive as an Attorney admitted to the Oregon Bar?
You are required to obtain 45 CLE credit hours within a 3 year reporting period.
Does this include any type of specific credit?
It must include 5 hours in the area of ethics or professionalism and 1 hour on lawyers’ statutory duty to report child abuse.
How do I calculate credit hours?
Credit hours are 60 minutes.
When must I report my credits?
All credits must be completed by midnight on December 31, 2016. The completed compliance report is due in their office no later than 5:00 p.m. on January 31, 2017. Reports may be submitted via email.
How do I report my credits?
Audiosolutionz will report your Credits to the Oregon Bar. Go to
www.osbar.org/secured/login.asp
and log into your account. Click on the MCLE Reporting tab on the dashboard to see if the credits have been reported. If they are not, there, please contact us
Many other answers can be found by contacting the Oregon Bar at:
Oregon State Bar
16037 SW Upper Boones Ferry Road
P.O. Box 231935
Tigard, OR 97281-1935
(503) 620-0222
e-mail:
mcle@osbar.org
website:
www.osbar.org/mcle
How many credits must I receive as an Attorney admitted to the Pennsylvania Bar?
You are required to obtain 12 CLE credit hours within a 1 year reporting period.
Does this include any type of specific credit?
It must include 2 hours in the area of ethics.
How do I calculate credit hours?
Credit hours are 60 minutes.
When must I report my credits?
Pennsylvania assigns attorneys randomly by attorney ID number to one of three groups. The reporting times are: Group I - May 1 through April 30 every year, Group II - September 1 through August 31 every year, and Group III - January 1 through December 31 every year.
How do I report my credits?
Audiosolutionz will report your Credits to the Pennsylvania Bar. Go to
https://www.pacle.org/ and log into your account. If they are not reported, please contact us.
Many other answers can be found by contacting the Pennsylvania Bar at:
Pennsylvania Continuing Legal Education Board (PACLE)
Pennsylvania Judicial Center
601 Commonwealth Ave., Suite 3400
P.O. Box 62495
Harrisburg, PA 17106
(800) 497-2253 / (717) 231-3250
e-mail:
pacleb@pacle.org
website:
https://www.pacle.org/
How many credits must I receive as an Attorney admitted to the Virginia Bar?
You are required to obtain 12 CLE credit hours within a 1 year reporting period.
Does this include any type of specific credit?
It must include 2 hours in the area of professionalism or legal ethics per reporting period.
How do I calculate credit hours?
Credit hours are 60 minutes.
When must I report my credits?
October 31st of every year.
How do I report my credits?
Go to
https://member.vsb.org/vsbportal/ and log into your account. This online certification of attendance function may be used for those courses where you have received from the course sponsor a certification of attendance form which includes the Virginia course ID number. Please keep a copy of all forms for two years. You do not need to send a duplicate copy to the MCLE office. If no certification was sent to you, then please contact us.
Many other answers can be found by contacting the Virginia Bar at:
Virginia State Bar
1111 East Main Street, Ste. 700
Richmond, VA 23219-3565
(804) 775-0577
e-mail:
mcle@vsb.org
website:
www.vsb.org
How many credits must I receive as an Attorney admitted to the North Carolina Bar?
You are required to obtain 12 CLE credit hours within a 1 year reporting period.
Does this include any type of specific credit?
It must include 2 hours in the area of professionalism and/or legal ethics per reporting period. Every 3 years, 1 hour on substance abuse awareness or debilitating mental conditions.
How do I calculate credit hours?
Credit hours are 60 minutes.
When must I report my credits?
You must be compliant by December 31st, and report your credits by February 28, annually.
How do I report my credits?
Audiosolutionz will report your attendance to the North Carolina Bar. Go to
http://www.nccle.org/member-login/ and log into your account to check for compliance. If the attendance was not reported, then please contact us.
Many other answers can be found by contacting the North Carolina Bar at:
North Carolina State Bar
North Carolina Continuing Legal Education
208 Fayetteville Street Mall
P.O. Box 26148
Raleigh, NC 27611
(919) 733-0123
e-mail:
dholland@ncbar.gov
website:
www.nccle.org
How many credits must I receive as an Attorney admitted to the North Carolina Bar?
You are required to obtain 12 CLE credit hours within a 1 year reporting period.
Does this include any type of specific credit?
Per reporting period, 1 hour of ethics and 1 hour of professionalism credit.
How do I calculate credit hours?
Credit hours are 60 minutes.
When must I report my credits?
You must be compliant by December 31st, and report your credits by March 31st, annually.
How do I report my credits?
Attorneys verify compliance by submitting an annual report to Georgia, which is sent to attorneys between December and January by the Georgia Commission. Audiosolutionz will confirm attendance for teleconferences/ webinars by reporting attorneys' attendance. Attorneys self-report and submit their certificates of attendance for archived online programs and products.
Many other answers can be found by contacting:
Georgia Commission on Continuing Lawyer Competency
104 Marietta Street, NW Ste. 100
Atlanta, GA 30303
(404) 527-8710
e-mail:
cle@gabar.org
website:
www.gabar.org
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