As we approach the end of summer, so begins the bar year. State and local bar associations are gearing up for the upcoming season of activities, including networking events, CLEs and pro bono activities. As a young lawyer fresh out ...

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Maryland attorneys who oppose a proposed requirement that they take continuing legal education courses might find kinship with Louisiana judges. A proposed resolution in the Louisiana legislature would urge the state Supreme Court to develop a mandatory CLE course on family law for ...

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In other states, the demise of a leading provider of continuing legal education would have national CLE providers flooding the market. But since the Maryland Institute for the Continuing Professional Education of Lawyers Inc. folded last year, only a few ...

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Allan J. Gibber had a routine with the Maryland Institute for the Continuing Professional Legal Education of Lawyers Inc. for more than 30 years. He would update and add supplements to his popular “Gibber on Estate Administration” and then lead ...

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Next month, when lawyers get the letter directing them to report their pro bono activities for the past year, they’ll find a little something extra in the envelope. Included in the mailing will be a flier from the Maryland Judiciary, ...

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The Maryland Rules of Professional Conduct, starting with the very first on competence, require us lawyers to know what we’re doing (Rule 1.1-Competence:  A lawyer shall provide competent representation to a client. Competent representation requires the legal knowledge, skill, thoroughness ...

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The proposed mandatory continuing legal education requirements for Maryland includes two hours per year “devoted to topics concerning professionalism.” As someone in the CLE business (I help to organize seminars for the Maryland Association for Justice), that requirement caught my ...

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With news of MICPEL’s closing, some lawyers have speculated about whether another Maryland institution would rise up to take the torch; some lawyers have wondered if outside CLE providers would come take over; and some lawyers (because Maryland is one ...

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According to the American Bar Association, 46 states/territories require mandatory CLE. Maryland is not one of them. Our New Jersey neighbors have just taken the plunge, and mandated continuing legal education for their lawyers. The New Jersey Supreme Court approved ...

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