Continuing Legal Education

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Suffolk Lawyers for Justice requires attorneys on our panel to take a set number of continuing legal education credits in the field of criminal law annually.  Effective July 1, 2010 the requirement will go up from six to eight credits.  Attorneys please note: while the SLJ requirement remains on a fiscal year schedule, all other CPCS panels have moved to a calendar year schedule beginning in 2009.  In addition to the SLJ requirements, attorneys practicing on other CPCS panels must complete eight credits during the 2010 calendar year. 

SLJ panel attorneys also are required to report at the close of each fiscal year whether they have completed any jury trials to verdict during the preceding year.  With few exceptions, attorneys who have not had a jury trial are required to attend a Jury Trial Skills program held after the close of the relevant fiscal year.  SLJ and other bar advocate programs offer the required trainings between July and November of each year.  These courses may be used to fulfill an attorney's CLE or jury trial requirement, but not both.