Rule 5 Standards for Continuing Legal Education Activity

(a) A continuing legal education activity consisting of lecture (classroom) style instruction qualifies for accreditation, and the attorney participants, both attendees and faculty, are entitled to continuing legal education credit, if the CLE Director determines that:

(1) The activity constitutes an organized program of learning (including workshop or symposium) which contributes directly to the professional competency of an attorney;

(2) The activity pertains to legal subjects or other subject matters which integrally relate to the practice of law;

(3) The activity is conducted or taught in part by attorneys or other individuals who have special education, training and experience by reason of which they should be considered experts concerning the subject matter of the program; and

(4) The activity is accompanied by a detailed program description. In addition, submittal of a written outline for the program and relevant supporting documents is recommended for all programs and required for all programs longer than 60 minutes. The written outline shall be provided to participants via paper copy or electronically. A PowerPoint or similar slide show may be used to satisfy this requirement.

(b) Time spent researching and writing articles that are published in a legal periodical including without limitation law reviews, legal newsletters, magazines or newspapers, consisting of case summaries, law updates and other subjects of interest to the legal community, qualifies for continuing legal education credit to a maximum of 15 hours in any calendar year. Authors of such articles applying for continuing legal education credit must submit a copy of the article, as published, with the approved form.

(c) An attorney may receive a maximum of five hours of legal education credit each calendar year for providing pro bono public service as defined in Rule 6.1 of the Wyoming Rules of Professional Conduct. Such credit may be received at the rate of one credit hour for each two hours of pro bono public service, including but not limited to (1) performing pro bono public service, (2) acting as a mentor for another attorney who is performing pro bono public service, and (3) acting as a mentor for an eligible law student in accordance with Rule 9 of the Rules Governing the Wyoming State Bar and the Authorized Practice of Law. No pro bono hours may be carried over to any subsequent years.

(d) An attorney may receive a maximum of eight hours of continuing legal education credit each calendar year for self-study programs where audio, video or online material is used. Activities in which the attorney does not have the opportunity to ask the presenter questions during the presentation may be eligible for self-study credit subject to the eight-hour limit. No self-study hours may be carried over to any subsequent years.

(e) Attorneys will not receive continuing legal education credit for any “for profit” activity such as authoring a book or treatise for a fee or commission or teaching a course for which payment of other than expenses is received.

(f) No credit will be given for identical activities unless they are held in different calendar years.

(g) Live-attendance programs are not considered self-study programs.