D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 6, r. 6-B3610
Current through Register Vol. 71, No. 49, December 6, 2024
Rule 6-B3610 - ANNUAL MANDATORY TRAINING - GENERALLY3610.1 The Attorney General shall establish and administer an annual mandatory program of continuing legal education for attorneys in the Legal Service who are employed by the Office of the Attorney General.3610.2 The Attorney General shall establish and administer an annual mandatory program of training to maintain and enhance the management supervisory skills of Legal Service supervisory attorneys employed in the Office of the Attorney General.3610.3 The Director of the Mayor's Office of Legal Counsel shall establish and administer annual mandatory training programs comparable to those required under§§ 3610.1 and 3610.2, for Legal Service attorneys and supervisors in the Mayor's Office of Legal Counsel and the subordinate agencies.3610.4 Training programs offered by the Office of the Attorney General shall, to the extent practicable, be made available with no charge to Legal Service attorneys employed by the Mayor's Office of Legal Counsel and the subordinate agencies. Likewise, training programs offered by the Mayor's Office of Legal Counsel for attorneys employed by that office and the subordinate agencies shall, to the extent practicable, be made available with no charge to attorneys in the Office of the Attorney General.3610.5 The Attorney General shall designate a Training Director to oversee, arrange, and approve mandatory training programs and requirements for attorneys in the Office of the Attorney General.3610.6 Any decision of the Training Director is subject to direction and review by the Attorney General or the Attorney General's designee.3610.7 Annual mandatory training requirements shall be completed during each rating period.3610.8 Any attorney for whom compliance with any of the training requirements of this chapter is inordinately difficult due to a severe, prolonged illness, a disability, or other good cause, may seek a waiver from mandatory training requirements. An attorney may do so by submitting a request to the Training Director for attorneys employed by the Office of the Attorney General or to the Director for attorneys employed by the Mayor's Office of Legal Counsel or the subordinate agencies, as applicable. The request for a waiver shall include any appropriate or required supporting material or documentation.3610.9 A waiver request shall be promptly submitted when the grounds for the waiver request become known to the attorney. Failure to request a waiver in a timely manner may be considered by the Training Director or the Director in determining whether to grant a waiver.3610.10 A waiver shall be valid for a specific time period granted by the Training Director or the Director not to exceed one year, unless renewed or extended.3610.11 Failure to comply with the training requirements of this chapter during a rating period, without receiving a waiver, shall be considered by a supervisor in evaluating an attorney and setting the overall rating.3610.12 All training requests for credit to satisfy mandatory requirements shall be submitted to the Training Director or the Director, as applicable, for authorization and approval before participation in any in-house or other training.3610.13 A credit hour shall be equivalent to sixty (60) minutes of instruction.3610.14 The Training Director and Director, as applicable, shall issue written procedures with respect to making requests for training, obtaining prior approval of training, and other requirements.3610.15 When an attorney fails to complete training for which the District has incurred an expense, the expenses incurred shall be repaid to the District by the attorney if the Training Director or Director determines that the attorney unjustifiably failed to complete the training.3610.16 Attorneys in the Legal Service who are newly-appointed within one hundred-twenty (120) days of the end of a rating period shall not be required to complete any training during that rating period. Any attorney in the Legal Service who is newly-appointed more than one hundred-twenty (120) days prior to the end of the rating period, shall be required to complete a pro rata portion of the training requirements for the rating year in which he or she is appointed.3610.17 Attorneys shall evaluate training programs attended on forms provided for such purpose.3610.18 The Training Director and the Director shall maintain records of payments made for travel, tuition, and fees, and other necessary expenses of training. The official record of such expenses for the Office of the Attorney General shall be the record kept by the Financial Officer for the Office of the Attorney General.3610.19 An attorney assigned to full-time training shall be counted as being in full pay status, up to a maximum of eight (8) hours a day or forty (40) hours a week.3610.20 An attorney assigned to training on less than a full-time basis shall be counted as being in pay status the same number of hours spent in instruction plus necessary travel time.3610.21 An attorney selected for non-mandatory training in a non-District facility shall agree in writing to continue in the service of the subordinate agency after the end of the training for a period of time at least equal to the length of the training period.D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 6, r. 6-B3610
Final Rulemaking published at 47 DCR 7371 (September 28, 2000); as amended by Final Rulemaking 54 DCR 12269 (December 21, 2007); as Amended by Final Rulemaking published at 61 DCR 12182 (November 28, 2014)