Rule 210 - Minimum Continuing Legal Education Requirements; Credit for Pro Bono Cases To meet the annual minimum continuing legal education requirements imposed by these rules, each attorney subject to these rules must timely: submit required fees, complete the requisite number of credit hours, and provide such other information as the board may require.
1.Annual fee. The amount of the annual fee will be determined by the board, but will not exceed $40. The annual fee shall be due January 1 and shall be payable on or before March 1 of the year for which the fee is required to be paid.2.Credit hours. (a) Subject to the carry forward provisions of subparagraph (b), a minimum of 13 hours of accredited educational activity, as defined by the regulations adopted by the board, must be completed by December 31 of each year. Of the 13 hours, at least two shall be exclusively in the area of ethics and professional conduct and one shall be exclusively in the area of substance abuse, addictive disorders and/or mental health issues that impair professional competence. Attorneys entitled to an exemption pursuant to Rule 214(1)(a) must complete the requirement within the same calendar year in which they are first subject to continuing legal education requirements.(b) Any attorney subject to these rules who completes more than 13 hours of accredited educational activity in any calendar year may carry forward up to 20 hours of excess credit and apply the same to the attorney's general educational requirement for the next two calendar years. Likewise, any attorney subject to these rules who completes more than two hours of ethics and professional conduct credit in any calendar year may carry forward up to four hours of excess credit and apply the same to the attorney's ethics and professional conduct educational requirement for the next two calendar years.(c) Any attorney subject to these rules who completes more than one hour in the area of substance abuse, addictive disorders and/or mental health issues that impair professional competence may carry forward up to two hours of excess credit and apply the same to the attorney's substance abuse, addictive disorders and/or mental health issues requirement for the next two calendar years.3.Credit for pro bono cases. An attorney may earn continuing legal education credit by providing uncompensated pro bono representation or service through a nonprofit legal aid organization that receives IOLTA funds pursuant to SCR216(1) or through a program sponsored by a court or governmental organization that is either co-sponsored by such a legal aid organization or approved by the Nevada Access to Justice Commission or its designee. An attorney may obtain one hour of general credit for each three full hours of uncompensated legal services performed for a maximum of four hours of continuing legal education credit per year. To obtain credit, the attorney must report completion of uncompensated pro bono civil legal representation or service to the entity that provided the case or service opportunity to the attorney; the entity shall then submit the appropriate number of continuing legal education credits to the board on behalf of the attorney. The board shall not assess fees for continuing legal education credits awarded pursuant to this rule.4.Affirmation of attendance. No later than December 31, an attorney must submit to the board an affirmation of attendance listing all courses of continuing legal education attended during the year and the number of credit hours the attorney is claiming for each course. The affirmation of attendance constitutes an attorney's representation under penalty of perjury that the attorney attended and participated in the listed course of continuing legal education for the hours represented on the affirmation. The provisions of Rule 212 are applicable to the affirmation of attendance.5.CLE credit compliance. The board shall establish regulations providing for review of its determination of the CLE credits earned by an attorney and for resolving disputes. The regulations shall provide for the random audit of attorneys' affirmations of attendance to verify attorney compliance with CLE requirements.Added; effective 2/19/1982; amended effective 1/15/2010; amended effective 4/21/2014; amended effective 1/1/2018; amended effective 2/1/2019; amended effective 3/14/2020; amended effective 2/4/2022.