Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 24, June 15, 2024
Rule 107 - Minimum Standards for Course ApprovalTo be approved for credit, a CLE course or activity must meet the following standards:
(a) The course shall be of intellectual or practical content.(b) The course shall contribute directly to lawyers' professional competence or skills, or to their education with respect to their professional or ethical obligations;(c) If a course does not bear entirely on the general requirements for CLE or the practice of law or the substance of laws, practice or procedure or if the method of presenting the course is below minimum standards, the Board may assign partial credit;(d) Each faculty member must possess the necessary practical or academic skills to conduct the course effectively. Subjects should normally be taught by lawyers or judges;(e) While written materials need not be distributed for every course, thorough, high quality, readable, carefully prepared written materials should be distributed to all participants at or before the time the course is offered whenever practicable;(f) The course shall be presented in a suitable setting devoted to the educational activity of the program. No CLE shall consist solely of television viewing in the home, correspondence work, or self study, except as the Board shall approve to accommodate the needs of the handicapped or incapacitated. Video, motion picture or audio tape presentations may be used provided a faculty person is in attendance at all presentations to comment and answer questions. Distance learning programs may be approved if they meet interactive, technical and accreditation standards set forth by the Board;.(g) The course must be open to any lawyer thought to be interested in the subject matter.(h) The Board shall adopt rules which will allow providers to obtain prior approval of CLE courses or which may allow providers to obtain post presentation approval of CLE courses subject to the right of the Board to adjust the credit as provided in subsection (c).The provisions of this Rule 107 amended July 1, 1992, effective immediately, 22 Pa.B. 3724; amended November 29, 1993, effective immediately, 23 Pa.B. 5882; amended March 7, 1995, effective immediately, 25 Pa.B. 1079; amended December 30, 2004, effective immediately, 35 Pa.B. 349; amended November 21, 2008, effective 11/22/2008, 38 Pa.B. 6360.