[Effective through 12/31/2024] Regulations5.1. The MCLE Commission will advise the applicant seeking accreditation whether the activity is approved or disapproved within 30 days of the receipt of the completed application and fee. Applicants denied accreditation may appeal the decision by submitting a letter of appeal to the MCLE Commission within 15 days of receipt of notice of denial. 5.2. No application for accreditation by either a sponsor or a participant will be approved more than 60 days after the close of the program year (December 31). 5.3. Web-based MCLE programs are limited to six hours of MCLE credit per year. On-demand Web-based programs, which are not offered in real time, shall be subject to the six-credit-hour limit. Synchronous, real-time webcasts and webinars may be considered live programs under these rules, and not subject to the six-credit-hour limit, only if the program allows instructors and participants to communicate directly via text or teleconference. Teleconferences shall be treated as live programs under these rules. 5.4. Attorneys desiring credit for an activity attended outside Alabama may be required to complete an evaluation questionnaire furnished by the MCLE Commission and to return it within a reasonable time following the conclusion of the activity. 5.5. Activities that cross academic, civic, and educational lines, such as accounting-tax seminars and poll-worker programs, may be considered for approval. For poll-worker programs, either the Secretary of State's Office or the County Probate Office must certify the attorney's training, attendance, and hours worked. In addition to receiving the required training, the attorney must work at the polls a minimum of eight hours in a day to earn four hours of credit. Credit under this regulation is capped at eight hours per year.5.6. When a law firm is the course sponsor, at least 50% of the instruction must be provided by persons not affiliated with the law-firm sponsor. A qualified instructor not affiliated with the law-firm sponsor must be present for all audio or videotaped replays of the live program.5.7. Program materials without legal citations or explanatory notations shall be considered deficient. 5.8. Attorneys who have a permanent physical disability or limitation that makes attendance at approved MCLE activities inordinately difficult may file a request for a permanent substituted activity in lieu of attendance and shall set out in that request CLE plans tailored to the attorney's specific interests and physical abilities. Any such request shall be accompanied by a physician's statement addressing the necessity for such alternative activity. The MCLE Commission shall review and approve or disapprove the proposed plan on an individual basis and in an expeditious manner.Ala. R. Cle, r. 5, Regulations
Amended 10-3-2024, eff. 10/3/2024.