Rule 4 - Continuing legal education requirements and conditions (a) Requirements. (1) Active Members: A minimum of 15 hours of continuing legal education including a total of two hours of legal ethics must be completed each calendar year, as provided in these rules. (2) New Active Members: A minimum of 15 hours of continuing legal education including a total of two hours of legal ethics must be completed each calendar year, as provided in these rules. (3) Emeritus Members: A minimum of seven (7) hours of continuing legal education including one hour of legal ethics must be completed each calendar year, as provided in these rules. (b) Continuing legal education credit may be obtained by attending or participating in a continuing legal education activity accredited or eligible for accreditation by the CLE Director under these rules. Credits will not be granted for attending duplicate courses in the same calendar year. (c) Hours completed in any year in excess of the minimum number, including legal ethics credits, may be carried forward for two years, subject to the restrictions and limitations in Rule 5. (d) Attorneys who lecture in a continuing legal education activity accredited or eligible for accreditation as provided in these Rules will receive credit for three hours for each hour spent lecturing. If an attorney lectures as part of a panel, the total length of the lecture will be divided by the number of panelists and that portion will be multiplied by three for instruction credit. Credit will not be granted for instructing duplicate courses in the same calendar year unless substantive changes are made in the program. (e) The final published course schedule of an accredited continuing legal education activity shall be determinative of the number of hours of accredited continuing legal education available through such activity. In all other cases, the CLE Director will determine the number of hours of accredited continuing legal education available through such activity. (f) To obtain continuing legal education credit, an attorney shall submit an application approved by the Board or apply online on the Wyoming State Bar website (www.wyomingbar.org) for each continuing legal education activity for which credit is sought. The application should be submitted within a reasonable time following participation in the activity. Applications submitted after March 1 for continuing legal education activities completed during the previous calendar year shall not be accepted. (1) For continuing legal education activities which have received prior accreditation under Rule 6, no further documentation is required other than the application. (2) For continuing legal education activities which have not received prior accreditation, the application shall include a brief description of the activity, its dates, subjects, instructors and their qualifications, a copy of the activity outline, activity brochure and other documentation upon which the CLE Director can make a determination as to the qualifications of the activity and the number of credit hours to which the applicant is entitled. Within a reasonable time after receipt of the application and accompanying materials, CLE Director shall notify the attorney that the activity is not accredited or if the number of hours of credit approved is less than requested. Such notification shall be made by United States mail or by email to the address provided by such attorney to the Wyoming State Bar. (g) The Wyoming State Bar shall maintain a record of the continuing legal education credits which have been accumulated for each attorney. On November 15 (or the next business day following) the Wyoming State Bar shall notify each attorney of the number of continuing legal education hours credited to that attorney for the current calendar year. Such notification shall be made by United States mail or by email to the address provided by such attorney to the Wyoming State Bar. Wyo. R. State Bar, Att'y Cond. & Prac. 4
Amended February 22, 2012, effective July 1, 2012; amended effective December 14, 2012; amended September 17, 2013, effective January 1, 2014; amended August 27, 2014, effective October 1, 2014; amended June 2, 2015, effective July 1, 2015; amended January 24, 2017, effective May 1, 2017.