North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 27 - STATE BAR › Chapter 01 - RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR THE NORTH CAROLINA STATE BAR › Subchapter D - RULES OF THE STANDING COMMITTEES OF THE NORTH CAROLINA STATE BAR › Section .1500 - RULES GOVERNING THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE CONTINUING LEGAL EDUCATION PROGRAM › Section 01D .1522 - ANNUAL REPORT AND COMPLIANCE PERIOD

Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 2, July 15, 2024
(a) Annual
				  Written Report. Commencing in 1989, each active member of the North Carolina
				  State Bar shall provide an annual written report to the North Carolina State
				  Bar in such form as the board shall prescribe by regulation concerning
				  compliance with the continuing legal education program for the preceding year
				  or declaring an exemption under Rule .1517 of this subchapter. The annual
				  report form shall be corrected, if necessary, signed by the member, and
				  promptly returned to the State Bar via mail or online filing. Upon receipt via
				  mail or online filing of a signed annual report form, appropriate adjustments
				  shall be made to the member's continuing legal education record with the State
				  Bar. No further adjustments shall thereafter be made to the member's continuing
				  legal education record unless, on or before July 31 of the year in which the
				  report form is mailed to members, the member shows good cause for adjusting the
				  member's continuing legal education record for the preceding year.
(b) Compliance Period. The period for
				  complying with the requirements of Rule .1518 of this subchapter is January 1
				  to December 31. A member may complete the requirements for the year on or by
				  the last day of February of the succeeding year provided, however, that this
				  additional time shall be considered a grace period and no extensions of this
				  grace period shall be granted. All members are encouraged to complete the
				  requirements within the appropriate calendar year.
(c) Report. Prior to January 31 of each year,
				  the prescribed report form concerning compliance with the continuing legal
				  education program for the preceding year shall be available on the State Bar's
				  CLE website and a notice of its posting shall be mailed or emailed to all
				  active members of the North Carolina State Bar.
(d) Late Filing Penalty. Any attorney who,
				  for whatever reasons, files the report showing compliance or declaring an
				  exemption after the due date of the last day of February shall pay a $75.00
				  late filing penalty. This penalty shall be submitted with the report. A report
				  that is either received by the board or postmarked on or before the due date
				  shall be considered timely filed. An attorney who is issued a notice to show
				  cause pursuant to Rule .1523(b) shall pay a late compliance fee of $125.00
				  pursuant to Rule .1523(e) of this subchapter. The board may waive the late
				  filing penalty or the late compliance fee upon a showing of hardship or serious
				  extenuating circumstances or other good cause.
Authority - Order of
					 the North Carolina Supreme Court, October 7, 1987, 318 N.C. 711;
Readopted Effective December 8, 1994;
Amendments Approved by the
					 Supreme Court: October 1, 2003; March 3, 2005; March 2, 2006; October 9, 2008;
					 September 20, 2018.