Pennsylvania Code › Title 204 - JUDICIAL SYSTEM GENERAL PROVISIONS › Part V - PROFESSIONAL ETHICS AND CONDUCT › Subpart A - PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY › Chapter 82 - CONTINUING LEGAL EDUCATION › Subchapter B - CONTINUING LEGAL EDUCATION BOARD REGULATIONS › Section 1 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
Accredited Continuing Legal Education
						Provider
-A corporation or association accredited by the Board in
						accordance with the rules and these regulations.
"Accredited Pro Bono CLE Provider". A legal service
						provider accredited by the Board in accordance with the rules and
						regulations.
Active Lawyer
-A member in good standing
						of the bar of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, who is not an active or senior
						member of the judiciary. A lawyer who is active for any part of a year must
						comply with these regulations.
Approved Instructor
-A faculty member in
						a CLE activity sponsored by an Accredited Continuing Legal Education Provider
						who possesses the necessary practical or academic skills to conduct the course
						effectively. An approved instructor will normally be a lawyer or judge.
Attendance Restriction
-Attendance
						restriction exists where any one or more of the following occur: the CLE
						activity is not open to all lawyers thought to be interested in the subject
						matter; it is not held in a place open to the legal community at large; it is
						not held in a place large enough to accommodate all such lawyers thought to be
						interested; the charge is not reasonable; or the activity is not advertised as
						required by the Board.
Board
-The Pennsylvania Continuing Legal
						Education Board.
CLE
-Continuing legal education to be
						provided under the rules and these regulations.
Inactive Lawyer
-Any lawyer placed on
						inactive status by the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
In-house Activity
-In-house activity is
						any educational activity offered by lawyer's law firm or group of two (2) or
						more lawyers or law firms or a corporation or group of corporations or any
						combination thereof with whom a lawyer is affiliated and which has an
						attendance restriction on lawyers who are not affiliated with the law firm or
						corporation.
Member of the Judiciary
-An individual
						who has been admitted to the Pennsylvania Bar and who has been appointed or
						elected and is serving as a judicial official of any state or of the United
						States of America and whose position prohibits the individual from the practice
						of law within the territorial jurisdiction where the individual serves as a
						judge. This term shall not include a lawyer who is permitted to and who
						voluntarily chooses to maintain active lawyer status in Pennsylvania so long as
						the judicial position does not prevent him or her from practicing law in
						Pennsylvania.
Non-Resident Active Lawyer
-A member in
						good standing of the bar of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, who is not an
						active or senior member of the judiciary and who has requested non-resident
						active status in accordance with Section 6(e) of these regulations.
Provider
-A corporation or association
						which has been accredited by the Board to provide continuing legal education
						under these regulations or a corporation or association which provides one (1)
						or more continuing legal education courses approved by the Board.
Regulations
-These regulations adopted
						by the Board as they may be amended from time to time.
Rules
-The Pennsylvania Rules for
						Continuing Legal Education as they may be amended from time to time.
Undue Hardship
-Undue hardship consists
						of a severe medical condition which in the judgment of the Board renders a
						lawyer incapable of complying with these regulations.
Verified Statement
-A document filed
						with the Board or the Supreme Court under these regulations containing
						statements of fact and a statement by the signatory that it is made subject to
						the penalties of 4904 (relating to unsworn falsification to
						authorities).