Cossette Sun, Director
Alameda County Law Library
GIVING CREDIT:
THE LAW LIBRARY AS CLE
PROVIDER
Library’s Broad Role in Education
Publicity: E-mail
Publicity: Flyer
Publicity: Newspapers
 The Inter – City Express
 The Recorder
 San Francisco Daily Journal
Alameda County Bar Association
web site – “Snooping With Google”
Publicity: Large Poster
State Bar of California MCLE
Requirements
 25 total hours every 3
years
 Maximum of 12.5 “self-
study” hours
 At least ½ of hours
must be “participatory”
 Special requirements
either “participatory”
or “self-study”
 Legal ethics - 4 hours
 Detection/Prevention of
substance abuse or
mental illness - 1 hour
 Elimination of bias in the
legal profession – 1 hour
Participatory MCLE Credit
FORMS FOR
CALIFORNIA MCLE
Certificate of
Attendance
Official Record of
Attendance (Sign In
Sheet)
Activity Evaluation
BERNARD E. WITKIN ALAMEDA COUNTY LAW LIBRARY
Bernard E. Witkin Memorial Lectures /
Bernard E. Witkin Memorial Symposia on Legal Research
1998 Topic:
Speakers:
Internet Legal Research
Tim Stanley, Creator and Founder of FindLaw
Andrew Wong, Esq.
Melina J. Burns, Esq.
Tim Stanley
Our First MCLE in 1998
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1998 Topic:
Speakers:
Internet Legal Research
Tim Stanley, Creator and Founder of FindLaw
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Andrew Wong, Esq.
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Melina J. Burns, Esq.
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1999 Topic:
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A View from the Bench -- A Century of Justice
Looking Back at the 20th Century and Ahead to the 21st
Speaker:
Associate Justice Stanley P. Mosk, Associate Justice, Supreme Court of
California
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2000 Topic:
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Speakers:
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G.W. “Bill” McDonald, Assistant Commissioner, Enforcement Division, California Department of
Corporations
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Dr. Arie Segev, Professor and Director, Fisher Center for Information Technology & Market Place
Transformation, Haas School of Business, “Business to Business (B2B) E-Commerce: to B or not to 2B is the
Question!”
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E-Commerce: Pandemonium in Cyber-Space or an Orderly
Market?
David H. Levine, Acting Assistant Chief Counsel, California State Board of Equalization
Richard Stim, Intellectual Property attorney & Author
With the Witkin Institute
 Beginning in 2001, the Witkin Legal Institute began
sponsoring an annual Spring Symposium with the
Alameda County Law Library.
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2001 Panel Program: Legal Research in California Revisited
2002 Panel Program: E-Courts: California Court Online
2003 Lecture: California's New Plain English Jury Instructions
2004 Panel Program: Ethics and Discovery on the E-Frontier
2005 Lecture: Snooping on Google for Legal Researchers
2006 Panel Program: Disaster Preparedness for the Solo and Small Law
Firm: Keeping Your Practice Alive During and After a Disaster
 2007 Lecture: Internet Legal Research Revisited: Exciting New Tools
 2008 Lecture: Client Relations in a Changing World
Checking in at Registration
Decade Award Winner Judge Ford
The Road to Becoming a
Multiple Activity Provider
 Single Activity Provider may apply after:
 4 separate and different educational activities
individually approved
 has actually held all 4 activities
 has granted California MCLE credit for all four
activities within a 2 year period prior to applying
for status of Multiple Activity Provider
Single or Multiple Activity Provider
Single Activity
Multiple Activity
 Prior approval for each
 No prior approval for
individual activity
 $75.00 fee each time
activities
 $100.00 a year or $300.00
for 3 years
Some Examples Not Qualifying for
MCLE Credit
 Legal subject taught to
non-attorneys
 Jury duty
 Marketing
legal work of
associates on a one on
one basis
 Acting as a supervising
attorney in the State
Bar Law Office Study
Program
 Train the trainer
programs
 Grading the California
bar exam
 Chat room discussions
 Reviewing & evaluating
CEB OnLaw Given Twice for Credit
Application for 1 Activity
New Activity Approval Form
Welcoming Attorneys to CLE
Second MCLE
Upcoming CLE - J. Gary Gwilliam
BOOK - Getting a
Winning Verdict in My
Personal Life: A Trial
Lawyer Bares His Soul
CEB Video Programs:
Getting a Winning
Verdict in Your Personal
Life: A Discussion of
Personal Ethics , 1 hour
MCLE credit
CEB Video Program:
Am I Drinking Too Much?
A Rhetorical Question, 1
hour MCLE credit
State Bar of California MCLE
Requirements
 25 total hours every 3
years
 Maximum of 12.5 “selfstudy” hours
 At least ½ of hours
must be “participatory”
 Special requirements
either “participatory”
or “self-study”
 Legal ethics - 4 hours r
 Detection/Prevention of
substance abuse - 1
hour
 Elimination of bias in the
legal profession – 1 hour
Self-Study MCLE: Elimination of
Bias in the Legal Profession
Fees for Lending MCLE Materials
 $10.00 per CD for up to but not including 3
credits
 $30.00 per CD set for 3 credits up to but not
including 6 credits
 $60.00 per CD set for 6 credits and up
List of MCLE Material at
http://www.acgov.org/law/mcle.pdf
The End