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What are the statutory continuing education requirements for paralegals?

April 26, 2017Continuing Education Paralegals requirements statutory

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What are the statutory continuing education requirements for paralegals?

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Business and Professions code section 650(d) requires that all paralegals shall be required to certify completion every two years four hours of MCLE in ethics and every two years completion of four hours of MCLE in either general law or in a specialized area of law. All continuing legal education courses shall meet the requirements of Business and Profession Code section 6070. SF State has met the stated requirements and has been designated MCLE provider number 3431 by the State Bar of California. Each semester there are several Saturday courses offered for MCLE credit. Paralegals should maintain their continuing education certificates in their firm’s personnel file with a duplicate file in their own possession. If the continuing education criteria are not met by the paralegal, then the paralegal is in violation of the code.