Continuing Education and Advanced Courses
The Alumni Association, in collaboration with the USD Paralegal Program, offers continuing education seminars, workshops, and courses that members may take at discounted prices. We are pleased to have approval from the State Bar of California to offer MCLE (Mandatory Continuing Legal Education)* credit at many of our seminars.
Section 6450 (d) of the Business and Professional Code that pertains to the continuing education requirements for paralegals requires that paralegals have four (4) hours of mandatory continuing legal education in legal ethics every two years and four (4) hours of mandatory continuing legal education in general law or an area of specialized law every two years.
Detailed information is available by reading Section 6450-6456 of the California Business and Professions Code.
The next continuing legal education opportunity is:
CONTINUING LEGAL EDUCATION CLASS- ETHICS
Saturday, November 14, 2009, 9:00am
2 MCLE credits
David McGowan, J.D.
University of San Diego School of Law
J.D., University of California at Berkeley, Boalt Hall School of Law
Professor McGowan has extensive experience teaching Ethics at the law school level and understands the many issues relevant to paralegals, attorneys and legal support staff. This program will consist of lecture and the use of scenarios to illustrate ethical dilemmas that may occur in legal settings. Included will be comments on Cyberlaw ethical issues that have developed in the last few years due to the prevalence of the use of computers.
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