CLEs & Clerkship Forum

[Anonymous User]

I was admitted to the NY Bar in October '22. I'm currently clerking in a city where there really aren't NY-barred attorneys. I'm planning to back to NY when my clerkship ends in '24. I've got a fair amount of CLE requirements to knock out during my clerkship year (thanks to NY and their requirements for "second admitted year" CLEs / in person attendance). Any advice on how to handle this?

[Anonymous User]

Attend virtual CLEs that are live and have Q&A components. Join the New York City Bar Association in order to be able to attend them at a discounted rate.

[Wild Card]

federal bar council is a 2d cir. based org that offers free membership to clerks, and they have live and recorded cles

[Anonymous User]

I was admitted to the NY Bar in October '22. I'm currently clerking in a city where there really aren't NY-barred attorneys. I'm planning to back to NY when my clerkship ends in '24. I've got a fair amount of CLE requirements to knock out during my clerkship year (thanks to NY and their requirements for "second admitted year" CLEs / in person attendance). Any advice on how to handle this?

Did you see my thread? You might be exempt:

Re: New York CLE Requirements
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Post by Anonymous User » Wed Oct 19, 2022 6:28 pm

jotarokujo wrote: ↑Wed Oct 19, 2022 3:06 pm
Anonymous User wrote: ↑Wed Oct 19, 2022 6:42 am
Anonymous User wrote: ↑Tue Oct 18, 2022 1:42 pm
Anonymous User wrote: ↑Tue Oct 18, 2022 12:58 pm
If you were recently admitted to the New York bar and are clerking, are you exempt from the CLE requirements? Thanks!
No, you are not exempt.
That is not true if you are clerking outside of New York. https://ww2.nycourts.gov/attorneys/cle/ ... info.shtml
"Similar prorated requirements apply for newly admitted attorneys, who must complete 1.5 credits of transitional CLE credit, in any combination of categories, for every month during any part of which they practice law in New York during their first two years of admission to the Bar. These credits must be completed by the second anniversary of admission to the New York Bar.

Please note that any attorney who practices law at the beginning of a cycle and also at the end of a cycle is not eligible for a prorated CLE requirement. For example, if an attorney’s reporting cycle runs from August 2002 through August 2004 and the attorney practices law in New York in August 2002, September 2002 and August 2004, the attorney is responsible for all credits for that cycle, not a prorated requirement, since the attorney practiced law in New York at the beginning of the cycle (August 2002) and at the end of the cycle (August 2004)."

so if you graduated in 2021 say, then you were practicing and were admitted prior to the clerkship started and the clerkship lasts one year then you go back to practicing in new york, you are on the hook for all CLE (2*16). if your clerkship is two years, then you are only on the hook for 1.5*(number of months you practiced while admitted prior to clerkship)

no idea what situation you're in OP but hope that makes it clear
OP here, I was admitted in late 2021 and am clerking from 2021-2024 on federal courts outside of New York, so it seems like I am exempt. Thanks again y'all