Accreditation and CLE Rules for New York

The National Academy of Continuing Legal Education is an Accredited NYS CLE Provider. The NY CLE Board maintains an Accredited Provider directory on their website. You can find us listed on the most recent directory at http://www.nycourts.gov/attorneys/cle/aplist.pdf.

Experienced NY are required to take 24 credit hours every 2 years including 4 credit hours of Ethics and 1 credit hour of Diversity, Inclusion and Elimination of Bias and 1 credit of Cybersecurity, Privacy and Data Protection.

NY attorneys can earn all 24 CLE credit hours with us using our DVDs, Audio CDs, USB Stick, Online, and iOS/Android App courses.

*Beginning on July 1, 2023, experienced attorneys are now required to take at least 1 CLE credit in the category of Cybersecurity, Privacy and Data Protection in each compliance period. This new requirement applies to all attorneys due to re-register on or after July 1, 2023 (birthday is on or after July 1st). Please note that this does not change the total amount of credits required in your CLE period, the total requirement remains at 24 credits.

Experienced NY attorneys are required to complete their requirement every 2 years by their birthday with a 30 day automatic grace period. Attorneys admitted to practice in even years are due on even years and attorneys admitted in odd years are due in odd years.

New York attorneys must report that they are CLE compliant on their biennial registration form and must retain proof of compliance for a minimum of four years. National Academy of CLE issues a NY CLE Certificate of Attendance for all CLE activities as proof of compliance and we store the certificate in your CLE Account indefinitely.

Newly admitted attorneys are required to take "transitional” courses (designed to help them develop a foundation in the essential skills to practice law) 16 credits each year for the first two years following their admission to the Bar. The 16 credits must consist of 3 Ethics credits, 6 Skills credits, and 7 Law Practice Management (LPM) or Professional Practice (PP) credits. Newly admitted attorneys must complete their CLE requirement in a format permissible for the category of credit. For more information please click here.

Newly admitted attorneys must complete each of their two 16 credit requirements by the first and second anniversaries of admission respectively.

*COVID-19 Update: In response to concerns related to the spread of the COVID-19 Coronavirus the NYS CLE Board has temporarily suspended the live in-person requirement for Newly Admitted attorneys. You now have until 6/30/2025 to earn both your Skills and Ethics credits through our livestream webinars. You can see the official notice about the temporary live requirement exception here.

Newly admitted attorneys can satisfy all 16 credit hours with us using our on-demand PP & LPM courses and our Live Webinar Skills and Ethics courses. You can see our Bridge The Gap options here: NY BTG CLE.

Effective July 1, 2023, Newly admitted attorneys must complete at least 1 CLE credit hour in the Cybersecurity, Privacy and Data Protection CLE category of credit as part of their newly admitted cycle requirement (1 credit of Cyber in any of your first 2 years). The new requirement is for attorneys admitted to the NY Bar on or after July 1, 2023.

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The Twenty-Two Most Frequently Posed Questions to Title Underwriters

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The first title insurance company was formed in Pennsylvania in 1853. Since that time, title insurance has become a requisite step in the purchase of real estate throughout the United States and the laws, requirements, guidelines and protocols have become vast and increasingly complex.

This CLE course will address the most frequently asked questions to title underwriters, thereby offering a comprehensive explanation of title insurance, issues of ownership, trusts and estates, judgments, mortgages, sales and much more.The first title insurance company was formed in Pennsylvania in 1853. Since that time, title insurance has become a requisite step in the purchase of real estate throughout the United States and the laws, requirements, guidelines and protocols have become vast and increasingly complex. This CLE course will address the most frequently asked questions to title underwriters, thereby offering a comprehensive explanation of title insurance, issues of ownership, trusts and estates, judgments, mortgages, sales and much more.

Lecturer Bio

Marvin N. Bagwell, Esq.

Mr. Bagwell is Vice-President and Chief New York State Counsel for Old Republic National Title Insurance Company and is based in New York City. Formerly, he was the President of Bagwell & Associates Title Agency LLC, a Manhattan and White Plains based title insurance agency. Before then, He was Vice-President and Eastern Divisional Counsel for United General Title Insurance Company.

Mr. Bagwell is a 1976 graduate of Harvard College (magna cum laude) and a 1979 graduate of Harvard Law School. He began his practice in Richmond, Virginia with McGuire, Woods and Battle specializing in bond financing and later practiced with Little, Parsley and Cluverius in the same city specializing in public finance law. He later worked as an associate specializing in multi-family bond financing with Hawkins, Delafield and Wood on Wall Street in New York City. Mr. Bagwell began his career in title insurance in 1986 as a claims attorney and underwriting counsel with Title USA, and later advanced to the position of chief or senior counsel for TRW Title, Nations Title and Fidelity Title. Mr. Bagwell is the author of over 70 published articles on real property and title insurance issues. He is a frequent contributor to The New York Journal for which he writes a quarterly article on title insurance. His articles have also been published in the New York Real Estate Reporter and in Settlement Services Today. He is also the editor of the updated section on title insurance in Warren’s Weed, which has just been released. New York State Courts have cited Mr. Bagwell’s articles on at least two occasions. The Court of Appeals cited his article, “New York City Super Liens”, (NYLJ, Land Title Trends, August 9, 1991, p. 1) in Rosenbaum v. City of New York, 730 N.Y.S.2d 774 (2001) and the Appellate Division, First Department, cited “Life Estates-New Legal Gives Title Underwriters Trouble”, (NYLJ, February 11, 2004, p. 5) in Commissioner of the City of New York v. Morello, 779 N.Y.S.2d 61 (2004).

Mr. Bagwell is a Past President of both the New York State Land Title Association (“NYSLTA”) and of the Title Insurance Rate Service Association (“TIRSA”). Mr. Bagwell is also a nationally recognized lecturer on title insurance and real property law. He is a certified Continuing Legal Education instructor for Virginia and for Pennsylvania and has served as a lecturer for the City Bar, the State Bar and the Practicing Law Institute. Mr. Bagwell sits on the Executive Board of the Real Property Section of the New York Bar Association and serves as one of the Editors of the Section’s Journal. He was recently elected a Fellow of the American College of Real Estate Lawyers. Mr. Bagwell is licensed to practice law in Virginia and in New York.

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Accreditation and CLE Rules for New York

The Twenty-Two Most Frequently Posed Questions to Title Underwriters

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