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Accreditation and CLE Rules for Illinois
The National Academy of Continuing Legal Education is an Accredited CLE Provider in Illinois.
Illinois attorneys are required to take 30 credit hours every 2 years including 6 professional responsibility credits. Of the 6 professional responsibility hours at least 1 must be in diversity and inclusion, and at least 1 must be in mental health and substance abuse.
Illinois attorneys can earn all 30 CLE credit hours with us including 4 credit hour of Ethics, 1 credit hour of Diversity and Inclusion and 1 credit hour in Mental Health and Substance Abuse using our DVDs, Audio CDs, USB Stick, Online, and iOS/Android App courses.
Experienced Illinois attorneys are divided into two compliance groups. Attorneys with last names that start with the letters A through M are due on June 30th of even numbered years. Attorneys with last names that start with the letters N through Z are due on June 30th of odd numbered years.
We promptly report your CLE attendance to the Illinois MCLE Board and pay the associated fees.
Newly Admitted attorneys in Illinois must complete 15 total credit hours in their first year of admission. This requirement consists of 6 credits of Basic Skills course that have been directly approved by the MCLE Board to meet the special Basic Skills requirement. Newly Admitted attorneys can fulfill their entire requirement with us, including Basic Skills credits, using our DVDs, Audio CDs, USB Stick, Online, and iOS/Android App formats. The deadline to complete these newly admit requirements is one year after your date of admission on the last day of the month (S. Ct. Rule 793(b)).
The MCLE Board of the Supreme Court of Illinois
200 West Madison Street
Suite 2040
Chicago, Illinois 60606
(t) 312-924-2420 http://www.mcleboard.org/
MCLE Courses Available on DVDs, Audio CDs, USB Stick, Online & iOS/Android App!
General Credits
2
$100
About This Course
While a case is proven by the facts in evidence, a trial attorney’s opening and closing statements are often the most critical elements in their success. Developing a compelling opening and summation must begin early in the process with the facts then interwoven into that central theme. This CLE course will teach you how to use the frame of the opening and closing statements to prove your case, bolster the facts which support it and deflect those that weaken it. The course includes a dynamic back and forth with famed attorney Ben Brafman and a Harvard Law School professor which will serve to illustrate the course theme.
