Common use of Outside CLEs Clause in Contracts

Outside CLEs. (a) Guidelines for attendance at outside CLEs shall be as follows: (1) In general, attorneys should meet MCLE requirements through in-house CLEs to the extent it is practicable to do so. (2) Attorneys should not use State funds to attend outside CLEs if they already have sufficient hours to meet MCLE requirements. (3) Content of CLE must be relevant to the attorney’s work assignment or to the goals outlined in the attorney’s annual evaluation. (4) If a Division Administrator approves an outside CLE and there is no annual pass or other cost-reduction available within the Division, the Division Administrators of other Divisions will cooperate by allowing the attorney to use any pass or other cost-reduction that is available. (b) Subject to the sub-item 3(a)(3) and to the extent permitted by the operational needs of the Department, attorneys will be given approval to attend one CLE per year, whether in state or out of state, where an agency or other organization is willing to assume such costs.