Registration for On-Demand CLE Course: Uniform Pro Bono Reporting and Financial Support of Civil Legal Services (#426806)
CLE CREDIT: After you have registered and have listened to the recording, you must report this on-demand course in the OASIS system to receive credit. You will need to input the date you watched the CLE to get on-demand credit.
One standard on-demand credit has been approved, 12/20/2021 - 12/20/2023 (#426806).
Speakers: Dee Baskin - Executive Director, Loan Repayment Assistance Program; Anne Hoefgen - Executive Director, Legal Services of Northwest Minnesota; Natasha Melchionne - Managing Attorney, Office of Lawyer Registration; Katy Drahos - Access to Justice Director, Minnesota State Bar Association; Moderator - Roy Ginsburg, Esq.
Description: Beginning in 2022, when completing their annual attorney registration statement, attorneys will notice three additional required questions related to the aspirational goals stated in Rule 6.1 of the Minnesota Rules of Professional Conduct. Two questions ask about approximate hours spent the prior calendar year on pro bono service and activities for improving the law, the legal system, or the legal profession. An additional question, with a checkbox response, asks whether attorneys provided financial support during the prior calendar year to organizations that provide legal services to persons of limited means. This CLE discusses the details of Rule 6.1 and what it means for attorneys, as well as why there is an ongoing need for pro bono and financial support of legal services in our communities.