Wednesday, October 1, 2008

September 30, 2008 was the grace period reporting deadline for Attorneys with last names beginning A through M to report compliance, non-compliance or an exemption from the MCLE Rules requirements for the July 1, 2006 through June 30, 2008 reporting period. Attorneys who did not submit a Compliance Report and pay the late fee, either electronically or in hard copy, by 11:59 pm on September 30, 2008 may email the Board with questions about missing the September 30 grace period reporting deadline. Contact Us (mcle@mcleboard.org).

Failure to Comply or Failure to Report
By Court Rule, the Director must refer to the ARDC the names of nonexempt attorneys who, by the end of their grace periods, have failed to comply or failed to report compliance with the CLE requirements (and have not been granted a “good cause” extension or temporary exemption). The ARDC will mail a notice to these attorneys that they will be removed from the master roll of attorneys on the date specified in the notice (which date is no sooner than 21 days from the date of the notice) because of their failure to comply or report compliance. The ARDC removes the attorneys from the master roll of attorneys on the date specified in the notice unless the Director certifies before that date that the attorney has complied. Removal for failure to comply renders the attorney ineligible to practice law in Illinois, but such removal is not a disciplinary sanction. (Rule 796(e).)

MCLE On-line Reporting System
The MCLE Board’s On-line Reporting system will be available in late October, 2008.

This deadline does not apply to newly admitted attorneys, admitted in 2006, 2007, or 2008. More >

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The office of the MCLE Board is paperless. We are committed to accepting and processing applications and related communications electronically. Instructions are on the relevant application. Paper submissions will be destroyed after 30 days and returned only at the applicant's request and cost. The Board's e-mail server has a 5 megabyte per e-mail limit. An e-mail that exceeds 5 megabytes will be returned to the sender automatically by the server. If this happens, please re-submit by zipping the attachments or dividing the attachments into more than one e-mail. If you encounter difficulties with an electronic submission, please contact the office before making the submission.