CCLS Recertification Checklist

Complete 15 hours of CLE

  • Self-Study – no more than 5 hours
  • Administrative/Mechanical (Secretarial science) functions performed by legal support staff – no more than 6 hours of which no more than 2 hours of topics not specific to legal support staff.
  • Legal topics regarding the law, procedures, beneficial to legal support staff – up to 15 hours
  • Certificates of Attendance/CLE for completed classes/ workshops/ seminars.* (*If submitted in paper, please submit copies – not )
  • Certificates signed* / co-signed (CCLS’s cannot sign their own certificates). (*Paralegals – if you signed your own certificate, it must be co-signed by your supervising attorney.)
  • Handouts** for classes of more than 0 hour.

(**If handouts are voluminous, please send front and back pages, TOC and speaker’s biography; if necessary, Certifying Board will request copy of entire handout.)

          CCLS Recertification Chair
          Sally Butterworth, CCLS
          895 Rushings Trace
          Alpine, CA 91901

The above is not an exhaustive list. The Certifying Board strongly recommends that all CCLSs read the Standards for Recertification that is posted on LPI’s website for more detailed information as well as any updated information before recertifying.

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