Brooklyn Bar Association will be ready for new requirements for diversity, inclusion and bias CLE
The Brooklyn Bar Association is gearing up for another year of Continuing Legal Education (CLE) seminars which will include, starting in July, a new requirement for a “Diversity, Inclusion and Elimination of Bias” (D&I) credit that the state implemented over the summer.
The New York State CLE Board announced the creation of the D&I category in July. It requires experienced attorneys who are due to re-register on or after July 1, 2018 to complete at least one credit hour in D&I. It does not change the biennial 24 credit requirement or lessen the requirement for at least four ethics credits.
“They have changed the requirement for experienced attorneys and it is mandatory,” said Amber Evans, CLE director at the Brooklyn Bar Association [BBA]. “They have to get one D&I credit every two years starting in July. We’ve already had people interested in putting on that course so people should definitely look forward to receiving that credit from the Brooklyn Bar Association.”