MCLE Regulation 108 details certification requirements.
If you do not receive a Virginia Certification of Attendance, please check with the sponsor to confirm Virginia MCLE approval and get a certification of attendance that includes the Virginia course ID number. If the sponsor cannot supply this information, consider the course not approved. If the sponsor is not seeking credit in Virginia on behalf of attorneys, you may apply for credit individually by completing the Application for Course Approval, Form 4 (PDF file).
First make sure that the course you have selected has been approved in Virginia. We are not responsible for the content on course sponsors’ websites. If you choose a course for ethics credit, be sure to check for Virginia ethics approval. See Opinion 16 for the approval standards for distance learning programs.
Virginia approved distance learning courses (pre-recorded online, live teleconference, live webcast, CD-rom, etc.) may only be credited with the sponsor-provided certification of attendance. This certificate is required because it verifies your completion of the program and provides the Virginia course approval ID number. The form also requires that you certify your attendance. Please be sure to follow the procedures required by the sponsor in order to claim your certificate and be advised that not all sponsors are able to provide your certificate upon completion of the program (ALI-ABA and PLI for example).
CAUTION: You must follow the procedures required by the sponsor in order to receive credit. Some sponsors (ABA, ALI-ABA and PLI for example) may not provide the certification of attendance as soon as the program concludes. Others require you to request your certificate immediately upon completion of the program in order for the certificate to reflect the correct attendance date.
You’ve likely completed multiple individual segments from a larger seminar. Total the hours completed and report them under one entry using the most recent date of attendance. If you completed all programs on one day, use that date.
Email [email protected] to request the course be removed from your record. Once removed, you should be able to report the correct information. We must have the attorney’s permission to edit a record, so we cannot honor requests which are not submitted by the attorney.