The Continuing Education Coordinator serves as the main contact for all state bars and other accrediting organizations and is responsible for administering continuing education credits for the Association’s in-person educational programs and serves as back up for processing distance learning continuing education.

Responsibilities

• Maintain record of each state continuing legal education credit rules and regulations, professional responsibility (legal ethics), speaking/presenter requirements, and reporting for in-person programs. In addition, track any new types of credits states may offer and assess the Associations need to offer them.
• Maintain the Associations provider status and track required yearly fees for in-person and distance learning.
• Administer state applications and fees for continuing legal education (CLE) credits to 41 states, and compliance (CCB) and accounting credits (CPE) at least 30 days prior to all in-person programs.
• Track credit approvals and codes for CLE, CCB, and CPE for each in-person program. Enter approvals in CRM for every state prior to program.
• Enter program agendas in CRM for preparation of online continuing education request form for all in-person programs.
• Prepare materials needed by attendees at the programs – continuing education request form and CPE/CLE sign-in sheets.
• Manage state licensing information in CRM for each individual requesting credit.
• Calculate attendees’ credits and prepare import credit totals for posting certificates for attendees in their ‘myAHLA’ accounts.
• Oversee attendee certificate notifications within 30 days of each program.
• Administer credit reporting to various state bars and other accrediting organizations as required, within 30 days of each program.
• Respond to individual inquiries related to continuing education from attendees at in-person programs and serve as back up for distance learning attendees.
• Assist in preparation of materials needed on-site such as the compiling/formatting the attendee list and assembling name badges.
• Travel to in-person programs if needed.