Category Schedule

Category A – Legal Education Programs and Legal Education College Courses
Minimum 30 hours / Maximum 60 hours
This category includes attendance at any organized program of legal learning such as workshops, symposiums, or lectures or serving as a panel discussion participant or seminar speaker. Video, motion picture, or sound tape presentations may also be used. (In these cases include the full title of the tape, the presenter, and the “running time”). Credit hours may also be earned for legal education college courses (actual class hours), provided applicant attains a grade of “C” or better. For these classes, count the actual clock hours. Although a college may refer to a course as a “three-hour course,” the class probably met at least 40 clock hours during the semester (so the applicant’s CLE credit would be 40 hours.)
Total Hours: __________________

Category B – Teaching and/or Seminar Preparation Time
Maximum 25 hours
Credit hours are to be calculated on the basis of three hours’ teaching preparation credit for each hour of presentation time on a topic that is presented for the first time. Repeat presentations qualify for one-half of the credits available for the initial presentation. Actual teach/seminar presentation time must be taken under Category A, F, or H, as appropriate.
Total Hours: __________________

Category C– Certification
Maximum 50 hours
Applicants attending chapter/state sponsored study groups or NALS examination preparation/cram course may earn credit hours. The total hours for an ALS and PLS cram course will be divided one-half legal education, one-half general education. The total hours for a full PP exam prep/cram course will be divided three-quarters legal education (Parts 2, 3 and 4), one-quarter general education (Part 1). The same ratio applies for those attending a PP study course. The total hours for a PP Part 4 exam prep/cram course are for legal education. For those attending portions of a PLS study course, the hours will be assigned as follows:

• General Education
  • Part 1 Written Communications
  • Part 2 Office Procedures and Technology
• Legal Education
  • Part 3 Ethics and Judgment
  • Part 4 Legal Knowledge and Skills

Applicants attaining ALS certification during the period covered by the application will earn 10 credit hours.

Applicants attaining PLS certification during the period covered by the application will earn 20 credit hours.

Applicants attaining PP certification during the period covered by the application will earn 30 credits for a full certification and 10 credits for those PLSs who take Part 4 only.
Total Hours: __________________

Category D – Completion of NALS Legal Training Course
Applicants completing and receiving a Certificate of Completion for the NALS Legal Training Course (Basic or Advanced) during the period covered by the application will earn 32 credit hours per course. Some Legal Training Courses are approved for more than 32 hours, in which case applicants will receive the number of hours for which the course has been approved by the Resource Center.
Total Hours: __________________

Category E – General (job-related) Educational Programs and Courses
Maximum 20 hours
This category includes attendance at any workshop, symposium, lecture, or in-house seminar on a topic related to your job, but not legal-related. Such topics might include filing procedures, training on specific software, professional image and dress, etc.
Total Hours: __________________

Category F – Published Articles
Maximum 10 hours or 2 hours x5 articles
A maximum of two credit hours per published legal writing (copies must be attached to the application) if published in national, state, or local publications published for members of this association, the bar association, or the legal profession in general, or for articles or chapters published in books for the use of the legal profession.

1. National, state, or local publications published for the members of this association.
2. National, state, or local publications published for the members of the bar association.
3. National, state, or local publications published for the legal or legal support profession in general.
4. National, state, or local publications (other than in-house). These articles must be of a legal nature.
5. Articles or chapters published in books for the use of the legal or legal support profession.

Total Hours: __________________

Category G – Professional Enhancement Programs or Courses
Maximum 20 hours
This category includes professional enhancement programs or courses in time management, stress management, leadership, motivation, and human relations.
Total Hours: __________________

Category H – Self Study
Maximum 10 hours
Applicant’s may claim time spent reading NALS publications, such as @LAW or time spent studying for a certification exam.
Total Hours: __________________

Recap:

Category A Total Hours_____________
Category B Total Hours_____________
Category C Total Hours_____________
Category D Total Hours_____________
Category E Total Hours_____________
Category F Total Hours_____________
Category G Total Hours_____________
Category H Total Hours_____________

Total Credit Hours_____________