Continuing Legal Education Requirements and Credit Options
The Nebraska Supreme Court has temporarily removed the 5-hour cap on distance learning for CLE. In 2020, when Nebraska lawyers file their annual MCLE report with the Attorney Services Division, ASD will accept reports that have no live education as long as report 10 credits, 2 of which are professional responsibility/ethics hours. If you earn more than 10 CLE hours in 2020, please note that only the live hours can be carried over to 2021.

Thousands of lawyers rely on NSBA sponsored CLE each year. We are committed to continuing to provide a robust calendar of CLE options. In the coming weeks, those options will be limited to distance learning options, such as webcasts (visit the CLE calendar at www.nebar.com for options) and the 100+ programs available on the NSBA’s on-demand platform: www.nebarondemand.com

Self Help Centers- Temporarily Closed
The Volunteer Lawyers Project operates Self Help Centers for self-represented litigants in Douglas, Lancaster, Hall, Buffalo, Madison, Scottsbluff and Kimball Counties.  For the safety of our volunteers, we are temporarily closing the Self-Help Centers. We will be directing low-income Nebraskans to post their civil legal questions on Nebraska Free Legal Answers (www.ne.freelegalanswers.org). If you are not already signed up to provide pro bono through Nebraska Free Legal Answers, we would encourage you to do so and help us fill the need at this time.

We are continuing to monitor the situation and will provide additional updates as they become available. We appreciate your membership and continued support at this time. If you have questions, please feel free to contact the NSBA at 402-475-7091.