Of Arms and the Law

Navigation
About Me
Contact Me
Archives
XML Feed
Home


Law Review Articles
Firearm Owner's Protection Act
Armed Citizens, Citizen Armies
2nd Amendment & Historiography
The Lecture Notes of St. George Tucker
Original Popular Understanding of the 14th Amendment
Originalism and its Tools


2nd Amendment Discussions

1982 Senate Judiciary Comm. Report
2004 Dept of Justice Report
US v. Emerson (5th Cir. 2001)

Click here to join the NRA (or renew your membership) online! Special discount: annual membership $25 (reg. $35) for a great magazine and benefits.

Recommended Websites
Ammo.com, deals on ammunition
Scopesfield: rifle scope guide
Ohioans for Concealed Carry
Clean Up ATF (heartburn for headquarters)
Concealed Carry Today
Knives Infinity, blades of all types
Buckeye Firearms Association
NFA Owners' Association
Leatherman Multi-tools And Knives
The Nuge Board
Dave Kopel
Steve Halbrook
Gunblog community
Dave Hardy
Bardwell's NFA Page
2nd Amendment Documentary
Clayton Cramer
Constitutional Classics
Law Reviews
NRA news online
Sporting Outdoors blog
Blogroll
Instapundit
Upland Feathers
Instapunk
Volokh Conspiracy
Alphecca
Gun Rights
Gun Trust Lawyer NFA blog
The Big Bore Chronicles
Good for the Country
Knife Rights.org
Geeks with Guns
Hugh Hewitt
How Appealing
Moorewatch
Moorelies
The Price of Liberty
Search
Email Subscription
Enter your email address:

Delivered by FeedBurner

 

Credits
Powered by Movable Type 6.8.7
Site Design by Sekimori

« Mexicans taking self-defense measures | Main | Fearful that homeowner might be armed, burglar calls 911 »

Legal CLE course on firearms

Posted by David Hardy · 7 March 2011 09:23 PM

What a great idea! (For nonlawyers, the current fad is for a bar assn to require so many hours of continuing legal education (CLE) per year. In Arizona, it's 15 hours. You pay thru the nose (about $40/hour average) and often are bored to tears. Instead, in South Carolina you can train with a handgun, get your CCW permit, and discuss ballistics, and earn six of those hours.

5 Comments | Leave a comment

Letalis Maximus, Esq. | March 8, 2011 4:26 AM | Reply

And I bend over backwards to avoid taking CLE from my state bar. As it is, they charge the heck out of me for the membership and I basically get NOTHING in return. Nothing other than the "privilege" of practicing law in this state. I'll be darned if I'm gonna pay 'em any more than I have to for their stupid CLE courses, which are as a rule, a total waste of time and nothing more than a revenue generator for the bar association.

Rich | March 8, 2011 7:48 AM | Reply

Unfortunately, CLE courses tend to be like that, a total waste of time, no matter what the profession. I am a CISA and have to have to report 120 hours every three years. a minimum of 20 per year. About the only way to do that is to go to the annual convention at the cost of several Thousand dollars. Most people who do so are sent by their companies.
I am not as I teach so I am in arrears on it. I am giving it up and retiring instead :)

Shootin' Buddy | March 8, 2011 9:40 AM | Reply

In case anyone is interested, the Indiana Supreme Court does not recognize classes at Thunder Ranch as eligible for CLE. I tried . . . got denied.

skeptic5 | March 8, 2011 11:29 AM | Reply

The Missouri Bar has been doing Firearms Law CLE seminars for a number of years. (Alan Gura was the featured speaker two years ago.) And while speakers have occasionally brought (unloaded) weapons to their talk, none of the programs have ever involved hands on training in proper gun handling. Nor do we have a program that gives credit for the legal portion of our state's mandatory classroom training for a concealed carry permit.

I'm going to forward the link to the Missouri Bar folks that plan these things. Many thanks.

Jim W | March 9, 2011 4:58 PM | Reply

Fuck, I still owe the FL bar a bunch of hours.

Leave a comment