Speaker | Continuing Education Request Form

Speakers must fill out the requested information, e-sign, and submit in order to receive credit. If you are seeking speaker credits for multiple events, you will need to submit a separate form for each event.


Credit are available for Continuing Legal Education Credit (CLE), Continuing Professional Education (CPE), or a General Speaker Certificate for LIVE presentations only. The number of credit hours a speaker can earn varies on license type.


Calculation

Webinars/Virtual:

  • 6 hours of credit are awarded (3 hours for preparation time plus 3 hours of presentation)


In-Person Session:

  • 60 minute session: 4 hours of credit is awarded (2 hours of preparation time plus 2 hours of presentation)
  • 75 minute session: 5 hours of credit is awarded (2.5 hours of preparation time plus 2.5 hours of presentation)
  • 90 minute session: 6 hours of credit is awarded (3 hours of preparation time plus 3 hours of presentation)
  • 120 minute session: 8 hours of credit is awarded (4 hours of preparation time plus 4 hours of presentation)


Continuing Legal Education (CLE) Information:

Some states do not acknowledge speaker credit and other states award higher credits than others. The state board regulates how many hours an attorney can receive.


CLE Reporting Information:

AHLA will report speaker credit hours to these provider reporting states:

Alabama, Delaware, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Mexico, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, and Rhode Island.


Self Reporting and a state specific form is required:

Arkansas, Colorado, Florida, Idaho, Kansas, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia and Wisconsin.


States not listed are self-report and no state-specific form is required.


Continuing Professional Education (CPE) Information:

NASBA: Instructors, discussion leaders, or speakers who present a learning activity for the first time may receive CPE credit for actual preparation time up to 2 times the number of CPE credits to which participants would be entitled, in addition to the time for presentation, subject to regulations and maximums established by the boards of accountancy. For example, for learning activities in which participants could receive 8 CPE credits, instructors may receive up to 24 CPE credits (16 for preparation plus 8 for presentation).


General Certificate Information:

For other license types (Compliance Certification Board (CCB), Nursing Home Administrators (NHA), etc.) we can provide you with a general speaker certificate to report your hours to the licensing body. The maximum General Certificate hours is 4.


Certificates will be emailed from our Continuing Education Department. You will need to save any documentation for your records. Speaker Certificates are not available in your AHLA Speaker Portal and/or the Education Center.


For more information about Speaker/Instructor credit, please refer to

AHLA's Speaker Credit Information Guide.


If you have any questions or need further assistance, please contact Continuing Education.

Speaker Information

This is the name that will appear on the certificate.

This is the email where you will receive the speaker certificate.

Include the state you are licensed in and your bar license number for each. (ex. CA 123456, AZ 1234567). Please use the state abbreviation.

Reporting Speaker Credits

The list of states AHLA can and will report speaker credits to are listed in the instructions. In some cases, the speaker can report credits to these states. AHLA will automatically report your program attendance credits. If you need AHLA to report your speaker credits on your behalf, please choose yes. If you will report your credits on your own, please choose No.

Live Webinar / In-Person Session Information:

Event Type*

Please select the type of event/course that you would like speaker credit for

Examples:

Webinar: Fraud and Abuse Part 1 Series

In-Person Program: 2023 Fundamentals of Health Law

Virtual Program: Virtual Health Care Arbitration Training

Please type in the session number and full title of your session that appears on program agenda.

Time is in minutes.

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For Webinars/virtual: Please select Initial Only. For In-Person: Please choose between the two choices below.

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Example 10:00 am or 1:00 pm. Please do not use military time.

Time is in minutes. Round up to the selection that fits best.

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Were you a solo presenter or on a panel?

Solo Presenter: Only one person instructed the entire session.

Panel: Two or more presenters instructed the entire session.

For a panel, how many presenters were there (include yourself)?
Was the session or webinar a Legal Ethics presentation?

This session meets the criteria for Ethics or Professional Responsibility.

Type your full name to attest to preparing and presenting on the session(s) or webinar for the amount of time indicated.

By checking the box below, I have read and agreed with the policies AHLA and the state/licensure boards have set for awarded Speaker/Instructor credit. I also agree that the governing bodies have final say on if the attendee is awarded speaker/instructor credit for said event. I understand that I cannot claim credit twice for a session/webinar that I presented live and I cannot seek credit for presenting it via on-demand. I also agree that AHLA can amend my request to maintain policies and procedures governed by the national/state bodies.

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