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Accreditation and CLE Rules for New Jersey
Courses purchased through UnitedCLE.com are provided and fully accredited by The National Academy of Continuing Legal Education, a New Jersey Accredited CLE Provider.
New Jersey attorneys are required to take 24 credit hours every 2 years including 5 credit hours of Ethics and Professionalism, with a minimum of 2 credits of Diversity, Inclusion, and Elimination of Bias.
New Jersey attorneys can earn all 24 CLE credit hours with us including 5 credit hours of Ethics and Professionalism with a minimum of 2 credit hours of Diversity, Inclusion, and Elimination of Bias using our Online, iOS/Android App, and Live Webinar courses.
*CLE Rule Update: The New Jersey CLE Board has revoked the Covid exception and reinstated the Live CLE requirement in NJ effective 1/1/2024. Additionally, NJ has amended the CLE Regulations with BCLE Reg. 103:1(n) and expanded the definition of Live Instruction. Our Live Interactive webinars meet this definition of Live CLE in NJ. Therefore all NJ attorneys can satisfy their entire requirement with our Online, iOS/Android App, and Live Webinar courses.
Live Exemption: NJ rule 201:8(a) states that attorneys who reside in, work in, and are licensed in a mandatory CLE jurisdiction that does not require Live CLE are also exempt from Live CLE for NJ. These attorneys can take all 24 credits of their requirement with on-demand courses.
See our NJ Non-Resident Bundles.
Each active New Jersey attorney is permanently assigned to one of two compliance groups for CLE purposes.
Group 1 is attorneys with birthdays in January through June and must complete their CLE by 12/31 every odd numbered year (12/31/2023, 12/31/2025, etc…)
Group 2 is attorneys with birthdays in July through December and must complete their CLE by 12/31 every even numbered year (12/31/2022, 12/31/2024, etc…)
Newly Admitted Attorneys in New Jersey must complete 24 credits of approved CLE in their first full two-year compliance period. Of the 24 credits at least 5 credits must be in Ethics/Professionalism, of which at least 2 must be in Diversity, Inclusion, and Elimination of Bias.
Additionally, 16 credits must be in any 6 of the following 12 subject areas:
New Jersey Basic Estate Administration,
New Jersey Basic Estate Planning,
New Jersey Civil or Criminal Trial Preparation,
New Jersey Family Law Practice,
New Jersey Real Estate Closing Procedures,
New Jersey Trust and Business Accounting,
New Jersey Landlord/Tenant Practice,
New Jersey Municipal Court Practice,
New Jersey Administrative Law,
New Jersey Labor and Employment Law,
New Jersey Worker's Compensation Law,
and New Jersey Law Office Management.
A minimum of one credit must be taken in New Jersey attorney trust & business accounting fundamentals. NJ Newly Admitted Attorneys can satisfy all of their credit hours with us using our Online, iOS/Android App, and Live Webinar courses.
Supreme Court of New Jersey Board on Continuing Legal Education
PO Box 965
Trenton, NJ 08625-0965
Phone: (609) 815-2930 https://www.njcourts.gov/attorneys/cle
Courses purchased through UnitedCLE.com are provided and fully accredited by The National Academy of Continuing Legal Education, a New Jersey Accredited CLE Provider.
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General Credits
1.1
$29
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About This Course
Traditionally, the plaintiffs in benzene personal injury litigation have alleged that their use of paints, solvents, varnishes, and other petroleum-based products caused them to develop blood cancers. When in 2021, benzene was found in deodorants, sunscreens, and other personal care products, consumer class action cases were filed in federal district courts in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Ohio, South Carolina, Florida, Illinois, Missouri, California, and Oregon.
The cases sought reimbursement for consumers who purchased personal care products containing benzene on the basis that had they known that the products contained benzene, they would not have purchased them because of the potential health hazards.
The notion that the amount of benzene in the personal care products are sufficient to put users at risk of developing blood cancers underlies the class action filings. If the amount is truly that significant, the number of benzene personal injury cases could rise dramatically as blood cancer patients connect their use of these products with the development of the disease.
This CLE course will explore the theories which underlie the class actions as well as the contrast between it and the more limited additional benzene personal injury litigation, as well as the potential for innumerable future cases in the near future.