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Board votes to notify counties of attorney CLE noncompliance and pause new case assignments
Summary
The State of Nevada Board on Indigent Defense Services unanimously approved a motion to notify counties whose contracted attorneys have not submitted required CLE transcripts by March 1 and to withhold new case assignments for noncompliant attorneys until they meet requirements.
The State of Nevada Board on Indigent Defense Services on Feb. 6 voted unanimously to notify counties that hold contracts with attorneys who have not complied with the board’s continuing legal education requirement and to withhold assignment of new cases to noncompliant attorneys until they provide the required documentation.
Deputy Director Brenda Roberts told the board that regulations require a minimum of five hours of criminal-law CLE annually for attorneys on the department’s list and that, after repeated reminders, “out of 140 active attorneys, 102 have complied.” She said the department emailed reminders between October and January and that the online courses provided by the department are free.
Board member Chris Giunchigliani moved the motion, proposing that counties be notified and that noncompliant attorneys be placed on a publicly available noncompliance list; Jeff Wells seconded. Jeff Wells suggested adding an operational penalty, asking aloud whether “they get no new cases until they are in compliance,” language the motion adopted. Dayvid Figler urged a two-month grace period before formal notification so counties and attorneys could remedy gaps; the motion sets March 1 as the compliance cutoff.
The motion directs the department to notify counties of contract attorneys who fail to submit CLE transcripts by March 1, to add those attorneys to a noncompliance list, and to refrain from assigning new cases to them until they comply. The board voted to adopt the motion unanimously.
What happens next: Deputy Director Roberts and staff are expected to deliver the list to counties after March 1. The department said it will continue to offer and advertise free online CLE options and will coordinate with counties on implementation of the assignment pause.
