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Continuing Legal Education (CLE) Program

Continuing Legal Education Program

December 6 - 7, 2023

Date: December 6 - 7, 2023
Duration: 10 hours
Location: Sheraton Convention Center Hotel
San Juan, PR
Agenda: Agenda
Speakers:
Registration: Registration Deadline:  Thursday, Novem​ber 9, 2023
Cancellation: On or before Friday, December 1, 2023, send an e-mail to: prd-cle-registration@prd.uscourts.gov
Notice from the Clerk: Notice from the Clerk No. 23-15: Continuing Legal Education Program on December 6-7, 2023

The United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico (“District Court”) is sponsoring a Continuing Legal Education (“CLE”) program, to be held on Wednesday, December 6 and Thursday, December 7, 2023 at the Sheraton Convention Center Hotel in San Juan, Puerto Rico. This CLE will be a two-day, ten-hour program, to be offered free of charge to members of the Bar in good standing.  Every effort will be made to obtain accreditation from the Puerto Rico Supreme Court’s Continuing Legal Education Program.   

The CLE program will consist of the following lectures:

  1. Intellectual Property: Music and Entertainment Industry, Artificial Intelligence;
  2. Ethics and the Practice of Law: Impact of Social Media, High-Profile Cases and Artificial Intelligence;
  3. Social Media and the Law: Obtaining Information and Admitting It into Evidence, and
  4. The U.S. Supreme Court Term Review.

Prior to submitting your registration application, be advised that:

  • Each attorney must make his/her own reservation.
  • Attorneys must be in good standing to register (contact the Clerk's Office Cashier at 787-772-3061 to verify status).
  • To request CLE accreditation from the Puerto Rico Supreme Court CLE Program, participants will be required to provide their registered "RUA" number as part of the application.
  • Only attorneys with confirmed registration may access the virtual CLE Program.
  • Confirmed attorneys must commit to attend the two-day CLE Program.
  • Registration deadline is Thursday, November 9, 2023.
  • Attorneys with a confirmed registration who fail to attend must explain reasons in writing.
  • Telephone calls for registration to the virtual CLE program will not be accepted.

After the registration period has closed, the Office of the Clerk will send a confirmation notice to registered attorneys to the e-mail address listed in the CM/ECF System. Attorneys with confirmed registration must notify any cancellations on or before Friday, December 1, 2023, by sending an email to:prd-cle-registration@prd.uscourts.gov.