The Academy of Continuing Legal Education presents a program November 22, 2011, Tuesday before Thanksgiving and two weeks before the December 7, 2011, filing deadline for the March 6, 2012, Primary election. This program will provide information on the statutory requirements of Ohio election law, as a result of Ohio House Bill 194 enacted July 1, 2011, and the Referendum petitions on that legislation filed September 29, 2011. This program has been approved by the Supreme Court of Ohio, Office of Continuing Legal Education, for 6.5 hours of attorney CLE credit. The first five hours of this program have been approved by the Secretary of State of Ohio for Board of Elections member and director Additional Instruction credit required by Directive 2010-103 (not including the attorney disciplinary section and SA section). The program includes:
2012 Ohio Partisan Primary Election Law, discussing Voter party affiliation, Candidate party affiliation, petition circulators and signers, and Political Party requirements. This material will be presented by Brian E. Shinn, Esq., who served as Chief Elections Counsel and most recently as General Counsel to the Secretary of State of Ohio to January, 2011, and is presently vice president and general counsel of Dayton Legal Blank. Mr. Shinn will also present Statewide Ballot Issues from Citizen Petitions, describing procedures for Statewide initiative, referendum and constitutional amendment issues.
Political Action Committee and Issue Committee Campaign Practices and Campaign Finance , and the Ohio Elections Commission, is presented by Philip C. Richter, Esq., Executive Director of the Ohio Elections Commission since 1996. This will include descriptions of permitted and prohibited campaign practices, disclosure requirements for written, printed, and electronic campaign materials, Campaign Finance reporting, allowable contributions including corporate contribution questions, and allowable expenses. Director Richter will identify what matters come before the Commission, how the Commission proceeds, what remedial acts the Commission can require, and what penalties the Commission may impose for Election Law violations.
The mandatory Ethics hour, presented by Linnette Stratford, Esq., Chief Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, Civil Division, of the Mahoning County Prosecuting Attorney, will discuss Disciplinary Issues for Attorneys who hold Public Office. The mandatory Professionalism hour will also be presented by Ms. Stratford, discussing professional relations between legal counsel and client county officials, specifically including election officials. The Substance Abuse video prepared by Judge Kenneth R. Spanagel of the Parma Municipal Court will be offered as an option without additional charge. A course outline is available here.
The seminar location is The Richfield Conference Center, at the Days Inn, formerly the Quality Inn, 4742 Brecksville Road, Richfield, Ohio 44286, on Route 21 immediately south of the Ohio Turnpike exchange with Interstate Route 77.
The Days Inn / Quality Inn has made a limited number of rooms available at a group rate. These rooms may be reserved by calling (330) 659-6151, by November 15, 2011, and indicating "Academy of.C.L.E. September Seminar" group. information about the hotel…
Price for the six and one-half hours of CLE is $215.00, being $35.85 per credit hour with the SA complimentary, for reservations paid by November 14, 2011. Late registrations, received on or after November 15, are $240.00, to cover the expense of reproducing additional sets of the course materials at an expedited cost.
A discounted Early Registration fee is available for attorneys representing small-county governments, described online here.
The Registration fee includes electronic reporting of CLE attendance to the Supreme Court of Ohio, Commission on Continuing Legal Education. If an attendee requests additional communications or documents to enable that attendee to apply for credit for attending this program with any other State or agency, there is an administrative charge of $50.00 per other State or agency for which communications or documents are requested.
No provision is available for registration for less than the full 6.5-hour block. Attendance will be monitored in compliance with the rules provided by the Ohio Supreme Court. For additional information on registration, email AcademyofCLE@aol.com.
A Registration form that you may download, print, and postal mail
to the Academy with your check, is online here:
“OHIO ELECTION LAW: PREPARING FOR THE 2012 PRIMARY - Outline and Registration Form”
that you may print out and US Mail to the Academy with your payment.
