The Academy of Continuing Legal Education presents a program April 25, 2012, Wednesday. This program will provide information on the statutory requirements of Ohio election law, and an update on Federal and Ohio court decisions affecting Ohio election law. This program has been approved by the Supreme Court of Ohio, Office of CLE, for 6.5 hours of CLE credit. Additionally, the first four 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, professionalism section, and SA section). The program includes:
2012 Ohio Statutory Election Law, discussing requirements for Voter Registration; Early Voting and Absentee Voting, including in-person and mail-in voting; Election Day procedures and activities, and Provisional Ballot procedures. 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.
The Update of Federal and Ohio Court Decisions Affecting Ohio Election Law is presented by Richard N. Coglianese, Esq., Principal Assistant Ohio Attorney General. Mr. Coglianese has been the chief litigator representing the State of Ohio in most election law cases in this century.
Campaign Practices and Campaign Finance for Candidates, Political Action Committees and Issue Committees, 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.
As approved by the Secretary of State, this program provides 4.0 hours credit to Board of Elections mandatory Additional Instruction. This program will not substitute for the "New Board Members Instruction" and the "New Directors and Deputy Directors Instruction" which is required to be provided directly by the Secretary of State.
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 April 17, 2012, and indicating "Academy of.C.L.E. April 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 April 18, 2012. Late registrations, received on or after April 18, 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, and reporting to the Secreatary of State of Ohio for Board of Elections Additional Instruction. 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 2012 - Outline and Registration Form”
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