Reporting CLEs Online
Accessing your Online Member Profile Our system was developed to provide you with a convenient method of tracking CLE attendance. Check your credits anytime; if the information in your online roster is incomplete or incorrect, you may edit and update your roster. You can access your member profile online by visiting our website at http://pro.wsba.org. 1. Click on “Member” and then on “Member Login.” Fill in your bar number and password. (If this is your first time logging on, use your bar number as your password. For security reasons, we encourage you to change your password to something other than your bar number.) 2. Click on “View current reporting period.” 3. To access prior reporting period(s), simply select that reporting period from the drop-down list that appears on the Current Reporting Period screen. For further assistance please visit the online FAQ at http://www.wsba.org/lawyers/licensing/faqmcle.htm, call our Service Center at 206-443-WSBA or 800-945-WSBA, or e-mail us at questions@wsba.org. Adding an Approved Activity Ideally, when you attend a CLE activity, the sponsor of that activity will have already received course accreditation from the WSBA, and will submit your name to the WSBA shortly after you attend. APR 11.6(a)(1) makes the course sponsor responsible for reporting your attendance within 30 days after the course occurs. In this manner, the course is added to your roster with the appropriate number of credits. In some cases, however, a course you attended is not added to your roster automatically. In order to register your attendance at an activity that has already been approved in our system, you will need to add that activity to your online roster. MCLE credit may not be claimed for any activity that has not been accredited by the Washington State MCLE Board. If the program has not already been accredited, you must submit a Form 1 application (including a full agenda for the program) to receive such accreditation. You do not need to fill out a Form 1 application to receive credit if the activity is already in our system. a) From your Member Home Page, select either the “View current reporting period” link or the “MCLE” tab and click Add Activity. b) Search to find the approved course in our system.
To get accurate results: (i) try searching by just the month, year, and city only; (ii) for A/V courses, do not search by date—use key words from the sponsor name and course title only; (iii) if searching by a title or sponsor name, and it includes an acronym or abbreviation (such as “ABA”), also try key words from the full name; and (iv) try searching with only a few key words from the sponsor name and course title.
c) Locate the approved course (activity) on the list and click on its title. Note: “Add Approved Activities” lists can be sorted, by clicking on the column headings, to make finding a course easier.
d) Make any adjustments to the credits earned or dates as appropriate. To add the selected activity to your course roster, click the Add Activity button. Note: For A/V courses, you must fill in the date you listened to or viewed the course before you can add it to your roster. e) You can Edit or Delete any activity on your current Reporting Period roster. NOTE: One (1) MCLE credit may be claimed for each sixty (60) minutes of actual participation in accredited material. Time spent at course registrations, introductions, breaks, and business meetings is not included in activity accreditation and may not be counted. Bar members are responsible for making appropriate adjustments to their records when the actual time spent in accredited sessions is less than the maximum approved credit-hours. Adjustments must also be made for late arrival, early departure or other periods of absence or non-participation. Online Form 1 Application Ideally, when you attend a CLE activity, the sponsor of that activity will have already received course accreditation from the WSBA, and will submit your name to the WSBA shortly after you attend. APR 11.6(a)(1) makes the course sponsor responsible for reporting your attendance within 30 days after the course occurs. In this manner, the course is added to your roster with the appropriate number of credits. In many cases, however, this does not occur—especially for smaller events or those held out of Washington State. In order to both apply for course accreditation and register your attendance at an activity for which the sponsor has not explicitly handled WSBA accreditation and attendance, you will need to complete a Form 1 application. You may submit a Form 1 application online by visiting our website at http://pro.wsba.org. This is the preferred method, with an expedited approval time relative to paper submissions. Currently, our processing time for online applications is approximately two weeks. a) Click on “Member” and then on “Member Login.” Fill in your bar number and password. (If this is your first time logging on, use your bar number as your password. For security reasons, we encourage you to change your password to something other than your bar number.) b) Click on the “MCLE” tab, then on “Add Activity.” The system requires that you first search to see if your course is already approved in our database.* If your course is not already approved, the system will then walk you through the online Form 1 application process. c) Check back in a few weeks—if any more information is needed, the activity will be flagged as “Incomplete” and will contain instructions on what added information to include.
* Search tips: (i) Try searching by just the month, four-digit year, and city only. (ii) For A/V courses, do not search by date; use key words from the sponsor name and course title only. (iii) If searching by a title or sponsor name, and it includes an acronym or abbreviation (such as "ABA"), also try key words from the full name. (iv) Finally, try searching with only a few key words from the sponsor name and course title.