Monitoring
The Law Society of Nunavut will review the annual self-reporting of CLE by auditing members.
A member who is audited may be asked to provide receipts or other documents to demonstrate a member's attendance and recognize the number of CLE hours and the eligibility of the activities. Members are responsible for retaining records of the CLE activities and to make the records available to the LSN upon request.
Compliance
A member who fails to comply with the CLE requirements will have their licence to practice suspended unless they complete and report the required hours of eligible CLE within 30 days of receipt of a notice of a failure to comply from the Secretary and remains suspended until the member has completed and reported the required hours.
Following subrule 53.1(1)(a), to be reinstated, the member will need to pay the reinstatement fees in addition to completing and reporting the required hours of CLE (the Fees Chart for the reinstatement of a suspended member is available here). The member shall report the required hours in their CLE Report via the member portal.
Where the circumstances warrant, irregularities may be referred to the Chair of the Discipline Committee for further investigation.
For any CLE-related questions, please contact CLE@lawsociety.nu.ca.
Members are responsible for retaining records of their CLE activities and for making them available to the LSN upon request. Members shall retain their records for a period of two years after the end of the relevant reporting year.
While a certificate of attendance (when provided) or email exchange confirming participation by the course provider are the preferred types of documentation to demonstrate a member’s attendance, the following documentation could also be provided to demonstrate proof of attendance in a CLE activity:
- Receipt of payment
- Event registration (virtual or in-person)
- Affidavit/Statutory Declaration
- In the case of an event hosted by an organization in Nunavut other than the LSN (where content is recognized under the CLE Policy): a designated member of the Nunavut Bar needs to submit a written attendance sheet to CLE@lawsociety.nu.ca which will be submitted to the Deputy Secretary.