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   CCLS® Certification
   (California Certified Legal Secretary)

   Certification is achieved by passing a comprehensive examination. Candidates are tested in
   California legal procedures, legal terminology, performance skills, reasoning and ethics,
   law office   administration, communications, and bookkeeping. A minimum of two years experience
   is required.  Continuing legal education requirements must be met for recertification.

    CCLS Information Kit
    Application for the test
    Application to Defer Exam

   Benefits of Certification

• Qualify for professional, personal and economic reward
• Improve your knowledge of California legal practice and procedure
• Broaden your opportunities for job advancement
• Enhance your self-confidence and self-esteem
• Gain further recognition and respect within the legal environment
•  Click here to read an article about becoming a CCLS

   More information concerning the test and tools to use in studying for the test are all available at LSI®
   Corporate Office. You may contact Corporate Office by e-mail at info@lsi.org.

   The Next Move Is Up To You

• Set your goal
• Register for the exam
• Study for the examination
• Pass the examination!

   Recertification

  Once you have become a California Certified Legal Secretary, you must complete 15 hours of continuing
   legal education within a 3-year period in order to maintain your certification. Every 3 years, you must submit
   proof of attendance of at least 15 hours of continuing education to the CCLS® Certifying Board with the
     Application for Recertification and a fee. A member of the Certifying Board will send out notices and
   applications 6 to 8 weeks prior to expiration of the certification term, but it shall be the responsibility of the
   CCLS® whose certificate is expiring to contact the Certifying Board to obtain an application if none is
   received by mail. It is always possible that within the 3-year period a CCLS® has moved from the address
   last known to the CCLS® Certifying Board. Therefore, please notify the CCLS® Certifying Board at Post
   Office Box 1481, Sacramento, CA 95812-1481 or use the  Change of Address form to advise the CCLS®
   Certifying Board of any address and/or name change.  In order to qualify for recertification credit, any
   program, course of study, or class of an hour or more duration must have a substantive handout. Further,
   recertification credit may be obtained as follows:

• Through self-study by listening to audio or watching videotaped legal education courses approved by The State Bar of California for MCLE credit (use the  Certification of Completion form);
• The instructor of an approved program (use the  Certification for Instructional Credit Hours form);
• Attendance at seminars and workshops that focuses on the duties of legal support staff and is an approved provider (use the  Certificate of Attendance form).
• You may want to keep track of your MCLE credits with a  Recertification Log.

   For more information concerning the recertification process, you may download the
    Standards for Recertification.

   To register for the March 17, 2012 exam, you may download the  application form.