Section 5 - [Effective until 1/1/2025] Allowance of Credit Hours(A)Amount of credit hours. Sixty minutes of actual instruction or other approved activity shall constitute one credit hour. Thirty minutes of actual instruction or other approved activity shall constitute one-half credit hour. Thirty minutes of actual instruction or other approved activity shall constitute one-half credit hour.(B)Continuing legal education teaching credit. The Supreme Court Commission on Continuing Legal Education may allow up to three credit hours to an instructor for each credit hour taught in an approved continuing legal education program or activity the first time the program or activity is presented by that instructor, two credit hours for each credit hour taught as part of a panel presentation in an approved program or activity the first time the program or activity is presented by that instructor, and one credit hour for each credit hour taught in subsequent presentations of the same program or activity by that instructor, with a maximum of one-half the required credit hours for teaching during the biennial compliance period.(C)Law school teaching credit. (1) As used in this section, "semester hour" means the number of academic credit hours received by a student for successfully completing a specific higher education course.(2) The Commission may allow three credit hours for each semester credit hour taught by an adjunct or part-time professor for a course that is part of the curriculum of a J.D., LL.M., or Ph.D. program at a law school accredited by the American Bar Association the first time the course is taught by that professor and one-half credit hour for each semester credit hour the course is subsequently taught by that professor.(3) The Commission may allow one-half credit hour for each semester credit hour taught by a full-time professor at a law school accredited by the American Bar Association for a course that is part of the curriculum of a J.D., LL.M., or Ph.D. program.(4) Prorated credit may be granted for quarter or trimester hours.(D)Publication of article or book credit. The Commission may allow up to twelve credit hours for the publication of an article or book personally authored by the applicant, with a maximum of twelve credit hours for publications during a biennial compliance period.(E)Law school course credit. The Commission may allow three credit hours for each semester credit hour of a course taken as part of the curriculum of a J.D., LL.M., or Ph.D. program at a law school accredited by the American Bar Association. Prorated credit may be granted for quarter or trimester hours.(F)Mayor's court education credit. The Commission may allow one credit hour for every two credit hours of accredited mayor's court education completed by an attorney for the purpose of serving as a mayor's court magistrate pursuant to R.C. 1905.05.(G)Pro bono credit.(1) As used in this rule, "pro bono legal service" means legal service provided either to a person of limited means or to a charitable organization.(2)The Commission may allow one credit hour for every six hours of pro bono legal service performed, with a maximum of six credit hours for service performed during a biennial compliance period, provided the legal service is assigned, verified, and reported to the Commission by any of the following: (a) An organization receiving funding for pro bono programs or services from the Access to Justice Corporation or the Ohio Access to Justice Foundation;(b) A metropolitan or county bar association;(c) The Ohio State Bar Association;(d) The Ohio Access to Justice Foundation;(e) Any other organization recognized by the Commission as providing pro bono programs or services in Ohio.(H) Ohio precinct election official credit. (1) As used in this rule, "precinct election official" means an attorney who has completed the precinct election official training required by a county board of elections and worked for that county board of elections as a precinct election official, voting location manager, ballot tabulator supervisor, paper ballot specialist, or field technician in Ohio on election day.(2) The Commission may allow four credits for each election in which an attorney serves as a precinct election official, with a maximum of twelve credit hours for service performed during a biennial compliance period.(3) Unless there is good cause shown, an attorney shall serve for a full day as a precinct election official on election day to be awarded the credit.(4) If an attorney has already completed the precinct election official training required by a county board of elections and the attorney is not required to complete the training to serve as a precinct election official on election day, to earn credit the attorney shall complete at least three hours of election training offered by the office of the Secretary of State of Ohio, subject to the following requirement and limitation:(a) The training shall include statutory law and case law related to Ohio elections;(b) The attorney may not also receive general continuing legal education credit if the activity has been separately approved for such credit.(5) The office of the Secretary of State of Ohio shall verify the attorney's completion of the precinct election official training and service as a precinct election official and shall report attendance credit in a manner approved by the Commission.(6) Judges and magistrates shall not be eligible to receive the credit.Effective: July 1, 1988 and January 1, 1989; Amended effective 1/1/1989; July 1, 1989; December 15, 1989; May 28, 1990; September 1, 1990; January 1, 1991; February 18, 1991; September 1, 1991; January 1, 1992; July 1, 1992; January 1, 1994; January 1, 1995; January 1, 1996; January 1, 1998; November 1, 1998; January 1, 2000; May 8, 2000; July 1, 2001; January 21, 2002; July 1, 2002, September 1, 2004, November 7, 2005; November 1, 2007; November 1, 2008; December 1, 2011; January 1, 2014; January 1, 2015; July 1, 2017; Amended October 17, 2017, effective 11/1/2017; amended January 29, 2019, effective 7/1/2019; amended November 13, 2019, effective 2/1/2020; amended July 12, 2022, effective 8/1/2022; amended July 12, 2022, effective 1/1/2023.