Don’t look now, but I think we just made it through another week.  Since last Friday so many incredible things have happened.  Al Gore won a Nobel Prize.  The Rockies made the World Series.  And you all probably did some work on a case.  I was also hard at work on another fantastic top 5 list for your viewing pleasure.  Please enjoy.
 
TOP 5 EXCUSES TO TELL YOUR STATE IF YOU MISS THE CLE DEADLINE
 
1) I AM TOO SUCCESSFUL.  With so many clients, and so many cases, there is no extra time to fit in those pesky CLE courses.  The schedule is too packed and there is not enough time in the day as it is.  What are you gonna do, sue me?

2) I ALREADY KNOW EVERYTHING IN THOSE COURSES.  The Allen Iverson “I am so good I don’t need to practice” approach.  There is nobody out there that knows more about the law than I do.  I learn more by listening to the thoughts in my own head than I ever would by taking courses taught by other people.

3) MY DOG ATE MY CERTIFICATES.  The classic elementary school excuse.  I could have sworn I left those darned things on my desk to fax in the morning.  Oh well, I guess Sparky got a little hungry last night.  Maybe I can get copies sent to you in a couple of weeks.  Is that okay?

4) THERE’S ALWAYS NEXT YEAR.  The Chicago Cubs approach.  I know the deadline was yesterday, but these things come around once a year.  So it seems that in about 364 more days, there will be another deadline for me to meet.  Well as long as I get that one I will be up to date right?

5) IT’S THE PROVIDER’S FAULT.  The blame game.  I did all my required courses with one provider.  Didn’t they send you the certificates?  I thought they were supposed to give me the credits for those courses themselves.  I apologize so much for putting my faith in them.  I will never use that company again.

Any way you decide to do it, do it well.  Sell it.  And sit there and take it like a man when you are forced to pay the penalty.