FAQs

ANS: One has to be an attorney at law in good standing to become a member. “Good Standing” means you have not been reported to or disciplined by the Disciplinary Committee of the GLC no have you breached any of the Canons of the legal profession and your membership dues (where applicable) must be up-to-date.etc. An application form must to be completed (this can be found on the Jambar website). It is then sent to our Executive Council for approval, if your application is approved, you are notified by mail.

ANS: You or your company have paid your annual subscription fee. You can also verify your status by visiting the membership portal on the Jambar Website.

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ANS: Ms. Tenneshia Watkins

ANS: Send an email to the head/Chair(s) of the committee(s) you have interest in. The different committees and their chairs can be found on the Jambar website.

ANS: The Jamaican Bar Association is located at 78-80 Harbour Street Downtown, Kingston. Same building that houses the General Legal Council

ANS: Inquiries on these matters, are to be sent to The Administrative Department namely; – The General Manager @ jambarmanager@gmail.com The Administrative Assistant @ jambarassoc@gmail.con   and the Customer Service Rep @ Jambarcse@gmail.com

ANS: Payment for online webinars and conferences are to be made online via our Ezee payment portal using debit/credit cards. Payment for in person workshops can be made online using the Ezee Payment Portal or in extenuating circumstance, made in office. No Bank Transfers are accepted for any CLPD EVENT. Companies paying for their staff to attend any CLPD event, must write to the Admin Dept. to request their invoice, a minimum of 3 weeks before the start of the event. A penalty will be applied for late or same day requests

ANS: As a member, you will be notified when your subscription is due along with and invoice for you to pay. Payment may be made at the offices of the Jamaican Bar Association 78-80 Harbour Street Kingston or made online via your membership portal. Further details on this can be found on the membership portal

ANS: Yes that is the preferred method of payment

ANS: With our new system you no longer need the banking details. Payments are to be made using our Ezee Payment Platform

Things to Note When Making Payment

If payment is being made on your behalf, you must instruct the payee to write YOUR details on the transactions and NOT theirs. If this is not done, we may not be able to identify the payment as yours. All payment transaction details are to be emailed to the attention of  the General Manager/Admin @ jambarassoc@gmail.com and copied to the CLPD Director jbaclpddirector@gmail.com

ANS:  Payments made for in person events (workshops or face to face events) as well as webinars  are NON-REFUNDABLE and NON-TRANSFERRABLE. Payments made for online events, may be held and applied to another webinar of same costs. Please note that recordings are not a part of your webinar package and are not automatically sent if you miss it in real time. There is a separate Pay Per View Recording Platform for that purpose.

 If you pay for a real time webinar and are unable to attend. You are to provide this information to jbaclpddirector@gmail.com and copy jambarassoc@gmail.com . Your payment will be held and applied to any future webinar of equal value. You are then to proceed to the Recording Platform, select your session, register and pay to view.

 NB: Payments made for real time webinars, cannot be transferred to a recording.

ANS: For attorneys commencing practice on or after October 1 2012, for each of their first three years of practice, reckoned from January 1 in the year following enrolment, a minimum of 16 credits (including six credits earned in a CLPD course in ethics and client welfare and two credits earned in a CLPD course on business management and finance)

For all other attorneys, a minimum of 12 credits during each year of practice (reckoned from January 1 2014) (including four credits earned in a CLPD course in ethics and client welfare)

ANS: CLE Committee of the Jamaican Bar Association hosts two major conferences each year. Our Mid-year conference which runs between May –June between 3 – 10 days and is held in Kingston. Our flagship event Annual November Weekend Conference is held over 4 days during the 2^nd – 3^rd week in November/December at a North Coast location.

ANS:  Regular CLPD webinars are held online via zoom platform. Our Mid-Year Conference is also held online. The Annual Flagship Conference is held face-to-face at a North coast location. Workshops are held in person at various locations in the KSA Metropolitan area

ANS:  Information on our events may be found on our newly upgrade website and via notification from our Constant Contact Notice Board.?

ANS: A flyer with all relevant details (including registration links) on each of our events is usually disseminated to your email. You simply click the link to register, each event has its own specific registration link. You will immediately after registering be sent a payment request email from our Ezee Payment Platform which utilizes only credit/debit cards.  Once payment is made, you will receive a confirmation email from the “Jamaican Bar Association’s ZOOM Platform with the link to join the event. Please do not delete this email. A day or two before the start of the event you will sent an email containing the code verification form specific to that webinar/session for you to complete and submit during or after the end of the webinar/session. Please look for this email in both your inboxes and spam/junk.

NB: Persons with a “Hotmail” address should endeavor to change the settings on their junk /spam mail to avoid messages being deleted after 10 days. It is also advisable for persons to upgrade their email accounts from Hotmail and Yahoo to Gmail or outlook.

ANS: We accept attendees from anywhere in the world be it virtually or in person.

ANS: A Session depending on content, can last anywhere between 1-5 hours

ANS: Each one-hour course allows an attendee who spends the minimum allowable time of 45 minutes to an hour to receive one credit. That figure is increased by one for each hour of session. So for a two-hour session you would receive 2 credits if you spend the minimum allowable time of 1 hour and 45 minutes – two hours. Please note that if you do not stay in the online session per the time provided above, you will not receive your full credits. You are encouraged to log on to the portal on time and stay for the duration of the webinar.

ANS: COP’s are usually disseminated within 5-7 working days after the ending of the event for online events and workshops and between 7-30 days for face to face larger conferences.

ANS: You would not then be eligible to receive the full amount of advertised credits.

ANS: For a one hour session the minimum allowable time to receive one credit is 45 minutes. For a two hour session the minimum allowable to time is 1 hour and 45 minutes for each three hour session the minimum allowable time is 2 hours and 45 mins. Each session gives you a 15 minutes grace period within which, you may enter the room once the session has started. If you enter the room after that 15 minute grace period is up, your remaining time in the session is calculated accordingly by the system.

ANS: Your certificate is now system generated and is disseminated to your registered email address. Please ensure that the email you use to register for the sessions is the email you receive your mail. We also ask that when you are trying to locate your certificates you also check in your spam/junk folder. For paid-up members, you can access ALL your certificates of attendance in your member portal.

ANS: you may contact the office for replacement copies at a cost of between J$500 -J$2,500 each. You may either have them emailed or you may visit the office and pick up your printed copies, however payment must first be made and confirmed.    

ANS: Yes J$500- J$2,500 per replacement copy

ANS: The Director of Continuing Legal Education

ANS: Ideally between 1-3 months, any time after this you would need to pay between J$500-J$2,500 for search and replacement.

ANS: For online events, You have a 15 minute grace period after the start of a session within which you may enter the room and your attendance be noted. For live in person events the cut off time is 30 minutes after the start of a session.

ANS: Your attendance, payment and submission of codes is checked and verified by the system after which a certificate is created and system disseminated to your registered emails.

ANS: Upon registering for an event a code verification email link is sent to your registered email. This form MUST be completed as instructed with the given codes and submit up to 48 hours after the ending of the event.

ANS: Via a verification code from sent to you when you register.

ANS: Yes you do