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Cal. Rules of Court, rule 10.493 · Chapter 7. Minimum Education Requirements, Expectations, and Recommendations

Instructor-led training

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Text — As posted by the Judicial Council of California (read October 22, 2026)

(1) "Asynchronous education" refers to training that learners participate in at their own pace outside the presence of an instructor or other learners. Asynchronous education includes viewing or listening to videos or audio files or participating in self-paced online courses.

(2) "E-learning" refers to any kind of instruction that is delivered through an electronic device using electronic media. E-learning can be either synchronous or asynchronous and either live or prerecorded, such as participating in live webinars, viewing or listening to videos or audio files, or participating in online courses.

(3) "Instructor-led training" refers to synchronous education, guided by faculty, that allows for real-time communication between faculty and participants. Live, synchronous education facilitated by an instructor may be delivered remotely via e-learning or in person. Examples of instructor-led training include in-person trainings in a classroom setting, and live webinars.

(4) "Self-directed study" refers to education in which learners engage in a process where they take primary responsibility for planning, executing, and evaluating a course of study with or without guidance from a manager, supervisor, or peer. In self-directed learning, the individual learner assumes responsibility for the design and completion of a course of study. Prior approval to engage in self-directed study may be required to qualify for continuing education credit.

Notes and commentary — not rule text

History

Rule 10.493 amended effective January 1, 2024; adopted January 1, 2021.

Source of truth

Edition
As posted by the Judicial Council of California (read October 22, 2026)
Official file
https://courts.ca.gov/cms/rules/index/ten/rule10_493
Text hash
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Composed by
compose_crc.py 2026-10-22: the Judicial Council's rule pages read paragraph by paragraph; verify_crc.py's second reading of the Council's per-title PDFs finds every paragraph
  • The Judicial Council's PDF of Title 10 (last modified June 1, 2026) prints this rule differently: the PDF also prints “Delivery methods defined”. The rule page's text is shown.

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