TERMS OF USE
Last Updated: March 11, 2026
These Terms of Use (“Terms”) govern your access to and use of websites, newsletters, educational services, and related platforms operated by SproutEd LLC (“SproutEd,” “we,” “us,” or “our”). By accessing or using the Services, you agree to these Terms. If you do not agree to these Terms, you should not use the Services.
- Covered Websites and Brands
These Terms apply to all services operated by SproutEd LLC, including but not limited to:
- www.attorneywire.com
- www.attorneycredits.com
- www.sprouteducation.com
- www.affordablecle.com
- www.i-course.com
SproutEd operates services under several brands including Attorney Wire, Attorney Credits, SproutEd, Affordable CLE, and I‑Course.
- Description of Services
SproutEd provides services including, but not limited to:
- continuing legal education (CLE) courses
- webinars and educational programs
- downloadable educational materials
- newsletters and editorial publications
- research and professional insights
- analytics tools and benchmarking products
SproutEd may modify, suspend, or discontinue any Service at any time.
- User Accounts
Certain Services require users to create an account. Users agree to:
- provide accurate and current information
- maintain the confidentiality of your account credentials
- notify us of any unauthorized account access
Accounts are intended for individual use and may not be shared unless expressly permitted. Users must be 18 years or older to use the Services.
- Continuing Legal Education Services
Certain Services provide CLE programs and associated services. Users are responsible for ensuring compliance with their jurisdiction’s requirements. In jurisdictions where permitted or required, SproutEd may report course completion information to regulatory authorities such as state bar associations or CLE commissions. However, users remain responsible for verifying that courses qualify for credit in their jurisdiction and that their compliance requirements are satisfied. SproutEd does not guarantee acceptance of any course for CLE credit by any jurisdiction.
- System Downtime/No CLE Guarantees
SproutEd provides online educational services that rely on internet connectivity, streaming platforms, and third-party infrastructure. While we strive to maintain reliable access to the Services, we do not guarantee that the Services will always be available, uninterrupted, or error-free.
Users are solely responsible for ensuring that they complete any continuing legal education requirements before applicable compliance deadlines in their jurisdiction.
SproutEd is not responsible for missed CLE compliance deadlines, late filings, or regulatory penalties resulting from:
- service interruptions
- internet connectivity issues
- user device failures
- third-party platform outages
- delays in accessing the Services
Users are encouraged to complete courses well in advance of any applicable compliance deadline.
- Payments, Memberships and Subscriptions
Payments
Payments may be processed through third-party payment providers including Stripe, Paypal and Affinipay (“Stripe”). SproutEd does not store full credit card numbers. Payment processors handle payment information according to their own privacy policies. When you make a purchase, your payment information is securely transmitted to and stored by Stripe in accordance with its Privacy Policy. We do not store or have access to your full credit card number or CVV. Stripe may retain and use your payment credentials for future transactions, including subscription renewals or authorized recurring charges. By making a purchase, you authorize Stripe to store your payment method and to charge that payment method for future transactions in accordance with our agreement with you. By enrolling in a subscription or auto-renewing service, you authorize Stripe to automatically charge your stored payment method at the applicable renewal intervals until you cancel in accordance with these terms.
Memberships, Bundles and Subscriptions
If you purchased a membership or renewing bundle, it will auto-renew every year on the anniversary of your purchase for the full value of the membership at the time of your initial purchase until canceled. You may cancel your membership from within your account or by calling 760-434-1885. We may modify the membership and bundle fees at any time. Any fee change will become effective at the end of the then-current subscription period. We will provide you with reasonable prior notice of any change in fees to give you an opportunity to terminate your subscription before such change becomes effective. If you do not cancel your membership prior to the renewal date, you will be deemed to have accepted the new fees, which will be charged on a recurring basis.
Unlimited plans do not include state reporting fees.
The Lifetime Unlimited Subscription Plan includes access to all of our on-demand courses and any future on-demand courses offered for your state(s). The Lifetime Unlimited Subscription Plan may be terminated if Attorney Credits no longer exists, or if Attorney Credits no longer sells or offers CLE, or if Attorney Credits refunds the user the purchase price. As of January 1, 2026, Lifetime Unlimited Subscriptions are no longer available for purchase. Existing plans will continue to be honored.
Refunds and Shipping
Full refunds less any shipping costs are available as long as you haven’t completed the course/s and received a certificate of completion or completed any course in a bundle or membership, and it is within thirty (30) days of the purchase date. Once you have obtained a certificate of completion for a course or any course in a bundle or membership, the course, bundle or membership will not be refunded. If you have not completed course or any course in your bundle, we will refund the purchase price for the course or bundle.
Shipped items must be returned in like new condition in the original packaging. Send returns to:
2604 B El Camino Real #204
Carlsbad, CA 92008Damaged items or those that are missing original packaging will not be refunded.
- CLE Reporting and Regulatory Compliance
Reporting of Credits
SproutEd reports course completions to the necessary state regulatory body in participating states where required. You are ultimately responsible for assuring that all credit hours are properly reported. If your credits are not properly reported you agree to contact us within 30 days of course completion so SproutEd can report your credit hours again.
State and Regulatory Requests
State regulatory bodies such as: State Bars, Supreme Courts, CLE Commissions, and CLE Boards often require or request information about attorneys in their states. You agree to allow us to comply with any state regulatory request, including subpoenas, about your account, courses you may or may not have completed and website activity.
Late Reporting Fees
If you fail to enter your bar number, enter an improper bar number, do not select an additional state you are licensed in before you begin a course, or fail to have a state in your account and this causes us to have to do a special report for you, we may charge the greater of the state late reporting fee or $25 per course to report the credit. If we have to report your completed courses past your state’s reporting deadline causing us to incur late reporting fees, you agree that we will charge you these fees before we report your credits.
State Fees
Some states charge us reporting fees when we report your completed courses. We collect this fee for the following states: Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, Tennessee and Utah. However, in some states such as Indiana and Mississippi the attorneys are responsible for paying these fees directly to their state when obtained through our site. State fees are subject to change without notice. If a stat adds or increases their state fee after your purchase, you will be required to pay the new state fee even though it was lower when you made your purchase.
- Course Access, Expiration and Certificates
Course Expiration
Courses are only accredited and accepted for CLE credit by your state(s) for a set period of time. This can range from less than one year to five years depending on the CLE or MCLE rules of your state(s) you are licensed in. We do not guarantee that you can take any course you sign up for since courses are removed from the website when they expire. You must get a certificate before the course expires if you want credit for that course. If you don’t take a course and get a certificate before it expires you will get credited to your online account so that you can take a different course.
Unused Credits expire after three years.
On Demand and Live Webinar Credits and Courses purchased from a course, state bundle, or custom bundle expire after three years from the date of purchase.
Twelve Month Subscriptions plans, credits and courses are valid for 365 days from date of purchase regardless of whether they are used or not. Courses must be finished within 365 days of the purchase.
Once you complete your course, which is defined as obtaining your certificate of completion, our system will allow you up to 365 days to go back and review the course and written materials as long as the course continues to be accredited in your state(s).
Course Access, Completion, and Certificates
Access to purchased courses may be subject to time limitations specified at the time of purchase. Users must complete all course requirements, including viewing or listening to course content and responding to any required verification prompts or quizzes, in order to receive credit. Certificates of completion may be issued once course requirements are satisfied. SproutEd may maintain records of course participation and completion for regulatory and compliance purposes.
Certificates of Completion and Certificate Dates
Some states require that we can verify you are taking a course during or after completion of the course. If your state requires this, we will prompt you when you stream our courses, or if you download a course there are embedded codes that you will need.
You will be able to download or email your certificate of completion upon completing each individual course. A course is considered completed once you have viewed or listened to a course in its entirety, you have fulfilled your state verification method, and you have submitted the online evaluation form. You are responsible for fully completing each course and obtaining the Certificate before your CLE compliance deadline. Certificates of Completion will not be backdated for any reason. The date on your course completion certificate is the date you click Get Certificate and obtain your certificate. The date and time are based on Pacific Time. Please be aware if you do not click Get Certificate and obtain your certificate on the date you finish your course, the date on your certificate will be the date you actually click these buttons and obtain the certificate on our site. For example: You listen to a USB course or watch a download course on January 1, but you don’t log in to the site and obtain your certificate until January 5, the date on your certificate will be January 5. This site and your state regulatory body does not allow for backdating of certificates.
If you are licensed in multiple states or jurisdictions you may be able to obtain multiple certificates of completion for various states by completing one single course. Please make sure that you have included all states that you are licensed to practice in when you create your Attorney Credits user account (or you can add additional states by editing your account on the User Info page) and BEFORE you begin the course. We are not responsible for issuing multiple certificates of completion for different states if you are not signed up for these states in your user account at the time of course completion, or if you didn’t check the appropriate state boxes on the Incomplete Courses page. Some courses may also only be accredited in a limited number of states and you will not be eligible to receive multiple certificates of completion if the course is not accredited in the state you need. If a User needs additional state certificates, we may be able to add them for Users if the course is approved in that state, however, we do not guarantee that we will be able to. If you took a course in a state with no verification method required and the additional state requires verification we cannot add the additional state certificates. We can only add additional state certificates if you completed the courses within the last 30 days and the course is/was still valid in the additional state. Late reporting fees of $25 per course may apply per state.
Free Trial Conditions
The seven-day free trial is available to new customers only that have not previously created User Accounts on Attorney Credits. If you have a previously existing account then make a new account with a new email to get a free trial, our system will not detect duplicate courses between accounts and we are not liable if you fail to get credit because you previously completed a course. During the free trial you get full access to CLE courses, however certificates will not be issued until you upgrade to a paid account.
- Accessibility
Closed Captioning
Closed captioning or accessibility features may be provided where feasible depending on course format.
Accessibility
SproutEd works to make its Services reasonably accessible to users with disabilities. Users may contact support for accessibility assistance.
- Newsletters and Editorial Services
Certain Services include newsletters and editorial publications, including Attorney Wire. These publications may summarize legal developments, litigation, regulatory actions, and industry trends. Such content is provided for informational purposes and may rely on publicly available information. SproutEd does not guarantee the accuracy or completeness of editorial content. Opinions expressed by authors or contributors may not reflect the views of SproutEd.
- No Legal Advice
Content provided through the Services is for informational and educational purposes only. SproutEd does not provide legal advice, and use of the Services does not create an attorney-client relationship. Users should consult qualified legal counsel for legal advice.
- Intellectual Property
Intellectual Property
All content provided through the Services is owned by SproutEd LLC or its licensors. Using the Services does not give you any intellectual property rights to our Services or Content you access.
Copyright Infringement Policy
SproutEd LLC, including its brands such as Attorney Credits, Attorney Wire, Affordable CLE, I-Course, and SproutEd, respects the intellectual property rights of others and expects users of the Services to do the same.
In accordance with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (“DMCA”), SproutEd has adopted the following policy for responding to claims of copyright infringement.
If you believe that material available on the Services infringes your copyright, you may submit a written notification containing the following information:
- Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed, or if multiple copyrighted works are covered by a single notification, a representative list of such works.
- Identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing and information reasonably sufficient to permit SproutEd to locate the material on the Services.
- Your name, mailing address, telephone number, and email address.
- A statement that you have a good faith belief that the disputed use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law.
- A statement that the information in the notification is accurate and, under penalty of perjury, that you are the owner of the copyright or are authorized to act on behalf of the owner.
- Your physical or electronic signature.
DMCA notices should be sent to:
DMCA Agent
SproutEd LLC
2604 B El Camino Real #204
Carlsbad, CA 92008Email: [email protected]
Upon receipt of a valid DMCA notice, SproutEd may remove or disable access to the allegedly infringing material and may notify the user responsible for posting the material.
If you believe that your content was removed or disabled as a result of mistake or misidentification, you may submit a counter-notification that complies with the requirements of the DMCA.
SproutEd reserves the right to terminate the accounts of users who are determined to be repeat infringers.
- Advertising and Sponsorship
The Services may include advertising, sponsorships, or promotional content. Advertising may appear in newsletters, websites, or other Services. Advertisers and sponsors do not receive access to subscriber lists or personal information unless explicitly disclosed. User interactions with advertisers occur directly between the user and the advertiser. SproutEd is not responsible for products or services offered by advertisers.
- Data Collection, Analytics and Platform Data
Analytics and Engagement Data
SproutEd collects information about how users interact with the Services, including engagement with newsletters, courses, and websites.
This information may include:
- email open rates
- article engagement
- page views
- link clicks
- course completion activity
- other usage metrics
SproutEd may use this information to:
- improve Services
- personalize content
- analyze audience engagement
- develop research reports
- create benchmarking and analytics tools
- develop new commercial products or services
- develop professional insights and industry analysis
SproutEd may use aggregated or de-identified information for research, analytics, benchmarking, and commercial purposes. Such information does not identify individual users.
Data Ownership and Use of Platform Data
All analytics data, engagement data, behavioral data, usage statistics, benchmarking data, research datasets, and related information generated through user interaction with the Services (collectively, “Platform Data”) are owned exclusively by SproutEd.
Platform Data may include information derived from:
- newsletter engagement
- website usage
- course participation
- content interaction
- aggregated audience behavior
- anonymized professional engagement patterns
SproutEd may use Platform Data for purposes including:
- improving the Services
- developing analytics and benchmarking products
- conducting research and industry analysis
- producing reports and insights
- developing new commercial products or services
Platform Data may be aggregated, anonymized, or de-identified before being used for research, analytics, benchmarking, or commercial purposes. Nothing in these Terms grants users ownership rights in Platform Data.
Advertising Technologies
SproutEd may use advertising technologies, including cookies, pixels, and similar tools provided by advertising partners such as Google Ads, to measure advertising performance and deliver relevant advertising. These technologies may collect certain device or browsing information in accordance with our Privacy Policy. Users may manage certain advertising preferences through browser settings or advertising platform tools.
Transactional and Marketing Emails
You agree to receive automated transactional emails and marketing emails about our products and services. You may unsubscribe from marketing emails at anytime.
- Acceptable Use
Users agree not to:
- violate any law or regulation when using the Services
- interfere with the operation of the Services
- upload malicious code or software
- attempt unauthorized access to systems or accounts
- scrape or extract content using automated tools
Users may not use the Services or their content to train artificial intelligence systems or build competing databases without prior written permission.
- Third‑Party Links
The Services may contain links to third‑party websites which SproutEd does not control.
- Disclaimer of Warranties
The Services are provided “as is” and “as available.” SproutEd disclaims all warranties, including warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement. We do not guarantee uninterrupted or error-free operation of the Services.
- Limitation of Liability
To the fullest extent permitted by law, SproutEd shall not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, or consequential damages arising from the use of the Services. SproutEd’s total liability shall not exceed the amount paid by the user for the Services.
- Indemnification
You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless SproutEd LLC, its affiliates, officers, employees, agents, and service providers from and against any claims, liabilities, damages, losses, costs, or expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) arising out of or related to:
- your violation of these Terms
- your misuse of the Services
- your violation of applicable laws or regulations
- information or content you submit or transmit through the Services
- your failure to comply with applicable continuing legal education requirements in your jurisdiction
This obligation survives termination of your use of the Services.
- Time Limitation for Claims
To the fullest extent permitted by law, any claim or cause of action arising out of or relating to the Services, these Terms, or your use of the Services must be filed within one (1) year after the claim arises. If a claim is not filed within this period, it will be permanently barred.
- Dispute Resolution and Arbitration
Any dispute arising out of or relating to these Terms shall first be addressed through good-faith negotiation. If unresolved, disputes shall be submitted to binding arbitration administered by JAMS in Springfield, Massachusetts. Users waive the right to participate in class actions or class arbitrations.
- Force Majeure
SproutEd shall not be responsible for any failure or delay in providing the Services if such failure or delay results from events beyond our reasonable control. These events may include, but are not limited to, internet outages, failures of hosting providers or cloud services, telecommunications disruptions, cyberattacks, denial-of-service attacks, power outages, natural disasters, labor disputes, governmental actions, court orders, war, or failures of third-party service providers.
Because the Services rely on internet infrastructure, streaming technology, and third-party systems, interruptions may occur from time to time. SproutEd will make commercially reasonable efforts to restore Services promptly when interruptions occur.
- Governing Law
These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of Massachusetts.
- Assignment and Transfer
Non-Assignability
Your rights to use the Services are not transferable and may not be assigned or transferred without the prior written consent of SproutEd LLC.
Change of Control/Transfer of Business
SproutEd LLC may transfer or assign its rights and obligations under these Terms, in whole or in part, without restriction, in connection with a merger, acquisition, financing transaction, corporate reorganization, sale of assets, or other change of control involving SproutEd or its affiliated brands, including Attorney Credits, Attorney Wire, Affordable CLE, I-Course, or SproutEd.
In connection with such a transaction, user accounts, subscriber information, course participation records, engagement data, and other information associated with the Services may be transferred to the acquiring entity or successor organization as part of the transaction.
By using the Services, you acknowledge and agree that such transfers may occur and that the acquiring entity may continue to use the information in accordance with these Terms and the applicable Privacy Policy.
- Changes to These Terms
SproutEd may update these Terms from time to time.
- Contact Information
SproutEd LLC
2604 B El Camino Real #204
Carlsbad, CA 92008
P.O. Box 15774
Chattanooga, TN 37415
Phone: 760‑434‑1885
