Certificate Subscriber Agreement
ICLE accepts subscriptions to ICLE Online Certificate Programs only with the
understanding that the Subscriber has read, understood, and agreed to the terms of this Subscriber Agreement. By
using the Online Certificate Program, you agree to be bound by the terms stated below.
- Subscription Term. Subscriber is purchasing a subscription to an individual
ICLE online certificate program. Subscriber must be either a Michigan Bar member in good standing or have
the purchase preapproved by ICLE. The initial Subscription term extends for 12 months from the date ICLE
processes the order. Full payment is due at sign-up or renewal and is nonrefundable. No early cancellation
for refund is permitted. ICLE will notify Subscriber before the initial or any renewal term expires. Each
renewal term is for an additional 12 months.
- MI Law Online. A subscription to this online certificate program also
includes free
access to MI Law Online, ICLE’s Michigan primary law resource. All references to “online certificate
program” in this agreement include MI Law Online.
- Transferability and Access Period. Online Certificate Programs may only be
purchased by individuals (not firms, companies, libraries, organizations, or groups of individuals) and are
nontransferable.
- Intellectual Property. This Online Certificate Program is copyrighted. All
right, title, and interest (including intellectual property rights) in the Online Certificate Program
belongs to ICLE or its third-party contributors.
- License.
- In consideration of the subscription fee, ICLE grants Subscriber (for the
purposes of this license, “Subscriber” includes the authorized users as described under ¶6, below) a
nonexclusive, nontransferable, limited license to access, retrieve, and view the Online Certificate
Program during the initial term or any renewal term of the Subscription, to view the information
retrieved on Subscriber’s computer system, and to use it only for purposes of Subscriber’s
law practice or legal study. This license includes the right to quote and excerpt
written materials from the Online Certificate Program (appropriately credited) by electronic cutting
and pasting or other means in memoranda, briefs, and similar work product created by Subscriber in
the regular course of Subscriber’s legal research and work. Subscriber may also create printouts of
reasonable, limited portions of the online certificate program for internal use.. Downloading,
electronic copying, or electronic transmission of significant portions (as determined by ICLE in its
sole discretion) of the online certificate program is prohibited, except that use of the downloading
function for forms provided with the Online Certificate Program, in the normal course of
Subscriber’s law practice activities is permitted. ICLE determines reasonable use in its sole
discretion.
Aside from the limited rights described in section (a), any other sharing, electronic copying,
downloading, distribution, display, republication, transmission, reuse or resale of this material is
strictly prohibited. Subscribers under this Agreement are prohibited from copying, scraping, extracting,
downloading, uploading or otherwise using any content, data, or information from the online certificate
program for the purpose of training or inputting into any machine learning system, artificial
intelligence (AI) tool, large language model (LLM), or other algorithmic system or technology that uses
such content to develop or improve automated or generative capabilities. This prohibition applies
regardless of whether such use is for commercial or non-commercial purposes.
- Authorized User. ICLE will provide Subscriber with a unique user name and
password, which will be the same as that issued for any permitted access to the ICLE Partnership and MI Law
Online. This user name and password may be used only by Subscriber. Subscriber will not disclose, or permit
others to disclose, this information to anyone else and will treat this information with the same level of care
with which it treats its own confidential business information. Subscriber will promptly report any known breach
to ICLE.
- Emails from ICLE. Subscriber consents to ICLE sending periodic email notices to
Subscriber. All such notices (except routine business notices) will include the right to opt out of receiving
further notices.
- DISCLAIMER. ALL SERVICES AND INFORMATION FURNISHED TO SUBSCRIBER ARE PROVIDED ON
AN “AS IS” “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS. ICLE EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, INCLUDING WARRANTIES OF
MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. THESE SERVICES AND INFORMATION DO NOT CONSTITUTE LEGAL
ADVICE, AND THEIR USE IS NOT A SUBSTITUTE FOR SUBSCRIBER’S INDEPENDENT PROFESSIONAL JUDGMENT. ICLE ASSUMES NO
RESPONSIBILITY FOR PROVIDING INTERNET ACCESS.
- Liability. ICLE (including ICLE’s employees, officers, agents, sponsoring
organizations, and contributors) is not liable for any loss, injury, claim, liability, or damage resulting from
errors or omissions in any online certificate program or any interruption in providing access to any Online
Certificate Program. ICLE’s liability in connection with any other claim shall not exceed the amount of
Subscriber’s subscription fee. ICLE shall not be liable for any direct, special, indirect, incidental, or
consequential damages of any kind arising in connection with the use of any Online Certificate Program.
- Termination; Nonrenewal. ICLE reserves the right to terminate this Agreement
immediately if Subscriber materially breaches this Agreement, including but not limited to misuse of any Online
Certificate Program or disclosure of Subscriber’s user name and password. ICLE reserves the right to change the
terms on which it offers an Online Certificate Program (or to cease offering it). If Subscriber renews a
subscription, this Agreement (as modified by ICLE and communicated to Subscriber before renewal) continues to
govern usage of the Online Certificate Program. Subscriber’s obligations ¶4, ¶5b, and ¶¶8–9 survive any
termination or nonrenewal.
- General. This agreement is nontransferable, is governed by Michigan law, and its provisions are severable. ICLE’s failure to enforce any provision does not waive further enforcement rights.
Rev 07-25