Tennessee CLE News & Updates

March 31 Compliance Deadline

Attorneys who did not complete the required 15 hours of CLE (3 ethics and 12 general) during 2024 must earn the hours and pay a $100 compliance fee by March 31, 2025 to avoid additional penalties. Any hours earned in

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Court Appoints CLE Commission Members

The Tennessee Supreme Court appointed three attorneys and a bar association executive to the Tennessee Commission on Continuing Legal Education. The appointments are: Amy J. Farrar Tennessee Center for Estate & Elder Law Murfreesboro Joseph W. Smith Miles Mason Family

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Progress Reports & Year-end Compliance

All attorneys should have received via email a copy of their 2024 Progress Report, listing the courses that have been reported to the Commission for 2024 Compliance. If a course you took is not listed on the report and it

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Final Attorney Compliance Deadline

The names of all attorneys who remain noncompliant after August 10, 2024 will be placed on a Suspension Order delivered to the Tennessee Supreme Court on August 15. The Court is expected to file the Suspension Order on or shortly

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Compliance Deadlines

December 31 Earn CLE hours without penalty.
March 31File Annual Report Statements for attorneys who wish to claim an exemption, report hours completed during compliance year, and/or pay outstanding fees. Compliance means all CLE hours are reported or a valid exemption has been claimed and all outstanding fees are paid. Attorneys who remain noncompliant after March 31 are assessed a $100 noncompliance fee.
May 31Establish compliance, by completing and reporting all CLE hours or claiming a valid exemption, prior to imposition of the $200 continuing noncompliance fee. (If CLE hours are complete but are not yet reported, an attorney must file a notarized Affidavit of Compliance.)
August 11Establish compliance to avoid suspension. All CLE hours must be complete and reported (an attorney may file a notarized Affidavit of Compliance, if necessary) or claim a valid exemption. All outstanding fees must be paid.

For more information, please review the full Compliance Calendar.