December 31 Completion Deadline & March 31 Reporting Deadline

Attorneys have until 11:59 p.m. on December 31 to earn their 2024 CLE hours – 3 ethics (or dual) and 12 general. However, the deadline for reporting the hours to the Commission or clearing up any errors is March 31, 2025, when attorney annual report statements are due to the Commission. The vast majority of […]

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 Law Group Memphis Mary Ann UpchurchMemphis Bar AssociationMemphis Wencke WestWencke West Attorney at LawCleveland The […]

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 has been more than 30 days since you completed the course, please reach out to […]

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 after August 15. To avoid being listed on the Suspension Order, attorneys who remain noncompliant […]

Draft Suspension Order

All Tennessee-licensed attorneys who remain noncompliant for their 2023 CLE obligation are included on a draft suspension order mailed June 28 via certified mail to all attorneys listed on the order. Any attorney listed on the order must, by August 10, 2024, complete compliance to avoid suspension of their Tennessee law license. Steps may include: […]

Attorney Notices of Noncompliance

Attorneys who remain noncompliant after the March 31 compliance deadline have been issued a notice of noncompliance via certified mail, detailing the steps required to achieve compliance. These steps may include paying a fee, earning hours, claiming an exemption, or a combination of these actions. Attorneys must complete the requirements by May 31, 2024, or the Commission will […]

Amy Frogge Joins CLE Commission as Compliance Director

The Tennessee Commission on CLE welcomes Amy Frogge as the new Compliance Director. Frogge comes to the Commission from Room in the Inn, where she has worked on special projects, including working with founding director Charlie Strobel on his memoir. She served two terms on the Metro Nashville Board of Public Education; clerked for two […]

CLE Compliance for 2023

CLE Compliance for 2023 Compliance for 2023 CLE is established after December 31, 2023. Any hours completed on December 31 or earlier will apply to 2023 compliance. Providers have 30 days to report attendance to the Commission, therefore the Commission waits until the reporting period is over to begin making compliance assessments on attorneys who […]

Supreme Court Makes Appointments to CLE Commission

The Tennessee Supreme Court has made the following appointments to the Tennessee Commission on Continuing Legal Education: Andrew McRee is appointed to complete the term vacated by Commissioner Mitchell Panter earlier this year. Mr. McRee is the assistant dean for student and career services at Duncan School of Law at Lincoln Memorial University. The Honorable […]

CLE Draft Suspension Order

The Commission has sent via certified mail a draft of the Suspension Order to attorneys who are not in compliance with their 2022 CLE requirements under Tenn. Sup. Ct. R. 21. Commission records indicate attorneys receiving the draft Order have not completed the requirements for 2022 compliance.