Attorneys must earn the required 15 hours of CLE before January 1, 2026, but have until March 31 to report hours to the Commission.

Yes, you can receive credit for: 

  • teaching in an approved continuing legal education activity
  • teaching at a law school or teaching law-related courses at the undergraduate or graduate level or at a community college
  • judging or coaching moot court or mock trial at an approved law school
  • enrollment of a post-graduate nature at an approved law school
  • service as a bar examiner
  • passage of any exam required by a specialist certification program or exam for admission to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office
  • service on the Board of Professional Responsibility
  • participation as a member of a governmental body (local, state or national) involved in formal session for review of proposed legislation, rules or regulations
  • published legal writings
  • pro bono legal representation through an approved program, or
  • indigent defense representation.

See Tenn. Sup. Ct. R. 21 §§ 4.03-4.08.