If you are not practicing in Tennessee, you may go inactive with the Board of Professional Responsibility. This will automatically make you inactive with the CLE Commission and exempt you from CLE requirements. To return to active status, you will need to complete up to two years of CLE credits.
If you live outside Tennessee and are licensed in another state, you may be eligible for comity compliance. This allows attorneys to use compliance in another state toward Tennessee CLE requirements. More information may be found here.
You may report out-of-state CLE to Tennessee. If you’ve taken a course that is accredited in Tennessee, just ask the provider to report the course. Providers of accredited courses are required to report and pay for CLE hours. If you’ve taken a course that is not accredited in Tennessee, please follow this process.