No. Placing a law license on inactive status with the Board of Professional Responsibility does not excuse the CLE requirement. See Regulation 2B.1.
An attorney who lives outside Tennessee and does not practice Tennessee law may be eligible to claim the non-resident exemption on the Annual Report Statement sent in February.
An attorney who is not practicing law in any jurisdiction and who has placed their license on inactive status with the Board of Professional Responsibility may request inactive status with the CLE Commission by completing the Request for Inactive Status form found in the Attorney Forms section of the website. The form may be submitted online, emailed to info@cletn.com, or mailed to our office. See Regulation 2B.2.