State Bar of Tennessee
(a) The activity must have significant intellectual or practical content and its primary objective must be to enhance the participant's professional competence as an attorney.
(b) The activity must deal primarily with matters related to substantive law, the practice of law, professional responsibility or ethical obligations of attorneys.
(c) The activity must be offered by a provider having substantial recent experience in offering continuing legal education or demonstrated ability to organize and present effectively continuing legal education. Demonstrated ability arises partly from the extent to which individuals with legal training or educational experience are involved in the planning, instruction and supervision of the activity.
(d) The activity itself must be conducted by an individual or group qualified by practical or academic legal experience. The program, including the named advertised instructors, must be conducted substantially as planned, subject to emergency withdrawals and alterations.
(e) Textual materials should be made available in written or electronic form to all participants at or before the time the course is presented, unless the absence of such materials is recognized as reasonable.
(f) The activity must be conducted in a physical setting that is conducive to learning or in a distance-learning format approved by the Commission.
(g) No activity consisting solely of the viewing or hearing of pre-recorded material may be awarded credit.
(h) Activities that cross academic lines, such as accounting-tax seminars, may be considered for approval.
Attorneys can earn up to 8 CLE hours via recorded programs per reporting period.
15 credit hours per year. 3 hours of ethics and professionalism credit per reporting period.
60 minutes per credit hour
Docs required: See application
Application deadline: 30 Days prior to activity
Application fee:
Application formats: Print Form
Length of reporting period: 1 year
Compliance date: December 31
Reporting date: March 1
Tennessee does not recognize presumptive approval status for providers.