CLE Programs

Every active Florida Bar member, regardless of where the person lives, must comply with the Bar’s continuing legal education (CLE) requirements. The Division provides opportunities for its members to obtain the required CLE hours, particularly their ethics hours, through a variety of live seminars, videotape options, online courses, and audiotape options.

The Division annually provides its members with a FREE audiotape that provides up to 3 ethics hours. This is a member benefit that far exceeds the cost of Division membership. The free ethics tape will be available in September 2007.

BASIC SKILLS COURSE REQUIREMENT

As a Florida Bar member, you are required to take a course entitled "Practicing with Professionalism" and two basic skills courses within a prescribed time after becoming a member of the Bar. This is known as the Basic Skills Course Requirement (BSCR). As an out-of-tate practitioner, you may qualify for a deferment or exemption from some or all of these requirements. For more information, click here.

LIVE CLE COURSES

Each year, the Division sponsors two or three live CLE courses outside the state of Florida. One of these courses is held annually in New York City. The other courses rotate throughout the United States and frequently coincide with the location of the Florida Bar Board of Governors’ annual Out-of-State Meeting. The New York City seminar will be held February 9, 2008 at St. Johns University on the Lower Manhattan Campus.

JOIN NOW TO RECEIVE FREE ETHICS TAPE! Out-of-State Division membership entitles you to the 2007 Ethics tape worth 2.0 ethics credits.  You'll receive your tape 4-6 weeks after joining the Division. Don't miss out on free ethics credits. The tapes have been mailed. If you haven’t received one, please contact Arlee Colman at acolman@flabar.org.

PRESENTING THE 2007 FREE ETHICS ONLINE AUDIO

The attached free ethics audio is produced annually for members of the Out-of-State Division of The Florida Bar.

• Approved for 2.00 hours of ethics credit, members of the Division will access the audio with the user name and password provided by The Florida Bar.

• Not an Out-of-State Division Member? Join today and receive the password for the Free Ethics Online Audio.

Follow this link to the CLE audio or this one to join the Division today.

OTHER CLE RESOURCES

	Florida Bar Continuing Legal Education
	How to obtain credit for a CLE course
	Basic information about your CLE requirements
	Online courses approved by the Florida Bar
	Other audio tapes available from the Florida Bar