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Upcoming Events

24th Annual Justice Robert Benham Awards for Community Service, Wednesday, April 17, 2024,

Ethics and Professionalism During Career Transitions, Thursday, March 28, 2024, 9:00 am – 11:00 am via Zoom (the Commission will apply for 2 CLE hours of credit, including 1 professionalism CLE hour and 1 ethics CLE hour). This CLE is organized by the State Bar of Georgia Committee on Professionalism and staffed by the Commission.

Connect With A Colleague Contest, April 1, 2024 – April 30, 2024. Review the rules and enter the contest for a chance to win prizes. This CLE is organized by the State Bar of Georgia Committee on Professionalism and staffed by the Commission.

Law Day 2024 is organized by the State Bar of Georgia Committee on Professionalism and the Local and Voluntary Bar Committee of the State Bar of Georgia and staffed by the Commission.

Past Events

The Significant Lawyer: The Pursuit of Purpose and Professionalism – Back by Popular Demand, Tuesday, January 23, 2024, 12:15 p.m, in person at the State Bar Atlanta Headquarters and via Zoom.

SBG President Sally Akins and The Chief Justice’s Commission on Professionalism present an in-person Signature CLE Program, February 22, 2023, State Bar of Georgia.

Nominations for the 23rd Annual Justice Robert Benham Awards for Community Service through 11:59 p.m. on November 11, 2022.

Speaker and Writer’s Bureau of the State Bar of Georgia Committee on Professionalism CLE: Professionalism in a Post-Pandemic Landscape, September 28, 2022, 9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. (qualifies for 1 professionalism CLE hour)

GAAAA Professionalism for Georgia LawyersSeptember 24, 2022 (application pending for 1 professionalism CLE hour)

Law School Orientations on Professionalism – 2022

Application Period for Grants to Promote Legal Professionalism

The Significant Lawyer: The Pursuit of Purpose and Professionalism with Judge William S. Duffey, Jr.March 24, 2022, 12:15 pm – 1:30 pm via Zoom (qualifies for 1 professionalism hour)

Pop-Up CLE: Perspectives on Professionalism and EthicsFebruary 22, 2022, 2:55 pm – 5 pm via Zoom (qualifies for 2 hours of CLE, including 1 professionalism hour and 1 ethics hour)

22nd Annual Justice Robert Benham Awards for Community Service #CSA22March 19, 2022, 7 pm – 10 pm, Loudermilk

Designated Attorney Fellowship and CLEDecember 17, 2021, 10 am – 2 pm in-person, Emory Conference Center and Hotel

Nominations for the 22nd Annual Justice Robert Benham Awards for Community Service through 11:59 p.m. on November 30, 2021.

Professionalism After the Statewide Judicial Emergency Order  September 28, 2021, 11 am – 2 pm (qualifies for 3 hours of CLE, including 1 Professionalism hour and 1 Trial hour for attorneys who attend the entire 3-hour CLE)

21st Annual Justice Robert Benham Awards for Community Service  on 06-26-21

Ethics, Pro Bono, and Professionalism CLE (applied for 3 hours of CLE, including 1 Ethics hour, 1 Professionalism hour, and 1 Trial hour for attorneys who attend the entire 3-hour CLE)  on 05-26-21

Suicide Awareness Program (qualifies for 3 hours of CLE, including 1 hour of professionalism) on 04-30-21

The Necessity of Unparalleled Unity CLE (qualifies for 2 hours of CLE, including 2 hours of professionalism) on 03-19-21

Professionalism and Technology: From Jury Trials to Social Media

What Judges May Do to Improve The Law and The Legal System: What Lawyers Need to Know About Judicial Professionalism

Law School Orientations on Professionalism – 2020

Professionalism and the Georgia Court Reopening Guide

Criminal Justice, Professionalism, and Coronavirus on 06-11-20, from 12 Noon – 1 pm

Moving Forward with Professionalism In the Midst of A Public Health Emergency CLE on 04-28-20

Pop-Up Professionalism CLE on 04-16-20: Getting the Deal Done with Professionalism During A Time of Physical Distancing

Pop-Up Professionalism CLE on 04-06-20: Professionalism During A Time of Physical Distancing

Professionalism, Pizza and a Movie, 01-09-20

Convocation on Professionalism Then (1988) and Now (2019), 12-13-19

Law School Orientations on Professionalism 2019

20th Annual Justice Robert Benham Awards for Community Service, 03-09-19

State Bar of Georgia Mid-Year Meeting CLE on Professionalism Then (1988) and Now (2019), 01-10-19

Town Hall Meeting, 2019

Convocation on Professionalism and the Global Community, 11-30-18

Law School Orientations on Professionalism 2018

State Bar of Georgia Annual Meeting CLE on Professionalism and Social Media, 06-08-18

19th Annual Justice Robert Benham Awards for Community Service, 02-27-18