Professionalism CLE Credit Application

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Please follow the application instructions below that apply to you depending on whether you are:

1.      A CLE Sponsor who is organizing a professionalism CLE program or

2.     An individual attorney who will be attending or who attended a CLE course.

 

CLE Sponsors of Professionalism CLE Programs

At least 30 days before the date upon which you expect to advertise as approved or to present a Professionalism CLE course, please submit your professionalism CLE application via the State Bar’s CLE portal found at the link here:

Sponsor Portal www.georgiabar.org/CLEPortal – for use by CLE sponsors (not to be used by individual attorneys):

 

Please note that based upon the Professionalism CLE Guidelines, the professionalism CLE application should:

  1. Comply with all general rules, accreditation standards, and regulations of the Commission on Continuing Lawyer Competency (CCLC). Rule 1 of the Professionalism CLE Guidelines. You may find the general accreditation standards for CLE approval at the link here: https://www.gabar.org/membership/cle/upload/Accreditation-Standards.pdf.
  2. State:
      1. the professionalism learning objective for the professionalism CLE program;
      2. explain what professionalism concepts will be highlighted; and
      3. discuss the format in which the professionalism concepts will be taught

 

It is the responsibility of those applying for professionalism CLE credit to ensure that they have the most up-to-date version of the Professionalism CLE Guidelines when applying for professionalism CLE. The most current Professionalism CLE Guidelines can always be found on the Commission’s website at: https://cjcpga.org/professionalism-cle-guidelines/

 

If you have questions about the Professionalism CLE Guidelines, please e-mail Karlise Y. Grier at kygrier@cjcpga.org.

call us at (404)-225-5040 or e-mail us at profCLEappINTAKE@cjcpga.org.

 

 

Individual Attorneys Who Attended or Will Be Attending a CLE Course For Which They Seek Professionalism Approval.

Not more than 30 days after the date on which you took a Professionalism CLE course, email the following:

      1. The appropriate CLE application form. You may find the CLE application forms at the link here: https://www.gabar.org/membership/cle/forms.cfm
      2. The CLE course schedule or agenda;
      3. The Professionalism Speaker’s presentation (Power Point, Google Slides, or other presentation software),
      4. The written materials that will be or were provided to the CLE participants; and
      5. A BRIEF explanation regarding how the course submitted fulfills one of the primary objectives of the professionalism CLE, which is to create a forum in which lawyers, judges, and legal educators can explore and reflect upon the meaning and goals of professionalism in contemporary legal practice. See Rule 4 of the Professionalism CLE Guidelines and Rules and Regulations of the State Bar of Georgia Rule 8-104 (B) and Regulation 4 thereunder.

 

Please e-mail all information to cle@gabar.org.

 

To learn more about Professionalism CLE Guidelines see: https://cjcpga.org/professionalism-cle-guidelines/ ‎

If you are applying for general CLE credits in addition to the Professionalism credit, please follow the instructions at the link here: https://www.gabar.org/membership/cle/forms.cfm

 

It is the responsibility of those applying for professionalism CLE credit to ensure that they have the most up-to-date version of the Professionalism CLE Guidelines when applying for professionalism CLE. The most current Professionalism CLE Guidelines can always be found on the Commission’s website at: https://cjcpga.org/professionalism-cle-guidelines/

 

If you have questions, please call us at (404)-225-5040 or e-mail us at profCLEappINTAKE@cjcpga.org.