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Past Events 2024
Nominations for the 25th Annual Justice Robert Benham Awards for Community Service through 11:59 p.m. on Monday, November 11, 2024.
Ethics and Professionalism During Career Transitions, Friday, October 25, 2024, 8:45 am – 11:15 am via Zoom (The CLE has previously been approved for 2 CLE hours of CLE 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.
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Law School Orientations on Professionalism – 2024
Diminished Capacity, Ethics, and Professionalism: How to Effectively Advocate For and Communicate With Individuals With Diminished Capacity CLE, Friday, September 6, 2024, 8:15 am – 5 pm, in-person and the State Bar of Georgia and via Zoom. (The CLE is approved for 6 hours of CLE credit, including 1 professionalism CLE hour and 1 ethics hour).
Maintaining Judicial Professionalism: Reflections from the Bar, Thursday, July 18, 2024, 3 pm – 5 pm, via Zoom. (The CLE is approved for 1 hour of CLE credit, including 1 professionalism CLE hour).
Training on Grants to Promote Legal Professionalism hosted by the Chief Justice’s Commission on Professionalism Grants Committee, May 16, 2024, 12:15 p.m. – 1:15 p.m. This training is NOT eligible for CLE credit.
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.
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.
24th Annual Justice Robert Benham Awards for Community Service, Wednesday, April 17, 2024,
Ethics and Professionalism During Career Transitions, Thursday, March 28, 2024, 8:45 am – 11:15 am via Zoom (The CLE is approved for 2 CLE hours of CLE 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.
Professionalism During Discovery in Criminal Law Cases, Thursday, March 28, 2024, 3:15 pm – 4:30 pm via Zoom (The CLE is approved for 1 professionalism CLE hour).
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.
Past Events 2023 and Earlier
Law School Orientations on Professionalism – 20223
23rd Annual Justice Robert Benham Awards for Community Service, Thursday, March 2, 2023,
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 Lawyers – September 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 Ethics – February 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 #CSA22 – March 19, 2022, 7 pm – 10 pm, Loudermilk
Designated Attorney Fellowship and CLE – December 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)
Law School Orientations on Professionalism – 2021 – August 10 – 21, 2021
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
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 04-06-20: 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