- Credit hours required: 12 hours per reporting period
- Specialty credits required: 1 hour of ethics credit and 1 hour of professionalism credit, per reporting period
- Length of reporting period: 1 year
- Compliance date: December 31
- Reporting date: March 31
- Compliance group: All attorneys report annually.
- Minutes per credit hour: 60 minutes. To calculate credit for a specific program, divide the total length of the program in minutes by 60 and round to the nearest half hour.
- Attendance Reporting Procedure: The ABA reports attendance to Georgia on each attorney's behalf. Attorneys report/verify compliance by submitting an annual report to Georgia, which is sent to attorneys between December and January by the Georgia Commission.
MCLE Rule Changes
In reaction to the evolving situation related to the COVID-19 pandemic, most live in-person CLE events have been cancelled across the world. In response, state and other jurisdictions have have temporarily suspended the requirements that their attorneys attend in-person CLE to fulfill their MCLE requirements or adjusted deadlines, fees, or other aspects of their rules. Your state may have temporarily changed MCLE requirements.
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