Type: Approved Private Certification Programs
Private Programs: Accounting Malpractice, Business Bankruptcy, Civil Practice Advocacy, Civil Trial Advocacy, Consumer Bankruptcy, Complex Litigation, Creditors' Rights, Criminal Law Trial Advocacy, DUI Defense, Elder Law, Estate Planning Law, Family Law Trial Advocacy, Juvenile Law - Child Welfare, Legal Professional Liability, Medical Professional Liability, Patent Litigation, Privacy Law, Social Security Disability, Truck Accident Law
Regulatory Scheme: Effective January 1, 2015, the Tennessee Supreme Court Commission on CLE will no longer approve Tennessee Specialist certifications. Lawyers licensed to practice law in Tennessee may be certified as being a legal-specialist by any organization that has been accredited by the American Bar Association's House of Delegates to award specialist certifications to lawyers (11.01). Each lawyer who has received a certification as a specialist shall register the certification with the Commission. The Commission shall confirm that the certification presented by the specialist has been issued from an organization that has been accredited by the American Bar Association's House of Delegates to award specialist certifications to lawyers. However, the Commission shall have no authority to certify any lawyer practicing in this State as being a specialist in any area of law (11.02).
Contact:
Tennessee Supreme Court Commission on CLE
1321 Murfreesboro Pike, Suite 810
Nashville, TN 37217-2690
615/741-3096
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