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Continuing Education Requirements
This information is intended to provide answers to commonly asked questions. It is not intended to replace detailed information found in your state's requirements. Though we have made reasonable efforts to ensure that the information given is reliable and current, we cannot guarantee that it is. For more information please contact the State Bar of GA Commission on Continuing Legal Competency. See contact information below.

Georgia state requires that attorneys complete 12 hours per year, including 1 ethics hour, 1 professionalism hour and 3 trial hours(required only for trial attorneys.
6 hours per year can be taken in a distance-learning format. These type of hours are called in-house hours and they are tracked on attorneys' CLE transcripts maintained by the State Bar of Georgia CLE department staff. An attorney can take 6 in-house hours per year and can carry forward 6 CLE hours to the next succeeding year.

CLE hours can be carried forward?
Regular CLE hours - 12 hours can be carried to the next year
In-House [Self-Study] CLE hours - 6 hours can be carried to the next year
Ethics hours - 2 hours can be carried to the next year
Professionalism hours - 2 hours can be carried to the next year
Trial hours - 3 hours can be carried to the next year

What are sponsor fees and attorney fees?
All courses entered into our CLE database are charged a $5 per hour per attorney fee. Sponsors of the seminars are required to pay this fee for courses held in Georgia. Attorneys are required to pay this fee for courses held outside of Georgia or in other circumstances such as online seminars when the sponsor does not pay the fee. An attorney can pay the $5 per hour fee to the State Bar of Georgia when attendance is reported to us, or can be billed on the Annual Report that is mailed in January of each year.

Contact Cape Institute:

Cape Institute
P.O. Box 377
Newtown Square, PA 19073
Phone: 888-227-3331
Fax: 888-305-9471
Or email us at cle@capeschool.com
Contact Information:

State Bar of Georgia
Commission on Continuing Lawyer Competency
104 Marietta St. NW
Suite 100
Atlanta, GA 30303
Phone: 404-527-8712
Fax: 404-527-8715

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