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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 VT Board of CLE. See contact information below.

Every attorney licensed as ''active'' in Vermont must complete a minimum of 20 hours of Vermont accredited CLE during each 2-year compliance period ending June 30th of the second year of your Group reporting period. It is the attorney's responsibility to keep track of and report his/her CLE at the end of each reporting period. A minimum of 2 hours must be specifically addressed to legal ethics and an additional two hours must be devoted to professionalism. The courses on professionalism must be specifically preapproved by the MCLE Board and be live and participatory. One hour of credit consists of 60 minutes of attendance or teaching at an approved CLE activity and credit hours are rounded to the nearest quarter hour. For reporting purposes, credits are broken down into ''live'' and ''self-study.''

At least 10 of the required hours must be from participation in ''live'' events. In addition to traditional classroom instruction, teleconferences and live webcasts are considered eligible for ''live'' credit. A rule of thumb for determining whether credit is considered ''live" or "self-study'' is that there must be an opportunity for interaction between the presenter and audience at the time of the presentation to be considered ''live''

Because the Board believes that there is significant benefit to attorneys of interaction among their colleagues, the Board has limited ''self-study'' credit to 10 hours each compliance period. ''Self-study'' is considered presentations on videotape, audiotape, podcasts, computer programs and on-line where there is no opportunity for discussion or questions of the presenter at the time of the presentation.

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

Vermont Board of Continuing Legal Education:

Board of Continuing Legal Education
2418 Airport Road
Suite 2
Barre, VT 05641

Phone: 802-828-3281
Fax: 802-828-1695
www.vermontjudiciary.org

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