Florida CLE Requirements for Attorneys

Attorneys in their initial CLE compliance period that have not yet completed the Basic Skills Course Requirement (BSCR).

Total Credits: 30 credit hours every 3 years:

• At least 5 in Legal Ethics, Professionalism, Substance Abuse or Mental Illness Awareness
  • At least 1 hour in Professionalism (for reporting cycles ending February and March)
  • Two-credit hour Florida Legal Professionalism course produced by The Florida Bar and approved by the Supreme Court of Florida
• At least 3 in Technology

Additionally, newly admitted attorneys must complete the Basic Skills Course Requirement (BSCR) which includes:

• Phase I: Completion of a Practice with Professionalism course Sponsored by the Young Lawyers Division of the Florida Bar (YLD), no sooner than 12 months prior to and no later than 12 months after an attorney’s admission to the Florida Bar
• Phase II:  Completion of 3 elective, basic, substantive CLE programs sponsored by the YLD within the first compliance period
  
  

Members of the bar under age 36 and who have not been admitted to practice law for more than 5 years are members of the YLD and subject to the BSCR.  New members who are 36 or older and have been admitted for more than 5 years must complete Phase 1 of the BSCR but may file an exemption request for Phase II.

Attorneys can complete all 30 credits on SproutEd, with exception of the two-credit hour Florida Legal Professionalism course produced by The Florida Bar and approved by the Supreme Court of Florida. All of SproutEd’s courses are approved for credit in Florida.

The Florida Bar:
651 E. Jefferson St.
Tallahassee, FL 32399
[email protected]
850-651-5600

www.floridabar.org