YOUR TENNESSEE CLE NEEDS, MADE EASY​

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We understand that CLE in Tennessee is a requirement, but that doesn’t mean you deserve anything less than high-quality continuing legal education. We are committed to providing low-cost, substantive programs that help the Tennessee legal community be more successful.

ALPS is proud to offer accredited Tennessee CLE with both live and on-demand seminars on timely and relevant ethics and risk management topics. ALPS policyholders can access any CLE at a discounted tuition.

Tennessee MCLE Requirements

Credit hours required: 15 hours per reporting period

Specialty credits required: 3 hours of ethics and professionalism credit per reporting period

Length of reporting period: 1 year

Compliance date: December 31

Reporting date: March 1

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 down to the nearest hundredth of an hour.

Limit on credit hours for recorded programs: Attorneys can earn up to 8 CLE hours via recorded programs per reporting period.

Attendance Reporting Procedure: Attorneys must self-report attendance and pay a per-credit-hour fee for attending live, in-person programs held outside of Tennessee and for webinars, teleconferences, and on-demand online courses. The ABA reports attendance of Tennessee-licensed attorneys and pays the corresponding per-credit hour-fee for live, in-person programs held in Tennessee.

Tennessee MCLE Requirements (from the American Bar Association website)