CLE HOURS
1.
Only the time of actual instruction counts toward CLE credit hours.
2.
Question and answer sessions are considered actual instruction and may be included for CLE credit provided such
question and answer sessions do not exceed ten (10) minutes per CLE credit hour. For example, a program approved
for six (6) total CLE credit hours may include up to one (1) total hour of a question and answer session.
3. CLE credit is not given for:
Breaks, Business meetings, Introductory remarks, Keynote speeches, Meals, or Speeches in connection with meals.
4.
No CLE credit is given for a CLE activity of less than 60 (sixty) minutes in length. A CLE activity means the entire
program and not the individual topics. Therefore, a program may include individual topics of less than 60 (sixty)
minutes in length.
ETHICS HOURS
1.
Instruction in ethics includes topics on professional responsibility and malpractice.
2.
Instruction in ethics does not include topics such as attorney fees and client development except to the extent that
professional responsibility is directly discussed in connection with such topics.
TRIAL HOURS
1.
Trial practice courses are defined as CLE exclusively limited to one or more of the following five (5) subjects:
a. evidence
c. criminal practice and procedure
e. trial advocacy
b. civil practice and procedure
d. ethical conduct of litigation
2.
Due to the "exclusively limited" requirement, trial CLE must be (a) clearly segregated and identified (b) a
minimum of one (1) hour in length, and (c) limited to one or more of the five (5) listed subjects in order to receive
trial CLE credit. The "exclusively limited" requirement does not prohibit credit for a seminar that deals with
one or more of the subjects stated in the Rule in the context of a particular field of trial practice, such as medical
malpractice, personal injury defense, criminal cases, construction law, etc.
PROFESSIONALISM HOURS
To receive professionalism credit, send materials to Ms. Terie Latala, Chief Justice's Commission on Professionalism,
State Bar of Georgia, 104 Marietta Street, Suite 620, Atlanta, GA 30303. (404) 225-5040.