The LSBA requies twelve and one half (12.5) credit hours, including one (1) credit hour of Ethics and one (1) credit hour of Professionalism. Credits must be earned December 31 and reported by January 31 of the following year. Effective January 1, 2003, credit hours are calculated on a 60-minute basis.

Upon completion of any of our CLE seminars, a Louisiana attendance form will be issued to all participants. Forms must be completed, signed, and left with us. As sponsor of the seminar, we are required to submit your attendance form to the LSBA. If you send your form directly to the LSBA, in most cases, it will be sent back to you with instructions to have the sponsor submit the form.

A maximum of ten credit hours earned in a year may be carried over to the next calendar year, excluding Ethics and Professionalism.

Newly admitted active members shall, during the year of admission through the next calendar year, attend twelve and one half (12.5) hours of approved CLE and not less than eight (8) of such hours shall concern legal ethics, professionalism, or law office management, but not required to comply with subsections (a) or (c).

Law office management concerns knowledge and skill of office practice including courses on how to: