CONTINUING LEGAL EDUCATION
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The new, one-day, Bridge the Gap Mandatory Continuing Legal Education program for new Bar members was offered live and through an on-demand broadcast through the Bar's website.
Welcome to the Rhode Island Bar Association Continuing Legal Education (CLE) page. Here you may connect to information concerning upcoming live CLE seminars, on-line seminars, and recent publications.
If you have placed an order with the Rhode Island Bar Association, your CLE seminar registration is subject to space availability. You should receive final confirmation by email. With regard to publication orders, please allow 2-3 weeks for processing.
IF YOU DO NOT RECEIVE YOUR CLE SEMINAR REGISTRATION CONFIRMATION via email within 48 business hours, please contact the Bar Association at (401) 421-5740 or email cle@ribar.com.
CLE Seminar Calendar
On-Demand CLE Seminars
CLE Publications
New Attorney Requirements
CLE Program Proposal
The Rhode Island Bar Association CLE Committee, working with the Association's staff, plans and carries out an annual program of over 60 continuing legal education programs for members of the Bar. The Bar’s CLE offers a creative, topical and substantively diverse calendar to meet the varied needs of Rhode Island's practitioners at all levels of experience.
All members of the Bar are required to attend ten hours of continuing legal education annually. (Some exceptions are allowed. Please check Section 3.2 of the MCLE regulations.) To meet this requirement, two hours must deal with ethics and professionalism. The Association is committed to offering a variety of high quality seminars, workshops, and courses in many formats and locations. The CLE programs are developed by and for Rhode Island practitioners. An up-to-date calendar and registration information is available here.
Current Rhode Island Bar Association CLE handbooks are available to review at the
Rhode Island Law Center, 41 Sharpe Drive, Cranston, RI. Descriptions and ordering information are available by
clicking here.
For more information, please contact the Bar’s CLE office at
401.421.5740, fax us at
401.421.2703, or e-mail us at
cle@ribar.com.
If you would like to submit an idea for an upcoming seminar or you would like to participate as an instructor for CLE please click
here to fill out and submit a proposal form. Thank you.
REMINDER
Pursuant to Article IV Rule 3 all Continuing Legal Education credits must be reported to the MCLE Commission by June 30th each year. These credits must be reported electronically through the Supreme Court’s Attorney Portal located here.
Credits may be stored and submitted at any time during the CLE year -- July 1- June 30 - rather than waiting until June 30. If you have questions about this requirement please call the MCLE Commission at 401-222-4942 or click here.