TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Apr 4, 2025

The Tennessee Commission on Continuing Legal Education (CLE) has filed a petition with the Tennessee Supreme Court asking the court to makes several changes to Rule 21, which governs operations of the commission. According to the commission, the amendments are primarily designed to overhaul the commission's regulations, which were adopted in 2008; align Rule 21 and its regulations; and improve processes for attorneys. One change highlighted by the commission in its petition is aligning attorney CLE statuses with the various inactive provisions of Tennessee Supreme Court Rule 9, Section 10.3. Under the proposed change, an attorney who chooses to make their law license inactive would also become inactive with the commission without an annual reporting requirement. The commission also proposes eliminating the current annual exemptions in favor of a simple active/inactive approach. Other proposals would make changes to commission leadership positions and how the commission’s website is referenced in the rules. Read more from the commission.