Delaware

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Credit hours required:                       24 hours

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Specialty credits required:               4 hours of ethics credit

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Length of reporting period:              2 years

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Compliance date:                               December 31

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Reporting date:                                   March 31

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Compliance group:                             Varies by admission date.  Attorneys admitted in even-numbered years must complete credits by December 31 of every even-numbered year; odd-numbered year admissions complete credit by December 31 of every odd-numbered year. E.g., 12/31/2010 compliance date covers attorneys admitted in any even-numbered year such as 1986, 1998, 2002, 2004, etc.

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Minutes per credit hour:                   60 minutes. To calculate credit for a specific program, divide the total length of the program in minutes by 60

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Attendance Reporting Procedure:    For in-person programs, ABA reports attendance by mailing the specialized Delaware sign-in sheets.  

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Approved ABA Live Program Formats*  Live, in person meetings (e.g., National Institutes)

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Approved ABA CLE Product Formats Delaware does not approve ABA self-study product formats

*accreditation of live ABA webinars and teleconferences is pending

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State Contact Information

Commission on Continuing Legal Education of the Supreme Court of Delaware

Carvel State Office Building

820 N. French Street, 11th Floor

Wilmington, DE 19801-3545

(302) 577-7040

e-mail: cle@state.de.us 

website: www.courts.delaware.gov/cle