Wisconsin

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Credit hours required: 30 hours per reporting period

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Specialty credits required: 3 hours ethics and professional responsibility

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Length of reporting period: 2 years

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Compliance date: December 31

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Compliance group: There are 2 compliance groups. Attorneys admitted in an even-numbered year report in even-numbered years. Attorneys admitted in an odd-numbered year report in odd-numbered years.

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Reporting date: February 1

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Minutes per credit hour: 50 minutes. To calculate credit for a specific program, divide the total length of the program in minutes by 50 and round down to the nearest half hour.

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Limit on credit hours for recorded programs: Attorneys can earn up to 10 CLE hours via recorded online programs. Attorneys can not earn ethics or professional responsibility CLE hours via recorded programs.

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Attendance Reporting Procedure: The ABA reports CLE program attendance for in-person programs to the Supreme Court of Wisconsin Board of Bar Examiners.

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Approval of ABA Programs

ABA general credit CLE programs are pre-approved in Wisconsin. The ABA applies for accreditation of ethics and professional responsibility programs on a program-by-program basis. The ABA is approved for the following formats.

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Approved Live Program Formats Live, in-person meetings (e.g., National Institutes) Webinars and teleconferences

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Approved ABA CLE Product Formats On-demand online courses

On-demand online courses are approved through December 31 of the year after the year in which the program was accredited. SCR 31.05(5)(a)(1)

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