Kansas CLE Requirements for Attorneys

Experienced Kansas attorneys must complete a minimum of 12 KS approved CLE credit hours, including at least 2 credits in Ethics and Professionalism. Kansas attorneys can take a maximum of 2 credits in Law Practice Management each reporting cycle.

Newly Admitted Attorneys are exempt from CLE requirements for the first compliance period during which they were admitted to the Kansas Bar.

No, Newly Admitted Attorneys are exempt from CLE requirements for the first compliance period during which they were admitted to the Kansas Bar.

Attorneys may receive KS CLE credit for attending approved CLE courses. There are multiple formats in which an attorney may complete courses for KS CLE credit:

• Live Programming
  • Live Webcast
    
  • Standard Classroom Setting
  • Satellite
  • Video Replay
  • Live Teleconference
    
• Pre-recorded Programming
  • On Demand Video or Audio CLE
  • Podcast
  • CD-ROM
  • DVD

Attorneys can fulfill the entire Kansas requirement on Lawline through On Demand programs. Click here to view all Kansas-approved Lawline programs.

Yes! Kansas attorneys may earn CLE credits in several other ways:

• Teaching: KS attorneys may earn up to 5 CLE credits for each 50 minutes spent teaching an approved program. Credits will be calculated based on both actual time spent teaching and time spent preparing. Repeat presentations may qualify for additional credits, but limited to time spent updating the presentation and teaching.
• Authorship: Credit may be awarded for authorship of legal publications. The author must complete an application for approval of authorship credit. Credit will be awarded if the research:
  • Has produced a published article, chapter, monograph, or book, personally authored, in whole or part, by the attorney, and
  • Contributes substantially to the continuing legal education of the attorney and other attorneys.
  • One credit hour may be awarded for each 50 minutes spent directly in preparing the publication. Publication must occur during the compliance period for which credit is requested.
  • NOTE: An article, chapter, monograph, or book directed to a non-attorney audience, while resulting in self-improvement as a form of self-study, does not qualify for authorship credit.
• Attending a Law School Course: Kansas attorneys may earn credit for attending courses taught at an ABA-accredited law school.

The annual deadline to complete KS CLE is June 30th.

Yes! Attorneys in Kansas may carry forward up to 10 excess general credit hours earned from one compliance period to the next. Ethics and professionalism credits earned in excess of the 2-credit minimum may be carried forward as general credit hours, but not as ethics and professionalism credit hours.

Kansas CLE   
Kansas Judicial Center
301 SW 10^th Avenue
Topeka, KS 66612
Phone: (785) 368-8201
cleadmin@kscle.org
https://www.kscle.org/

Kansas CLE FAQ Page

https://www.kscle.org/rules-guidelines

https://www.kscle.org/courses