WI · rules
SCR 31.05
Approved hours
(1) Activities that are approved by the board either before or after
the close of the reporting period may be used to satisfy the requirement
of SCR 31.02. Lawyers claiming credit for activities that are not already
approved must seek approval on a CLE Form 2 filed contemporaneously
with their CLE Form 1.
(2)(a) Up to 15 hours of CLE reported on CLE Form 1 may be
carried forward to the next reporting period if all of the following
conditions are met:
1. The hours that are to be carried forward reflect attendance
during the reporting period covered by the CLE Form 1.
2. These hours reflect attendance at courses that are approved by
the board either before or after the close of the reporting period. Lawyers
claiming credit for activities that are not already approved must seek
approval on a CLE Form 2 filed contemporaneously with their CLE Form
1.
3. Repealed.
(b) Repealed.
(c) CLE programs approved by the board for legal ethics and
professional responsibility may not be carried forward under this
subsection for the purpose of fulfilling the legal ethics and professional
responsibility requirement of SCR 31.02(2) but may be carried forward
under par. (a).
(3) Teaching an approved continuing legal or judicial education
activity or teaching a course, or teaching as guest presenter in a course,
in a law school approved by the American bar association may be used
to satisfy the requirement of SCR 31.02. The board shall award 2 hours
for each hour of presentation.
(4) Participation in an educational activity approved by the judicial
education committee may be used to satisfy the requirement of SCR
31.02.
(5)(a) A repeated on-demand program may be used to satisfy the
requirement of SCR 31.02, if all of the following conditions are met:
1. The repeated on-demand program is approved prior to being
claimed for credit by a lawyer on CLE Form 1, and the lawyer must take
the on-demand program no later than December 31 of the year after the
year in which approval was given.
2. Sponsors of the approved on-demand on-line program must
maintain a roster verifying the attendance of all attorneys logged-in and
paying for the program and provide the roster to the board if requested.
(b) No more than 15.0 credits may be claimed for repeated on-demand programs during a lawyer's reporting period.
(c) No legal ethics and professional responsibility credit is allowed
for a repeated on-demand program.
(d) For reinstatement, readmission, or reactivation, no more than
50 percent of a lawyer’s CLE may come from repeated on demand
programs.
(6) Each hour of service on the office of lawyer regulation
preliminary review committee, special preliminary review panel, district
committee or as an office of lawyer regulation special investigator may
be used to satisfy the requirements of SCR 31.02, to a maximum of 3.0
hours of legal ethics and professional responsibility credit per reporting
period, provided that the office of lawyer regulation maintains a roster
verifying service and provides the roster to the board if requested.
(7) One (1.0) hour of Wisconsin continuing legal education credit
may be claimed for every five (5.0) hours of pro bono legal services as
defined in this chapter to satisfy the requirements of SCR 31.02, up to a
maximum of six (6.0) credits per reporting period. Pro bono legal services
credit may not be used for reinstatement, readmission, or reactivation.
Provenance
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- www.wicourts.gov
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- 2026-09-23
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- 2026-09-23
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