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SCR 31.05

Approved hours

activein force · 2026-01-02 – presentact-effective-date

(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 Repealed.

(b) Repealed.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.

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2026-09-23
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