Section 105. Continuing Legal Education Requirement

(a) General Requirement.

1. Every active lawyer shall annually complete, during the compliance period to which he or she is assigned; the CLE required by the Board pursuant to these Rules and established in Board regulations.

2. CLE shall be on the subjects of:

(i) substantive law, practice and procedure,

(ii) lawyer ethics and the rules of professional conduct,

(iii) professionalism,

(iv) substance abuse as it affects lawyers and the practice of law.

3. The minimum annual CLE requirement shall be nine (9) hours, effective September 1, 1994, and twelve (12) hours, effective September 1, 1995.

(b) Fulfillment Requirements. The CLE requirement shall be fulfilled by attending the required number of CLE courses by providers or completing a CLE activity approved by the Board as sufficient to meet the CLE general requirement.

(c) Every newly admitted attorney shall attend the Bridge The Gap program, of at least four (4) hours, sponsored by an approved Bridge the Gap CLE provider prior to his or her first compliance deadline.

The provisions of this Rule 105 amended July 1, 1992, effective immediately, 22 Pa.B. 3724; amended November 29, 1993, effective immediately, 23 Pa.B. 5882; amended June 22, 1994, effective immediately, 24 Pa.B. 3358; amended May 28, 2002, effective immediately, 32 Pa.B. 2864. Immediately preceding text appears at serial page (220792).