R. Regulating Fla. Bar 6-12.3 · 6-12. BASIC SKILLS COURSE REQUIREMENT RULE
REQUIREMENT
Text — October 1, 2026 edition
(a) Course Components. Compliance with the basic skills course requirement includes:
(1) completion of a Practicing with Professionalism course sponsored by the Young Lawyers Division, which must include the curriculum of the 2-credit hour Florida Legal Professionalism course required by rule 6-10.3(b); and
(2) completion of 21 credit hours of Young Lawyers Division-sponsored substantive, basic-level continuing legal education courses sponsored by the YLD.
(b) Time for Completion. The basic skills course requirement must be completed as follows:
(1) The Practicing with Professionalism course must be completed no sooner than 12 months before or no later than 12 months after Florida Bar admission; and
(2) The 21-credit hours of substantive, basic-level continuing legal education courses must be completed during the member’s initial 3-year continuing legal education requirement reporting cycle assigned on Florida Bar admission.
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History
Added April 21, 1988, effective Oct. 1, 1988 (524 So.2d 634). Amended Sept. 21, 1989, effective Oct. 1, 1989 (548 So.2d 1120); Feb. 15, 1990 (556 So.2d 1119); July 23, 1992, effective Jan. 1, 1993 (605 So.2d 252); Feb. 8, 2001 (795 So.2d 1); May 12, 2005, effective May 12, 2005 (SC04-914); February 4, 2010, effective March 6, 2010 (SC09-1427). Amended June 11, 2015, effective October 1, 2015 (SC14-2088); amended February 29, 2024, effective January 8, 2024 (SC23-1412).
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