Continuing Legal Education

Delaware Law’s CLE programs help practicing attorneys remain current within a dynamic and ever-changing profession. Led by our nationally recognized faculty—as well as active judges, prosecutors, and partners in major firms—our programs are certified by the Delaware Commission on Legal Education and the Pennsylvania Supreme Court.

DELAWARE CLE REQUIREMENTS

24 credit hours, each compliance period (2 years), of which 4 must be enhanced ethics and 12 must be live credits. (Live requirements waived until 12/31/2022).

Commission on Continuing Legal Education
Supreme Court of the State of Delaware
The Renaissance Centre
405 N. King Street, Suite 420
Wilmington, DE 19801
302-577-7040

https://courts.delaware.gov/cle/

PENNSYLVANIA CLE REQUIREMENTS

12 credit hours every year and 2 hours MUST be ethics. All 12 credits may be completed through long-distance learning.

Pennsylvania Continuing Legal Education Board
Pennsylvania Judicial Center
601 Commonwealth Ave, Suite 3400
P.O. Box 62495
Harrisburg, PA 17106-2495
717-231-3251

http://www.pacle.org/about/PACLE_board.asp

NEW JERSEY CLE REQUIREMENTS

24 credit hours during 2-year reporting period – 5 need to be in the areas of ethics and/or professionalism, and of those 5 ethics credits, a minimum of 2 must be concentrated in diversity, inclusion, and elimination of bias. 12 credits must be taken by attending in-person courses.

NOTE: Due to Covid-19 pandemic, the New Jersey Board on Continuing Legal Education has suspended the live-credit requirement. Until further notice, all 24 credits may be earned by CLE webcasts, CLE on-demand videos, CLE on CDs, and CLE MP3 audio seminars.

New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education
A Division of the NJSBA
One Constitution Square
New Brunswick, NJ 08901
732-214-8500

https://tcms.njsba.com/PersonifyEbusiness/Default.aspx?TabID=2014

Upcoming CLE Events

39th Annual Francis G. Pileggi Distinguished Lecture in Law
The Looming Threat of Nonbank Stablecoins

Thursday, March 20, 2025
8:00 a.m. Breakfast; 8:45 a.m. Lecture
Hotel du Pont, du Barry Room
11th and Market Streets
Wilmington, Delaware 19801

Encore presentation 12 noon at Widener University Delaware Law School – Ruby R. Vale Moot Courtroom

One CLE credit available in Delaware, Pennsylvania and New Jersey.

For additional information or for accessibility and special needs requests, contact Constance Sweeney at 302-250-1988.

Download the flyer (pdf)

2025 Widener Law Review Symposium

This year's Symposium, "The Business of Fairness: Corporate Justice and Legal Reform," will focus on Corporate Justice. The Symposium will take place on Friday, April 4. Check-in will begin at 8:00 a.m. The program will begin promptly at 8:45 a.m. and conclude at 4:30 p.m. Registration to the Symposium will include a break, lunch, and 5 CLE credits, including one ethics credit.

There is no cost for students and faculty. The fee for judicial law clerks and alumni is $149. The unaffiliated cost is $199.

Delaware Law School Dignity Law Institute presents

Dignity Law Summit: Education & Advocacy

Friday, April 11, 2025
Breakfast and registration: 8:00
Program: 8:30 – 4:30

Widener University Delaware Law School
4601 Concord Pike, Wilmington DE 19803