What is the ethics requirement?
You must complete at least 6 ethics credits in your three-year reporting period. All ethics credits may be acquired using approved audio-visual (self-study) or live credits. Ethics credits pertain to topics related to standards of individual attorney conduct. Ethics credits are not granted for subjects that are considered, in a more general sense, to be ethics but do not specifically relate to individual attorney behavior. For example, a course covering general information about the Sarbanes Oxley Act would not be accreditable as ethics credits. Nor would a course about housing discrimination based on race. Neither course deals with specific attorney behavior as addressed in the rules and regulations that are part of the definition of ethics credits. The Supreme Court amended the definition of “ethics” in the regulations effective on January 1, 2009. Courses that take place on or after January 1, 2009 or that are recorded on or after January 1, 2009 will be accredited according to the
