Continuing legal education (CLE) is a requirement imposed on lawyers in nearly every state that requires them to take a certain number of hours in legal study to ensure continuing competence and professionalism. Various bar associations and other groups offer CLE courses, which usually consist of presentations by experts, panels debating current legal topics, and various other teaching methods. Many states now allow attorneys to take online CLE courses. Attorneys can also obtain CLE credit for publishing legal articles and teaching law courses to undergraduates, paralegals, or law students.

• If a lawyer passes a state bar exam can he or she then practice in any state?
• Do all states require individuals to take a bar exam to practice law?
• What is tested on the bar exam?
• How many bar exams are there?
• What can disqualify a person from sitting for a bar exam?
• If a person passes the bar exam, is he or she automatically entitled to practice law?
• Can all law school graduates take the bar exam?
• What is the American Bar Association?
• What does it take to become a lawyer?
• Do many states have family courts?
• What is the relationship between state high courts and state constitutions?
• Are all state court systems based on the three-tiered model of trial court, intermediate appellate court, and final appellate court?
• Do all state high courts have the same number of justices or judges?
• Are all state high courts called supreme courts?
• Which states do not have elections for any type of judges?
• How are state court judges picked?
• How are state court systems established?
• Do courts always follow their past decisions?
• Is there a difference between mandatory authority and persuasive authority?
• What opinions have precedential value?