Minimum Continuing Legal Edu-

cation (a) On an annual basis, each attorney admitted in Connecticut shall certify, on the registration form required by Section 2-27 (d), that the attorney has completed in the last calendar year no less than twelve credit hours of appropriate continuing legal education, at least two hours of which shall be in ethics/professionalism. The ethics and pro- fessionalism components may be integrated with other courses. This rule shall apply to all attorneys except the following: (1) Judges and senior judges of the Supreme, Appellate or Superior Courts, judge trial referees, family support magistrates, family support magis- trate referees, administrative law judges, elected constitutional officers, federal magistrate judges, federal administrative law judges or federal bankruptcy judges; judges, federal (2) Attorneys who are disbarred, resigned pur- suant to Section 2-52, on inactive status pursuant to Section 2-56 et seq., or retired pursuant to Section 2-55 or 2-55A; (3) Attorneys who are serving on active duty in the armed forces of the United States for more than six months in such year; (4) Attorneys for the calendar year in which they are admitted; (5) Attorneys who earn less than $1000 in com- pensation for the provision of legal services in such year; (6) Attorneys who, for good cause shown, have been granted temporary or permanent exempt status by the Statewide Grievance Committee. (b) Attorneys may satisfy the required hours of continuing legal education: (1) By attending legal education courses pro- vided by any local, state or special interest bar association in this state or regional or national bar associations recognized in this state or another 132 © Copyrighted by the Secretary of the State of the State of Connecticut SUPERIOR COURT—GENERAL PROVISIONS