Maryland is one of only four holdout states and the District of Columbia that do not require continuing legal education (CLE) for lawyers. However, Maryland likely will not be an outlier much longer.

While states’ specific requirements vary considerably, every state requires licensed attorneys to complete continuing legal education, commonly called CLEs. According to one estimate, 950,000 lawyers ...

“The professionalism requirement seems to reflect the Florida Supreme Court's growing intolerance for incivility and other unprofessional behavior that bleeds into legal ethics rule violations thereby ...