Virginia requires attorneys to take 12 hours of Continuing Legal Education (CLE) every year. Due to the fact I have yet to find an attorney job, I have been putting off doing CLE. (Partially because I have not been getting paid well. Partially because I was waiting to see what kind of job I got so I could take CLE that goes along with it.) CLE costs about $120 for 2 hours, so doing it is a chunk of change.
I thought CLE was due by July 31. Bar dues ($225) are due July 31. So I decided I had to bite the bullet and start paying. So I went to the site today to sign up for and take my first CLE.
Turns out that I have until October 31 to complete CLE. I am still taking 4 hours at the moment, since I had planned to take those hours today. (My new temp job is working at a law firm that does foreclosures. So I am taking a class on foreclosure.) But my finances for the month just got a lot more flexible.