4-Hour Florida Ethics & Open Government Master Class

Newly updated for 2025, the 4-Hour Florida Ethics & Open Government Master Class satisfies the state’s annual ethics training requirement mandated by the Code of Ethics for Public Officers and Employees (Code of Ethics) and applicable to elected municipal officers, constitutional officers, and others. In accordance with the legal mandate the training consists of two hours of Ethics Law (covering Florida’s ethics laws and Art. II, s. 8, Fla. Const.), one hour of Sunshine Law (Ch. 286, F.S.), and one hour of Public Records Law (Ch. 119, F.S.) education.

This online course is available on demand, allows participants to stop and start the material at their convenience, and provides attendees with a Certificate of Completion once done.

This course has been approved for 5.0 hours of Continuing Legal Education Credit (5.0 General | Professionalism 1.0 | 2.5 Ethics | Technology 1.0 | 5.0 Certification Credits: State and Federal Government and Administrative Practice) by the Florida Bar.

About Your Instructor:

Caroline Klancke, Esq.

Attorney Caroline Klancke has 15 years of ethics law experience and serves as FEI’s Executive Director. Ms. Klancke is a former Senior Attorney, General Counsel, and Deputy Executive Director of the Florida Commission on Ethics where she assisted the agency in its constitutional mandate to interpret and enforce the Code of Ethics for Public Officers and Employees and lead ethics trainings and educational programs for the Commission on Ethics, the Florida Bar, and others.  Prior to her tenure with the Commission on Ethics, she served as Chief Ethics Officer and Senior Attorney with the Florida Public Service Commission.  Ms. Klancke is a graduate of Florida State University and the University of Miami School of Law.  In 2015, the Florida Government Bar Association selected her as a finalist for Government Attorney of the Year.