California CLE Requirements

25 credit hours every three years

All credit hours may be completed online. All TRTCLE courses are approved for "participatory" MCLE credit.

General: 19 hours (max)
At least four hours of legal ethics
At least one hour on competence issues
At least two hours dealing with elimination of bias. Of the two hours, at least one hour must focus on implicit bias and the promotion of bias-reducing strategies.

Half of the 25 MCLE hours must be in activities approved for what is called participatory MCLE credit. No more than 12.5 hours can be for self-study.

Attorneys with last names beginning with A-G (Group 1). Compliance period: 2/1/22-1/31/25
Deadline to report: Feb. 1, 2025

Attorneys with last names beginning with H-M (Group 2). Compliance period: 2/1/21-1/31/24
Deadline to report: Feb. 1, 2024

Attorneys with last names beginning with N-Z (Group 3). Compliance period: 2/1/20-1/31/23
Deadline to report: Feb. 1, 2023

Attorneys are required to complete their MCLE requirements by the end of their compliance group's deadline.

Group 1: Feb. 1, 2025

Group 2: Feb., 1, 2024

Group 3: Feb., 3, 2023

California is a self-reporting jurisdiction. Attorneys must certify their compliance by logging into their State Bar Profile at My State Bar Profile and submitting a statement of compliance.

Attorneys may not carry over credits into the next compliance period.

New admittees may be subject to a proportional requirement based on their date of admission. Click here to calculate your newly admitted requirement.

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  San Francisco, CA 94105-1639
  

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