Minnesota CLE Requirements

45 credit hours every 3 years

All 45 hours may be completed online, on-demand.

* As of January 1, 2024, the live requirement has been removed.

* Approved on-demand courses viewed and reported before Jan. 1, 2024, are subject to a 30-credit limit per 3-year reporting period. If the approved on-demand course was viewed and reported after January 1, 2024, and is to satisfy reporting requirements for reporting years 2024 and later, there is no credit cap.

40 hours General
3 hours Ethics or Professional Responsibility
2 hours Elimination of Bias
1 hour Mental Health and Substance Use in the legal profession and in the practice of law*

* Effective July 1, 2024, each Minnesota lawyer must report no fewer than 1 hour of approved courses in mental health and substance use in the legal profession and in the practice of law

Lawyer Reporting Categories:

Category 1: July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2024; July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2027
Category 2: July 1, 2019 to June 30, 2022; July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2025
Category 3: July 1, 2020 to June 30, 2023; July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2026

August 31st

Report CLE: There are two ways to report CLE attendance of approved courses:

1. Report attendance online using OASIS, or
2. Report attendance on a paper Affidavit of CLE Compliance form and mail it to the CLE office. There’s a $10 paper affidavit fee if you do not report in OASIS.

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• Minnesota State Board of CLE
  180 East 5th Street, Suite 950
  St. Paul, MN 55101
• (T) (651) 297-7100
  (F) (651) 296-5866
• www.cle.mn.gov/