North Carolina CLE Requirements

24 credit hours every 2 years

All credits may be completed online.

18 hours General maximum
At least 4 hours of Ethics
At least 1 hour of Technology
At least 1 hour of Professional Well-Being


* For 2024 only, attorneys admitted in odd-numbered years have a one-year compliance period with a 12-hour CLE requirement (from 3/1/2024 to 2/28/2025). Attorneys admitted in even-numbered years start their compliance under the new two-year cycle with a 24-hour CLE requirement (from 3/1/2024 to 2/28/2026)

* A minimum of 4 hours of Ethics are required under the 24-hour CLE requirement. The new 1 Professional Well-Being hour replaces the previous 1 Mental Health/Substance Abuse hour

February 28

February 28

TRTCLE reports each month of North Carolina attendance at the start of the following month.

TRTCLE reports all credits to the North Carolina State Bar Continuing Legal Education Board.

New admittees must complete the North Carolina State Bar’s “Professionalism for New Admittees” program during the year of their first CLE requirement.

• The North Carolina State Bar
  ATTN: North Carolina Continuing Legal Education
  217 E. Edenton St.
  P.O. Box 26148
  Raleigh, NC 27611
• (T) (919) 733-0123
  (F) (919) 821-9168
• [email protected]
  www.nccle.org