Puerto Rico CLE Requirements

24 credit hours every three years

All credits may be completed online.

20 hours General
4 hours Ethics


*IMPORTANT CHANGES*

Rules of Professional Conduct New Requirement

Please note that this is a special, mandatory requirement focused on the study of the new Rules of Professional Conduct of Puerto Rico, adopted by the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico on June 17, 2025. This requirement is distinct from the ordinary 24-credit continuing legal education requirement and must be completed independently of other CLE obligations.

The courses must be dedicated to the Puerto Rico Rules of Professional Conduct. While courses may address other related topics incidentally, they must be primarily focused on the Rules of Professional Conduct of Puerto Rico adopted this year. Comparative analyses with other standards—such as the current Code of Professional Ethics or the ABA Model Rules—are permissible, but the majority of the course content must be devoted to the new Rules of Professional Conduct.

The purpose of this requirement is to familiarize attorneys with the new ethical framework that will apply in Puerto Rico, as well as the applicable rules that came into effect on January 1, 2026. Also, courses may be offered in segments of less than six hours; however, attorneys admitted to practice in Puerto Rico must ensure that they complete a total of six credit hours in this subject matter to fulfill the requirement.

Moreover, all Puerto Rico attorneys subject to this requirement must complete the 6-credit course(s) on or before December 31, 2026.

After the first three years attorneys are admitted, their compliance period begins the first day of the month in which they were born and it ends the last day of the month before the month of their birthday.

The reporting deadline is by the last day of the attorneys compliance period according to Rule 29(A).

TRTCLE reports completed courses to the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico CLE Department every 30 days.

Newly admitted attorneys are exempt from compliance with the CLE requirements during the first three years following the date of their initial admission to the practice of law.

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