State CLE Requirements
Below you will find a list of all states supported by TRTCLE and their CLE requirements. To view your state’s requirements, select your state above.
| Total CLE Requirement | 12 credit hours annually |
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| Credit Breakdown | 11 hours General 1 hour Ethics |
| Credit Format | 6 hours must be taken live 6 may be completed online |
| Compliance Deadline | December 31 |
| Reporting Deadline | February 15 |
| Newly Admitted Requirement | New admittees must take “Alabama’s Mandatory Professionalism Seminar” within the first 12 months of admission. The 3 hours earned at this seminar will count towards the 12 hour annual CLE requirement. |
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Teleconferences| Total CLE Requirement | 3 credit hours annually |
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| Credit Breakdown | 3 hours Ethics |
| Credit Format | All credits may be completed online |
| Compliance Deadline | December 31 |
| Reporting Deadline | February 1
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| Newly Admitted Requirement | New admittees report for the year following their year of admission. |
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| Total CLE Requirement | 15 credit hours annually |
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| Credit Breakdown | 12 hours General 3 hours Ethics/Professional Responsibility |
| Credit Format | All credits may be completed online |
| Compliance Deadline | June 30 |
| Reporting Deadline | September 15 |
| Newly Admitted Requirement | New admittees registered from July to December have a reduced requirement: 8 hours general and 2 hours ethics. New admittees registered from January to June have no CLE requirement for that year. |
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| Total CLE Requirement | 12 credit hours annually |
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| Credit Breakdown | 11 hours General 1 hour Ethics/ Professionalism |
| Credit Format | All hours must be taken live |
| Compliance Deadline | June 30 |
| Reporting Deadline | July 31 |
| Newly Admitted Requirement | New admittees will complete their first CLE requirement during the reporting period immediately following the reporting period in which they are admitted. |
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| Total CLE Requirement | 25 credit hours every three years |
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| Credit Breakdown | 19 hours General 4 hours Legal Ethics 1 hour Competence Issues 1 hour Recognition and Elimination of Bias in the Legal Profession and Society |
| Credit Format | All credits may be completed online. All TRTCLE courses are approved as participatory credits. |
| Compliance Deadline | Group 2 (H-M): 1/31/18 Group 1 (A-G): 1/31/19 Group 3 (N-Z): 1/31/20 |
| Reporting Deadline | Attorneys are required to complete their MCLE requirements by the end of their compliance group's deadline. Group 2 (H-M) reporting deadline for period 2/1/15 - 1/31/18 is Feb. 1, 2018Group 1 (A-G) reporting deadline for period 2/1/16 - 1/31/19 is Feb. 1, 2019 Group 3 (N-Z) reporting deadline for period 2/1/17 - 1/31/20 is Feb. 1, 2020 |
| Newly Admitted Requirement | 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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| Total CLE Requirement | 45 credit hours every three years |
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| Credit Breakdown | 38 hours General 7 hours Ethics |
| Credit Format | All credits may be completed online |
| Compliance Deadline | December 31 |
| Reporting Deadline | January 31 |
| Newly Admitted Requirement | The initial compliance period for newly admitted attorneys includes the remainder of the year in which they are admitted plus the three subsequent calendar years. |
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| Total CLE Requirement | 12 credit hours annually |
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| Credit Breakdown | 10 hours General 2 hours Ethics/Professionalism |
| Credit Format | All credits may be completed online. Attorneys may also carry over up to two hours of credit from the prior year, even from 2016 to 2017. |
| Compliance Deadline | December 31 |
| Reporting Deadline | Attorneys must maintain records to prove compliance with the Rule for a period of at least seven years. |
| Newly Admitted Requirement | Newly admitted attorneys have to comply with the Rule in the calendar year following their admission or certification. For example, lawyers admitted in 2017 do not have to take courses for MCLE credit until 2018. |
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| Total CLE Requirement | 24 credit hours every two years |
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| Credit Breakdown | 20 hours General 4 hours Enhanced Ethics |
| Credit Format | 12 hours must be taken live 12 may be completed online |
| Compliance Deadline | December 31 |
| Reporting Deadline | March 31 |
| Newly Admitted Requirement | When attorneys are admitted to the Supreme Court of Delaware, the Clerk of the Supreme Court notifies the Commission of the attorney's name, address, identification number and date of admission. Attorneys admitted in the December admission ceremony have a 24-credit requirement due by December 31 of the year which is two years following admission. The CLE requirement for a newly admitted attorney begins on January 1st of the year after which he/she is admitted to the Delaware bar. As to any attorney admitted after December 1, 2015, within four years of the start of the attorney’s CLE requirement (i.e., two compliance periods) the attorney MUST attend the following seven Fundamentals programs, available only through the Delaware State Bar Association: (1) Fundamentals of Lawyer-Client Relations; (2) Fundamentals of Family Law; (3) Fundamentals of Real Estate; (4) Fundamentals of Civil Litigation; (5) Fundamentals of Will Drafting and Estate Administration; (6) Fundamentals of Law Practice Management and Technology; and (7) Fundamentals of Criminal Law and Procedure. Attendance at these programs shall be credited towards the attorney’s minimum continuing legal education requirements for the compliance period. The Fundamentals requirement is in addition to the required attendance at the Court’s Pre-Admission Conference prior to being admitted to the Delaware Bar. |
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| Total CLE Requirement | 33 credit hours every three years |
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| Credit Breakdown | 25 hours General At least 5 hours in Legal Ethics, Professionalism, Substance Abuse, or Mental Illness Awareness At least 1 of the 5 hours in Professionalism *Compliance for the new professionalism rule will begin in the member’s next reporting cycle following the March 5, 2019 effective date. At least 3 hours in Technology *Compliance for the technology credit requirement will begin in the member’s next reporting cycle following the January 1, 2017 effective date. |
| Credit Format | All credits may be completed online |
| Compliance Deadline | Individual by Attorney |
| Reporting Deadline | COMPLIANCE PERIOD RULE: Attorneys are assigned individual compliance and reporting deadlines upon admission to the Bar. Please contact the Florida State Bar to obtain your deadlines. *Please note that our CLE courses are not for Paralegals. |
| Newly Admitted Requirement | New admittees must also complete the Basic Skills Course Requirement by attending The Florida Bar’s “Practicing with Professionalism” course and completing 3 basic level Young Lawyer Division courses within a year of their admission. |
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| Total CLE Requirement | 12 credit hours annually |
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| Credit Breakdown | 10 hours General (including 3 hours of Trial/Litigation credits for trial attorneys only) 1 hour Ethics 1 hour Professionalism |
| Credit Format | 6 hours must be taken live 6 may be completed online |
| Compliance Deadline | December 31 |
| Reporting Deadline | December 31 |
| Newly Admitted Requirement | New admittees must complete the “Transition into Law Practice Program” (TILPP) within their first active year. The TILPP satisfies 6 general hours of the annual CLE requirement. |
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| Total CLE Requirement | 3 credit hours annually |
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| Credit Breakdown | 3 hours General 1 hour of Ethics/Professionalism every three years (to be counted towards the annual continuing legal education requirement.) |
| Credit Format | All credits may be completed online |
| Compliance Deadline | December 31 |
| Reporting Deadline | January 31 |
| Newly Admitted Requirement | New attorneys who elect active status upon admission to the Bar are exempt from the mandatory CLE requirement for the year in which they are admitted. All new admittees are required to complete the mandatory HSBA Professionalism course prior to the end of the year that follows their year of admittance. |
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| Total CLE Requirement | 30 credit hours every three years |
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| Credit Breakdown | 27 hours General 3 hours Legal Ethics/Professionalism |
| Credit Format | 15 hours must be taken live 15 may be completed online |
| Compliance Deadline | December 31 |
| Reporting Deadline | January 31 |
| Newly Admitted Requirement | Attorneys must complete 10 New Admittee Credit-Approved CLE credits including the 4 required Idaho Substantive Law Courses within 12 months following their admission to the Bar. New admittees that have actively practiced law for less than 3 years prior to admission to the Bar must also complete the “New Attorney Program” within their first year of admission. |
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| Total CLE Requirement | 30 credit hours every two years |
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| Credit Breakdown | 24 hours General 6 hours Professional Responsibility, including 1 hour Diversity & Inclusion and 1 hour Mental Health & Substance Abuse.* *The Diversity and Mental Health requirement rule change is effective July 1, 2017 for attorneys whose compliance period ends on June 30, 2019. |
| Credit Format | All credits may be completed online |
| Compliance Deadline | June 30 |
| Reporting Deadline | July 31st As of August 1, 2019, TRTCLE will report all completed courses and credits to the Illinois Minimum Continuing Legal Education Board. In order to do so, attorneys must have Illinois and his/her ARDC number indicated in his/her TRTCLE profile in order to be reported. The Illinois MCLE Board charges a late fee of $25.00 per course for each course not reported within thirty (30) days of the course being completed. If an attorney completes a course(s), but does not have his/her ARDC number indicated in his/her TRTCLE profile, then the credits will not be reported timely, which will result in the Board charging $25.00 per course that needs to be reported. |
| Newly Admitted Requirement | New admittees must complete a modified requirement during their first compliance period. Click here to view your compliance options. |
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| Total CLE Requirement | 36 credit hours every three years (minimum 6 credit hours per year) |
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| Credit Breakdown | 33 hours General 3 hours Ethics |
| Credit Format | 18 hours must be taken live *As of January 1, 2019: 18 hours may be completed online |
| Compliance Deadline | December 31 |
| Reporting Deadline | December 31 |
| Newly Admitted Requirement | New admittees must complete an approved six-hour “Applied Professionalism” program instead of the ethics requirement during their first three-year cycle. |
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| Total CLE Requirement | 15 credit hours annually |
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| Credit Breakdown | 12 hours General 3 hours Ethics |
| Credit Format | 9 hours must be taken live 6 may be completed online |
| Compliance Deadline | December 31 |
| Reporting Deadline | March 1 |
| Newly Admitted Requirement | N/A |
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| Total CLE Requirement | 12 credit hours annually |
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| Credit Breakdown | 10 hours General At least 2 hours Ethics/Professionalism |
| Credit Format | 6 hours must be taken live 6 may be completed online*
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| Compliance Deadline | June 30 |
| Reporting Deadline | July 31 |
| Newly Admitted Requirement | New attorneys are exempt from CLE requirements during the first compliance period of their admission. |
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| Total CLE Requirement | 12 credit hours annually |
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| Credit Breakdown | 10 hours General 2 hours Ethics |
| Credit Format | All 12 credits can be completed through our online, on-demand courses. *As of July 2018 attorneys may claim unlimited non-live technologically transmitted credits each educational year (online, DVD, CD, video and audio format). |
| Compliance Deadline | June 30 |
| Reporting Deadline | August 10 |
| Newly Admitted Requirement | New admittees must complete the Kentucky Bar Association’s “New Lawyer Program” within 12 months following their date of admission. |
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| Total CLE Requirement | 12.5 credit hours annually |
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| Credit Breakdown | 10.5 hours General 1 hour Ethics 1 hour Professionalism |
| Credit Format | 8.5 hours must be taken live 4 may be completed online |
| Compliance Deadline | December 31 |
| Reporting Deadline | January 31 |
| Newly Admitted Requirement | New admittees must complete 12.5 credits including 8 hours of ethics, professionalism, or law management before the end of the calendar year that follows their year of admission. |
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| Total CLE Requirement | 11 credit hours annually for 2018 12 credit hours annually for 2019 |
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| Credit Breakdown | 10 hours General At least one (1) Live hour in Ethics and Professionalism; and For 2019, at least one (1) Live hour must be primarily concerned with the recognition and avoidance of harassment and discriminatory communication and conduct. |
| Credit Format | 7 hours must be taken live 5 hours may be completed online through self-study coursework |
| Compliance Deadline | December 31, 2019 |
| Reporting Deadline | February 28, 2020 |
| Newly Admitted Requirement | N/A |
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| Total CLE Requirement | 45 credit hours every 3 years |
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| Credit Breakdown | 40 hours General 3 hours Ethics or Professional Responsibility 2 hours Elimination of Bias |
| Credit Format | 30 hours must be taken live 15 may be completed online |
| Compliance Deadline | June 30
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| Reporting Deadline | August 31 |
| Newly Admitted Requirement | N/A |
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| Total CLE Requirement | 12 credit hours annually |
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| Credit Breakdown | 11 hours General 1 hour Ethics, Professional Responsibility, Professionalism, Malpractice Prevention, Substance Abuse or Mental Health. |
| Credit Format | 6 hours must be taken live 6 may be completed online |
| Compliance Deadline | July 31 |
| Reporting Deadline | August 15 |
| Newly Admitted Requirement | Newly admitted attorneys must complete a 12 credit new-lawyer program which includes 6 hours of basic skills training and 6 hours of ethics/professionalism within their first 2 years of admission.
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| Total CLE Requirement | 15 credit hours annually |
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| Credit Breakdown | 13 hours General 2 hours Ethics, Substance Abuse and Mental Health, Professionalism, or Malpractice Prevention |
| Credit Format | 9 hours must be taken live 6 may be completed online* *TRTCLE's online, on demand courses qualify as Self-Study, which is limited to 6 credits per year. |
| Compliance Deadline | June 30 |
| Reporting Deadline | July 31 |
| Newly Admitted Requirement | Newly Admitted lawyers are exempt from the annual requirements for the July 1 - June 30 reporting year in which they are admitted. |
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| Total CLE Requirement | 15 credit hours annually |
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| Credit Breakdown | 13 hours General 2 hours Legal Ethics/Professionalism |
| Credit Format | 5 credits may be completed online |
| Compliance Deadline | March 31 |
| Reporting Deadline | May 15
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| Newly Admitted Requirement | New admittees are exempt from the CLE requirement during the first reporting year in which they are licensed. |
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| Total CLE Requirement | 10 credit hours annually |
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| Credit Breakdown | 8 hours General 2 hours Ethics/Professional Responsibility |
| Credit Format | 5 must be taken live 5 maybe completed online |
| Compliance Deadline | December 31 |
| Reporting Deadline | January 20 |
| Newly Admitted Requirement | N/A |
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| Total CLE Requirement | 13 credit hours annually |
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| Credit Breakdown | 10 hours General 2 hours Ethics 1 hour Substance Abuse |
| Credit Format | All credits may be completed online. |
| Compliance Deadline | December 31st |
| Reporting Deadline | March 1st |
| Newly Admitted Requirement | New attorneys are exempt from the CLE requirement during the first calendar year of their admission and the following calendar year. During this period, new admittees must complete the State Bar of Nevada’s “TIPS” program. |
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| Total CLE Requirement | 12 credit hours annually |
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| Credit Breakdown | 10 hours General 2 hours Ethics |
| Credit Format | All credits may be completed online, if completed within 3 years of the production date. |
| Compliance Deadline | June 30th |
| Reporting Deadline | October 1st |
| Newly Admitted Requirement | Lawyers first admitted between July 1st and December 31st must comply for the year ending the following June 30th. Lawyers first admitted on or after January 1 of the reporting year are exempt from the requirement for the year that ends on that June 30th. |
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| Total CLE Requirement | 24 credit hours every two years |
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| Credit Breakdown | 20 hours General 4 hours Ethics |
| Credit Format | 12 hours must be taken live 12 may be completed online |
| Compliance Deadline | December 31 |
| Reporting Deadline | December 31 COMPLIANCE PERIOD RULE: Compliance Group 1: Attorneys born in January through June report in even-numbered years. Compliance Group 2: Attorneys born in July through December report in odd-numbered years.
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| Newly Admitted Requirement | New admittees must satisfy 15 of their 20 General credit hours with five different subject areas of NJ law within their first full compliance period. |
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| Total CLE Requirement | 12 credit hours annually |
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| Credit Breakdown | 10 hours General 2 hours Ethics/Professionalism |
| Credit Format | 8 hours must be taken live 4 may be taken online |
| Compliance Deadline | December 31 |
| Reporting Deadline | December 31 |
| Newly Admitted Requirement | N/A |
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| Total CLE Requirement | 24 credit hours every two years |
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| Credit Breakdown | 20 hours General* 4 hours Ethics and Professionalism *Including 1 hour of Diversity, Inclusion & Elimination of Bias if your birthday is on or after July 1, 2018. As of January 1, 2018, New York has a new category for CLE Credit - Diversity, Inclusion & Elimination of Bias. If you are a veteran attorney due to re-register on or after July 1, 2018, you must attend 1 Elimination of Bias credit hour as part of your total 24 credit requirement. |
| Credit Format | All credits may be completed online. |
| Compliance Deadline | Within 30 days of attorney's birthday on alternate years. |
| Reporting Deadline | 30 days after attorney's birthday. |
| Newly Admitted Requirement | Newly admitted attorneys must take 16 total accredited CLE hours of transitional CLE courses, of which 3 Ethics and Professionalism must be in a traditional Live classroom setting, a fully interactive video conference, or a live webcast or teleconference. The required 6 Skills credits must be completed in a traditional Live classroom setting or a fully interactive video conference. The credits must be completed during each of the first two years of admission to the Bar.
TRTCLE's Bridge the Gap Compliance Days fulfill all 16 credits with a combination of live programming and online courses. |
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| Total CLE Requirement | 12 credit hours annually |
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| Credit Breakdown | 12 CLE hours* At least 2 hours of Ethics/Professionalism *Effective in 2019, 1 hour of CLE must be devoted to technology training. *At least 1 hour of Substance Abuse every two years. |
| Credit Format | 6 hours must be taken live 6 may be completed online |
| Compliance Deadline | December 31 |
| Reporting Deadline | February 28
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| Newly Admitted Requirement | New admittees must complete the North Carolina State Bar’s “Professionalism for New Admittees” program during the year of their first CLE requirement. |
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| Total CLE Requirement | 45 credit hours every three years |
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| Credit Breakdown | 42 hours General 3 hours Ethics |
| Credit Format | 30 hours must be taken live 15 may be completed online |
| Compliance Deadline | June 30 |
| Reporting Deadline | June 30 |
| Newly Admitted Requirement | N/A |
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| Total CLE Requirement | 24 credit hours every two years |
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| Credit Breakdown | 21.5 hours General 2.5 hours in Ethics, Professionalism, Alcoholism, Substance Abuse, Mental Health, or Access to Justice. |
| Credit Format | 12 hours must be taken live 12 may be completed online |
| Compliance Deadline | December 31 COMPLIANCE PERIOD RULE: Attorneys with last names beginning with A through L report in odd-numbered years. Attorneys with last names beginning with M through Z report in even-numbered years. |
| Reporting Deadline | December 31 |
| Newly Admitted Requirement | New admittees must complete the “New Lawyers Training Program” instead of the standard CLE requirement during their first compliance period. |
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| Total CLE Requirement | 12 credit hours annually |
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| Credit Breakdown | 11 hours General 1 hour Professional Responsibility, Legal Ethics or Legal Malpractice Prevention |
| Credit Format | Oklahoma Bar Association members are no longer limited to a total of 6 on-demand credits per year for compliance periods after 2018. |
| Compliance Deadline | December 31 |
| Reporting Deadline | February 15 |
| Newly Admitted Requirement | New attorneys are exempt from the CLE requirement during the calendar year of their admission. |
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| Total CLE Requirement | 45 credit hours every three years |
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| Credit Breakdown | 45 MCLE Hours* At least 5 Ethics hours At least 1 hour on a lawyer's statutory duty to report Child Abuse and Elder Abuse *The Oregon Supreme Court has approved a new MCLE rule (effective on January 1, 2019) requiring at least 1 hour per reporting period on the subject of mental health, substance use and cognitive impairment. **Including 3 hours of Access to Justice every other reporting period. |
| Credit Format | All credits may be completed online |
| Compliance Deadline | December 31 |
| Reporting Deadline | January 31 |
| Newly Admitted Requirement | New admittees must complete a modified requirement during their first compliance period: 9 hours Practical Skills 3 hours Introductory Course in Access to Justice 2 hours Ethics The Oregon Supreme Court has approved a new MCLE rule (effective on Jan. 1, 2019) requiring one credit hour per reporting period on the subject of mental health, substance use and cognitive impairment. |
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| Total CLE Requirement | 12 credit hours annually |
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| Credit Breakdown | 10 hours General 2 hours Ethics |
| Credit Format | 6 hours must be taken live 6 may be completed online |
| Compliance Deadline | Attorneys are assigned to one of three compliance groups by their Lawyer ID number. Attorneys must complete and report their CLE requirement by the end of their compliance deadline: Group 1: April 30 Group 2: August 31 Group 3: December 31 |
| Reporting Deadline | Accredited Providers are granted 30 days from the date of a course to report credits to PA CLE. |
| Newly Admitted Requirement | New admittees must also attend 4 hours of an approved “Bridge the Gap” program within their first compliance period. |
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| Total CLE Requirement | 24 credit hours every three years |
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| Credit Breakdown | 20 hours General 4 hours Ethics |
| Credit Format | All credits may be completed online. |
| Compliance Deadline | 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. |
| Reporting Deadline | The reporting deadline is by the last day of the attorneys compliance period according to Rule 29(A). |
| Newly Admitted Requirement | 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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| Total CLE Requirement | 10 credit hours annually |
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| Credit Breakdown | 8 hours General 2 hours Ethics |
| Credit Format | 6 hour may be completed online through on-demand video-replay courses 4 hours must be taken live |
| Compliance Deadline | June 30 |
| Reporting Deadline | June 30 |
| Newly Admitted Requirement | All newly admitted attorneys shall be required to take the one-day, mandatory “Rhode Island Bridge the Gap” course upon admission to the Rhode Island Bar unless at the time of admission the attorney has been admitted in another jurisdiction for a period of three (3) years. The attorney shall submit a certificate of good standing to the MCLE Commission via the MCLE Portal attesting to the fact that the attorney has been admitted in another jurisdiction for the prescribed period. No course substitution from other jurisdictions will be accepted for this requirement. |
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| Total CLE Requirement | 14 credit hours annually |
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| Credit Breakdown | 12 hours General 2 hours Ethics* *Including 1 hour of Substance Abuse, Mental Health Issues, or Stress Management and the Legal Profession every two (2) years. |
| Credit Format | 6 hours must be taken live 8 may be completed online |
| Compliance Deadline | February 28 |
| Reporting Deadline | March 1 |
| Newly Admitted Requirement | New admittees are exempt from the MCLE requirement during the reporting period in which they are licensed. |
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| Total CLE Requirement | 15 credit hours annually |
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| Credit Breakdown | 12 hours General 3 hours Ethics/Professionalism (or "Dual" hours) |
| Credit Format | 7 hours must be taken live 8 may be completed online |
| Compliance Deadline | December 31 |
| Reporting Deadline | March 1 |
| Newly Admitted Requirement | New admittees are exempt from the CLE requirement during the calendar year in which they are licensed. |
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| Total CLE Requirement | 15 credit hours annually |
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| Credit Breakdown | 12 hours General 3 hours Ethics |
| Credit Format | All credits may be completed online. |
| Compliance Deadline | Last day of attorney's birth month. |
| Reporting Deadline | COMPLIANCE PERIOD RULE: Each attorney’s annual compliance/reporting period begins on the first day of their birth month and ends on the day that precedes it. |
| Newly Admitted Requirement | New admittees have an initial CLE compliance period of 24 months that begins on the first day of their birth month after receiving their license. |
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| Total CLE Requirement | 24 credit hours every two years |
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| Credit Breakdown | 21 hours General 2 hours Ethics or Professional Responsibility 1 hour Professionalism and Civility |
| Credit Format | 12 hours must be taken live 12 may be completed online |
| Compliance Deadline | June 30 |
| Reporting Deadline | July 31 |
| Newly Admitted Requirement | New admittees must complete the Utah State Board’s “New Lawyer Training Program” and “New Lawyer Ethics Program” in addition to 12 general CLE credits during their first compliance period. |
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| Total CLE Requirement | 20 credits every two years |
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| Credit Breakdown | 18 hours General 2 hours Ethics |
| Credit Format | 10 hours must be taken live 10 may be completed online |
| Compliance Deadline | June 30 |
| Reporting Deadline | July 1 |
| Newly Admitted Requirement | New admittees have a one-year grace period in which to complete the CLE hours of their first reporting period. |
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| Total CLE Requirement | 12 credit hours annually |
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| Credit Breakdown | 10 hours General 2 hours Ethics/Professionalism |
| Credit Format | 4 hours must be taken live 8 may be completed online |
| Compliance Deadline | October 31 |
| Reporting Deadline | December 15 |
| Newly Admitted Requirement | In addition to the standard CLE requirement, new admittees must complete the Virginia State Bar’s “The Professionalism Course” within their first 12 months of admission. |
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| Total CLE Requirement | 45 credit hours every three years |
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| Credit Breakdown | 24 hours General 6 hours Ethics 15 hours Law and Legal Procedure |
| Credit Format | All credits may be completed online. You cannot earn more than 8 credits in a day. |
| Compliance Deadline | December 31 |
| Reporting Deadline | February 1 |
| Newly Admitted Requirement | New attorneys are exempt from the CLE requirement during the first calendar year of their admission and the following calendar year. |
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| Total CLE Requirement | 24 credit hours every two years |
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| Credit Breakdown | 21 hours General 3 hours Legal Ethics, Office Management, Substance Abuse, or Elimination of Bias in the Legal Profession |
| Credit Format | 12 hours must be taken live 12 may be completed online |
| Compliance Deadline | June 30 (Even Years) |
| Reporting Deadline | July 31 |
| Newly Admitted Requirement | New attorneys admitted within the first twelve months of the reporting period must complete a prorated requirement of 12 credit hours including 3 hours of Legal Ethics, Office Management, Substance Abuse, or Elimination of Bias in the Legal Profession. Attorneys admitted within the latter twelve months are exempt from their first CLE requirement. |
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| Total CLE Requirement | 30 credit hours every two years |
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| Credit Breakdown | 27 hours General 3 hours Ethics |
| Credit Format | 15 hours must be taken Live 15 may be completed on-demand |
| Compliance Deadline | December 31 |
| Reporting Deadline | February 1 |
| Newly Admitted Requirement | New attorneys are exempt from the CLE requirement during the first year of their admission. |
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| Total CLE Requirement | 15 credit hours annually |
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| Credit Breakdown | 13 hours General 2 hours Legal Ethics |
| Credit Format | 9 hours must be taken live 6 may be completed online |
| Compliance Deadline | December 31 |
| Reporting Deadline | January 15 |
| Newly Admitted Requirement | Instead of the standard CLE requirement, new admittees must complete the “Pathways to Professional Practice” course and three hours of Wyoming Specific Law within the first calendar year of their admission. |
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