Understanding the West Virginia CLE Requirement
Total CLE Requirement:
24 credit hours every two years
Credit Format:
12 hours must be taken live
12 may be completed online
*All fully interactive, synchronous broadcasts are now considered Live under the new CLE rules that went into effect on July 1, 2020. New rule 6.09(j).
Credit Breakdown:
21 hours General
3 hours Legal Ethics, Office Management, Substance Abuse, or Elimination of Bias in the Legal Profession
Compliance Deadline:
June 30 (Even Years)
Reporting Deadline:
July 31
Reporting Information:
TRTCLE reports your credits to the West Virginia State Bar.
Newly Admitted Requirement:
Members admitted to the West Virginia State Bar after July 1, 2018 are subject to the new Bridge the Gap Program, which requires mandatory in-person attendance at one of the West Virginia State Bar's two seminars to be held annually. The training sessions will occur once at the State Bar Annual Meeting and a second time at a geographically different location each calendar year.
Each new lawyer admitted to practice after July 1, 2018 will have twenty-four months after their date of admission to complete the program.
State Contact Information:
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The West Virginia State Bar
2000 Deitrick Blvd
Charleston, WV 25311-1231 -
(T) 304-553-7220 or
866-989-8227
(F) 304-558-2467 -
www.wvbar.org
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