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CLE Credit Requirements by State

 

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Alabama- Attorneys must complete 12 credits, including 1 credit in ethics or professionalism, during each yearly reporting period. Six credits, including the 1 credit in ethics, may be earned online or by live webcast. Self-study or home study courses, such as audio/video or MP3 programs do not qualify for credit.

Alaska- Attorneys in Alaska should complete at least 12 credit hours of approved CLE, including 1 credit hour of ethics each year. CLE compliance is voluntary.

Arizona- Attorneys must complete 15 credits, including 3 professional responsibility/ethics credits, during each yearly reporting period. A maximum of 5 hours, including specialty credits, may be earned through self-study each year.

Arkansas- Attorneys must complete 12 hours, including 1 credit in ethics, during each yearly reporting period. Attorneys may receive a maximum of 6 hours credit for in-house programs conducted during any reporting period.

California- Attorneys must complete 25 credits, including 4 credits in legal ethics, 1 credit in substance abuse or emotional distress, and 1 credit in elimination of bias, during each three-year reporting period. All 25 credits, including the specialty credits, may be earned online. PLIs live webcasts and on-demand audio, video and web programs qualify for participatory credit. No more than one-half of the attorney's total required hours can be completed with self-study education activities.

The amount of education an attorney owes is based on the number of months in the compliance period that the attorney is subject to. If an attorney is subject to the MCLE requirement for an entire compliance period, s/he owes the regular MCLE requirement. If an attorney is subject to the MCLE requirement for a portion of the compliance period, the requirement is prorated. The proportional requirement rules specify that if a member is subject to the MCLE requirement for four months or less, s/he does not need to comply with the MCLE education requirement for that compliance period. Thus, if an attorney was admitted in December and his or her Compliance Group's deadline is less than 2 months away, it is unnecessary to comply with the MCLE requirement for that compliance period (if there are less than four months left in it).

Colorado- Attorneys must complete 45 credits, including 7 credits in legal ethics, during each three-year reporting period. Attorneys may obtain all the credits from self-study (also referred to as home study) programs such as audio, video or web programs. In-house programs are not approved.

Delaware- Attorneys must complete 24 credits, including 4 enhanced ethics credits, during each two-year reporting period. Up to 12 credits, including the enhanced ethics credits, may be earned through self-study or in-house learning.

Florida- Attorneys must complete 30 credits, including 5 credits in legal ethics, professionalism, mental illness awareness, or substance abuse, during each three-year reporting period. All 30 credits may be earned through interactive computer-based credit.

Georgia- Attorneys must complete 12 credits, including 1 credit in legal ethics and 1 credit in professionalism, during each yearly reporting period. Trial attorneys must also complete 3 credits of trial practice. Up to 6 credits, including specialty credits, may be earned through distance learning delivery formats, in-house or self-study activities during a reporting period.

Idaho- Attorneys must complete 30 credits, including 2 legal ethics or professional responsibility credits, during each three-year reporting period. Up to 15 credits may be earned through self-study programs.

Illinois - CLE requirements for IL attorneys increase incrementally. Experienced attorneys are required to complete 20 hours of CLE, including 4 credits in professional responsibility, during the initial two-year reporting period ending on June 30th of either 2008 or 2009, 24 hours CLE credit, including 4 credits in professional responsibility, during the two-year reporting period ending on June 30th of either 2010 or 2011, and 30 CLE credit hours, including 4 credits in professional responsibility, during all subsequent two-year reporting periods. The credits for professional responsibility must be devoted to professionalism, diversity issues, mental illness and addiction issues, civility, or legal ethics. There is no limit on the number of nontraditional CLE credits that may be considered for credit.

Indiana- Attorneys must complete 36 credits, including 3 credits in ethics, during each three-year reporting period. At least 6 credits must be earned each year. Up to 6 credits may be earned each reporting period from distance education courses. Attorneys may report up to 3 credits per reporting period from in-house programs. Government and academic attorneys may report an unlimited number of credits via in-house.

Iowa- Attorneys must complete 15 credits during each yearly reporting period, including 2 credits in legal ethics every 2 years. Up to 6 credits per reporting period may be satisfied with computer-based programs.

Kansas- Attorneys must complete 12 credits, including 2 credits in professional responsibility (involves instruction in legal ethics, professionalism, and malpractice prevention), during each yearly reporting period. A maximum of 5 credits per reporting period may be earned by alternative delivery method, defined by the Kansas CLE Commission, as any electronically-based program that isnt live, if a qualified person is in attendance, personally or by telephonic communication, to comment and answer questions. The professional responsibility credit can not be earned through alternative delivery methods. Computer-based education, considered an alternative delivery method, will be accredited for a maximum of one-hour per online program. There is a five credit hour maximum per year for alternative delivery methods. No attorney may receive more than 8 credits in one day of CLE attendance. Self-study is not approved.

Kentucky- Attorneys must complete 12.5 credits, including 2 ethics, professional credits or professionalism, during each yearly reporting period. Up to 6 credits may be earned through online credits, which are referred to as technical transmissions.

Louisiana- Attorneys must complete 12.5 credits, including 1 credit of ethics and 1 credit of professionalism, during each yearly reporting period. Not less than eight (8) of such hours shall concern legal ethics, professionalism, or law office management. Attorneys may earn up to 4 self-study credits, including ethics and professionalism credits, per reporting period from online programs.

Maine- Attorneys must complete 11 credits, including 1 credit in ethics, during each yearly reporting period. Of this yearly total, 5.5 credit hours may be self-study credits, which can include audio, video, teleconference, webcasts, groupcasts, or other online programming.

Minnesota- Attorneys must complete 45 credits, including 3 credits in ethics or professional responsibility and 2 credits in the elimination of bias, during each three-year reporting period. All 45 credits, including specialty credits, may be earned online through participation in live webcasts. Currently, on-demand programs do not qualify for credit in Minnesota.

Mississippi- Attorneys must complete 12 credits, including 1 ethics, professional responsibility, or malpractice prevention credit, during each yearly reporting period. No more than 6 credits may be earned through the use of satellite-transmitted or electronic recorded material, even though same is presented by an accredited sponsor. As part of the 6 credits, an attorney may claim to up 3 credits for telephone seminars and/or online programs.

Missouri- Attorneys must complete 15 credits during each yearly reporting period. In addition, attorneys must complete 3 credits in ethics, professionalism, or malpractice prevention every 3 years. All 15 credits, including specialty credits, may be earned viewing live webcasts. A maximum of 6 credits may be earned through self-study. The 3 credits in ethics, professionalism, or malpractice prevention may not be earned with self-study programs.

Montana- Attorneys must complete 15 credits during each yearly reporting period. Additionally, 5 ethics credits must be completed every 3 years. A minimum of 10 credits per year must be obtained by participation in Live or Interactive seminars. A maximum of 5 Other credits may be earned during a reporting period. PLIs live webcasts satisfy the live or interactive requirement. PLIs on-demand webcasts or audio/video programs fall within the Other or self-study category.

Nevada- Attorneys must complete 12 hours during each yearly reporting period including 2 ethics or professional responsibility credits. All 12 credits, including specialty credits, may be earned under the alternate format rule. PLIs live webcasts and on-demand programs qualify as alternative formats.

New Hampshire- Attorneys must complete 12 credits, including 2 credits in ethics/professionalism, substance abuse, prevention of malpractice, or attorney/client disputes, during each yearly reporting period. All 12 credits may be satisfied with on-demand audio or video programs or with live webcasts because participating attorneys can communicate with faculty via email. No more than 6 credits during a compliance period may be obtained from a groupcast.

New Mexico- Attorneys must complete 12 credits, including 1 credit in ethics and 1 credits in professionalism, during each yearly reporting period. All 12 credits may be earned with PLIs live programs, scheduled video replay of an approved CLE program with two or more attendees, a teleconference, or live webcast. Up to 5 self-study credits may be satisfied with on-demand audio or video programs. Ethics credits earned in excess of the required 1 hour may be used to satisfy all or part of the substantive (general) requirement. Excess professionalism credits can not be converted.

New York- Experienced attorneys must complete 24 credits each biennial reporting period in ethics and professionalism, skills, practice management, or areas of professional practice. At least 4 credits shall be in ethics and professionalism. Programs on substance abuse control qualify for credit toward the ethics and professionalism requirement. All 24 credits may be earned online with PLIs on-demand audio or video programs and live webcasts.

North Carolina- Attorneys must complete 12 credits, including 2 credits in professional responsibility (ethics) or professionalism, during each yearly reporting period. Additionally, 1 credit on substance abuse and debilitating mental conditions is required every 3 years. A maximum of 4 credits per reporting period may be earned by participating in on-demand audio or video programs or live webcasts. There is no credit limit to live webcasts.

North Dakota- Attorneys must complete 45 credits, including 3 credits in ethics, during each three-year reporting period. All 45 participatory credits may be satisfied with PLIs live webcasts. Up to 15 self-study credits may be satisfied with PLIs on-demand audio or video programs.

Ohio- Attorneys must complete 24 credits, including 1 ethics, 1 professionalism, and 0.5 substance abuse prevention credits, during each two-year reporting period. Up to 6 credits, including the specialty credits, may be earned with self-study programs.

Oklahoma- Attorneys must complete 12 credits, including 1 credit in legal ethics, professional responsibility, or legal malpractice prevention, during each yearly reporting period. All 12 credits may be earned with PLIs live webcasts. Up to 3 credits may be earned with PLIs computer-based or technology-based legal education programs.

Oregon- Attorneys must complete 45 credits, including 9 credits in professional responsibility (1 hour must include statutory child abuse reporting obligation, 3 hours must include elimination of bias, and 5 hours must be legal ethics or professionalism) during each three-year reporting period. All 45 credits may be earned with PLIs on-demand audio or video programs or live webcasts.

Pennsylvania- Attorneys must complete 12 credits, including 1 credit in ethics, professionalism, or substance abuse credit, during each yearly reporting period. Up to 4 credits may be earned through PLIs live and on-demand audio or video programs.

Puerto Rico - Attorneys must complete 24 credit hours of CLE every two years. Credits collected through non-traditional teaching methods may not exceed eight credit hours, or one-third of the total credit hours required.

Rhode Island- Attorneys must complete 10 credits, including 2 credits in ethics, during each yearly reporting period. Attorneys are allowed to take 3 credits maximum per year through online programs, which includes groupcasts and telephone briefings. No more than 5 credits may be earned per year through in-house activities.

South Carolina- Attorneys must complete 14 credits, including 2 credits in ethics or professional responsibility, during each yearly reporting period. A maximum of 6 credits per year may be earned through distance learning methods. Telephone briefings are approved for up to 1.5 credits each, with a maximum of 6 credits per year.

Tennessee- Attorneys must complete 15 credits, including 3 credits in ethics/professionalism, during each yearly reporting period. Up to 6 credits may be earned online with distance learning formats.

Texas- Attorneys must complete 15 credits, including 3 credits in ethics/professional responsibility, during each yearly reporting period. Of the 15 credits, at least 10 credits must be participatory credit hours, either through group or interactive means. Five of the 15 hours can be in the form of self-study. One of the 3 credits in the ethics/professional responsibility requirement may be completed in the form of self-study credit.

Utah- Attorneys must complete 24 credits, including 3 credits in ethics or professional responsibility, during each yearly reporting period. At least 15 credits must be obtained through attendance at live programs. Up to 12 self-study credits may be earned through self-study programs.

Vermont- Attorneys must complete 20 credits, including 2 credits in ethics, during each two-year reporting period. Up to 10 credits per reporting period may be earned through self-study.

Virginia- Attorneys must complete 12 credits, including 2 credits in ethics, during each yearly reporting period. All 12 credits may be satisfied through distance learning methods or self-study.

Washington- Attorneys must complete 45 credits, including 6 credits in ethics, during each three-year reporting period. At least 30 credits must be earned by attendance at live CLEs. Up to 15 credits, including the 6 credits in ethics, may be earned through self-study formats. All 45 credits may be earned through live webcasts. All 45 credits may also be earned through in-house programs.

West Virginia- Attorneys must complete 24 credits, including 3 credits in ethics, office management, and/or substance abuse, during each two-year reporting period. Up to 12 of these credits may be earned online with computer-based training programs or by on-demand audio or video programs, telephone conferences, or live webcasts. Up to 12 credits may be earned by attending in-house programs.

Wisconsin- Attorneys must complete 30 credits, including 3 credits in ethics, during each two-year reporting period. All 30 credits may be satisfied online with live webcasts. There is a 10 credit limit for on-demand web programs.

Wyoming- Attorneys must complete 15 credits, including 1 credit in ethics, during each yearly reporting period. Up to 5 credits per reporting period may be earned by self-study programs.