Unless exempt, all Alabama attorneys must earn at least 12.0 total MCLE credits (including 1.0 ethics) by December 31 of each year. The maximum number of online credits that can be earned toward your required 12.0 credits is 6.0 MCLE hours per year. 

(a) Mandatory Continuing Legal Education: All active Alaska Bar members are required to report that the member has completed at least 3 ethics credits per year. Qualifying educational topics may include professional responsibility, workplace ethics, law office management, attention to cases and clients, time management, malpractice prevention, collegiality, general attorney wellness, and professionalism. (b) Voluntary Continuing Legal Education: In addition to MECLE, the Alaska Supreme Court and the Association encourage all members to engage in Voluntary Continuing Legal Education (VCLE). Every active member of the Alaska Bar Association should complete at least nine credit hours per year of approved VCLE.

A total of 15 hours, of which a minimum of 3 need to be professional responsibility/ethics. New members/registrants admitted or registered with the Bar during the first half of an educational year (July to December) have a reduced requirement of 10 total hours, of which a minimum of two need to be professional responsibility/ethics. Members/registrants admitted or registered with the Bar during the second half of an educational year (January to June) have no CLE requirement for that year.

Every member of the Bar of Arkansas, except as may be otherwise provided by these rules and, excepting those attorneys granted voluntary inactive status by the Arkansas Supreme Court Committee on Professional Conduct, shall complete 12 hours of approved continuing legal education during each reporting period as defined by Rule 5(A) below. Of those 12 hours, at least one hour shall be ethics, which may include professionalism as defined by Regulation 3.02. In addition, an attorney or judge may carry over accredited hours in accord with the provisions of Rule 5(A), including one hour of ethics which may be carried forward to the succeeding reporting period.

With a few exceptions, all attorneys who are actively practicing law in California must complete 25 hours of Minimum Continuing Legal Education (MCLE) every three years and file a report with the State Bar. Specialty credits required: 4 hours of ethics credit; 1 hour of competency issues credit; and 2 hours of elimination of bias in the profession credit (at least 1 of which must be implicit bias) per reporting period.

The Colorado Supreme Court Board of Continuing Legal and Judicial Education requires attorneys to complete 45 credits, including 7 credits of professional responsibility, by December 31 every three years. The seven credit hours devoted to professional responsibility must include at least two credit hours in equity, diversity, and inclusivity (EDI) and at least five credit hours in legal ethics or legal professionalism. All credits must be reported by January 31 of the following year. Compliance periods are determined by admission date. Consult the Colorado Supreme Court to determine your compliance period. No credits may be carried over to the next reporting period.

NEW! The Colorado Supreme Court adopted amendments to the rules and regulations governing continuing legal and judicial education in Colorado, effective July 1, 2021. Starting with attorneys with the three-year CLE compliance period that began January 1, 2021, and will end December 31, 2023, Colorado attorneys will need to complete at least two credit hours in equity, diversity, and inclusivity (EDI) and at least five credit hours in legal ethics or legal professionalism. However, the total number of required CLE credit hours remains 45.

Effective January 1, 2017, the Connecticut Judicial Branch requires attorneys to complete 12 credits, including 2 credits of legal ethics, by December 31 every year. A maximum of 2 credits may be carried over to the next reporting period. There are no specific requirements for newly-admitted Connecticut attorneys.

The Commission on Continuing Legal Education of the Supreme Court of Delaware requires attorneys to complete 24 credits, including 4 credits of enhanced ethics, by December 31 every other year. All credits must be reported by February 1 of the following year. Attorneys are limited to 12 credits of eCLE per reporting period, no more than 6 of which may be audio-only. Compliance periods are determined by admission date. A maximum of 20 credits may be carried over to the next compliance period, but enhanced ethics credits must be new each period.

CLE Regulation operates under the Commission on Continuing Lawyer Competency and assists attorneys with keeping track of their CLE hours. It is designed to enhance its members' professional competence as lawyers. Active lawyers are required to keep current on the law by adhering to the following requirement: 12 CLE hours including:

The Hawaii State Bar Association requires attorneys to complete 3 credits of continuing legal education by December 31 of each year. All credits must be reported by January 31 of the following year. At least once every 3 years, every active member shall complete 1 credit of approved ethics or professional responsibility education. This credit shall count toward the annual CLE requirement. A maximum of 3 credits may be carried over to the next reporting period.

The Idaho State Bar requires attorneys to complete 30 credits, including 3 credits of legal ethics or professional responsibility, by December 31 every three years. All credits must be reported by February 1 of the following year. Attorneys are limited to 15 credits of self-study per compliance period. Compliance periods and deadlines are assigned upon admission. Consult the Idaho State Bar to determine your compliance period. No credits may be carried over to the next compliance period.

Thirty credit hours every 2 years – including 4 required hours of Professional Responsibility, 1 hour of Diversity & Inclusion and 1 hour of Mental Health and Substance.

The Indiana Commission for Continuing Legal Education requires attorneys to complete 36 credits, including 3 ethics credits, by December 31 every three years, with a minimum of 6 credits each year. Credits must be reported by December 31 of the reporting year. Compliance period deadlines are assigned upon admission. Consult the Indiana Commission for Continuing Legal Education to determine your compliance end year. No credits may be carried over to the next compliance period.

New! In an order signed June 6th, 2022, the Indiana Supreme Court has permanently amended continuing education rules to lift limits on distance education. The order vacates the two previously-issued COVID-related orders that waived certain distance-education limits until further notice. 

The Iowa Supreme Court Commission on Continuing Legal Education requires attorneys to complete 15 credits by December 31 every year. All credits must be reported by March 10 of the following year. An attorney may carry over excess credits for up to 2 succeeding calendar years. The 15 required credits must include 1 hour of legal ethics and 1 hour of attorney welllness or diversity and inclusion. Excess legal ethics credits may only be carried over to fulfill the general 15 credit requirement.

 Kansas CLE requires attorneys to complete 12 credits, including 2 credits of ethics, every year by June 30. Attorneys are limited to 6 credits of prerecorded programs per year. Credits must be reported by July 31. A maximum of 10 excess credits from live programs only may be carried over to the next reporting period. Credits earned via prerecorded programs cannot be carried over into the next compliance period. Ethics credits carry over as general credits. Teaching, authorship, or law practice management credits cannot be carried over. Law practice management credit is limited to a maximum of 2 credits in any compliance period.

NEW! The Kansas Supreme Court has amended the Rules Relating to Continuing Legal Education effective June 1st, 2021. The Prerecorded Program Limitation, formerly Rule 8807(i), which stated that no more than six CLE credit hours will be applied toward the annual CLE requirement for an attorney in any compliance period for attendance at or participating in a prerecorded program, has been removed.

The Kentucky Bar Association requires attorneys to complete 12 credits, including 2 credits of ethics, every year by June 30. All credits must be reported by August 10.A maximum of 24 live credits, including 4 ethics credits, may be carried over to the next reporting period. Non-live technologically transmitted credit may not be carried forward. For additional information, please see the CLE Rules on the Kentucky Bar Association website.

The Louisiana Supreme Court Committee on Mandatory Continuing Legal Education requires attorneys to complete 12.5 credits, including 1 credit of ethics and 1 credit of professionalism, by December 31 every year. All credits must be reported by January 31 of the following year. Attorneys are limited to 4 credits of self-study per reporting period. A maximum of 8 general credits may be carried over to the next reporting period. No ethics credits may be carried over.

The Minnesota State Board of Continuing Legal Education requires attorneys to complete 45 credits, including 3 ethics and 2 elimination of bias credits, by June 30 every three years. All credits must be reported by August 31. Attorneys are limited to 15 on-demand credits per reporting period. There are three compliance groups assigned by the date of admission to the Minnesota bar. Consult your attorney record to confirm your compliance period. No credits may be carried over to the next reporting period.

The Mississippi Commission on Continuing Legal Education requires attorneys to complete 12 credits, including 1 credit of ethics, professional responsibility, professionalism, malpractice prevention, substance abuse or mental health, every year by July 31. All credits must be reported by August 15. Attorneys are limited to 6 credits of distance learning per reporting period. A maximum of 12 credits may be carried over to the next reporting period; ethics credit carries over as general credit. For additional information, please see the FAQ page on the Mississippi Commission on Continuing Legal Education website.

The Missouri Bar requires attorneys to complete 15 credits by June 30 of every year. Of the 15 credit hours, at least three credit hours must be devoted exclusively to professionalism, substance abuse, mental health, legal or judicial ethics, or malpractice prevention, and at least one of these three credit hours must be devoted exclusively to explicit or implicit bias, diversity, inclusion or cultural competency. All credits must be reported by July 31. Attorneys are limited to 6 credits of self-study per reporting period. The ethics and elimination of bias credits may not be earned through self-study. A maximum of 15 credits, including 2 ethics credits, may be carried over to the next reporting period. Self-study credit may not be carried over. For additional information, please see the FAQ page on the Missouri Bar website.

A. Active Member Minimum MCLE Requirements. Active Members must earn a minimum of 15 credit hours of approved CLE each reporting year. Of those 15 credit hours, the member must earn at least 10 credit hours by attending interactive seminars as defined in Rule 9. The member may not earn more than 5 credit hours through “other methods” as defined in Rule 9. B. Professional Fitness and Integrity Requirements. Of the 15 credit hours of CLE required each reporting year, at least 2 credit hours must be in Professional Fitness and Integrity activities. These activities must meet the standards set out in Rule 8B and may be in any or all of the following 3 content areas: Professional Responsibilities/Ethics. Activities on understanding and complying with accepted principles of professional conduct and responsibility as established by the Montana Rules of Professional Conduct or established by other state or national rules of professional conduct for lawyers. Fitness to Practice. Subject to the limitations in subsection (d) below: Activities on preventing, recognizing, and responding effectively to personal substance abuse, addictive disorders, stress, and/or mental health issues, including information on available lawyer assistance programs. Activities on recognizing, reporting, assisting, and supporting attorneys affected by substance abuse, addictive disorders, stress, and/or mental health issues. Stress management activities as they relate to the practice of law if they focus on developing awareness of stress-related problems in the practice of law, including activities that focus on personality traits susceptible to stress, work/life balance, recognizing signs of stress in oneself or one’s colleagues, instituting preventative measures individually, and the development of policies within the law firm or legal department for dealing with stress-impaired attorneys. A member shall not receive credit under this Rule for activities focusing in significant part on techniques or exercises related to these issues - e.g., breathing exercises, meditation, yoga. Activities on acknowledging and advancing the elimination of bias and encouraging diversity and inclusion of all persons in the legal system regardless of race, ethnicity, religion, culture, national origin, social origin or condition, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or disabilities.

The State of Nebraska Judicial Branch requires attorneys to complete 10 credits, including 2 credits of professionalism, ethics or malpractice prevention, by December 31 every year. All credits must be reported by January 20. Attorneys are limited to 5 credits of computer-based learning per reporting period. A maximum of 5 credits earned at live seminars may be carried over to the next reporting period. Ethics credit may not be carried over.

The Nevada Board of Continuing Legal Education requires attorneys to complete 13 credits, including 2 credits of ethics and 1 credit of substance abuse, by December 31 of each year. All credits must be reported by March 1 of the following year. A maximum of 4 ethics credits and 2 substance abuse credits may be carried over for the next two calendar years. Excess ethics and substance abuse credits may be used to satisfy the general credit requirement. However, excess substance abuse credits cannot be used to satisfy the ethics requirement. For additional information, please see the FAQ page on the Nevada Board of Continuing Legal Education website.

The Supreme Court’s New Hampshire Minimum Continuing Legal Education Board requires attorneys to complete 12 credits, including 2 ethics credits, by May 31 every year. All credits must be reported by July 1. Attorneys may carry forward up to a year's worth of credits (2 ethics, 10 general) only to the immediately subsequent compliance period. For additional information, please see the FAQ page on the New Hampshire Minimum Continuing Legal Education Board website.

New! On February 26, 2021, the New Hampshire Supreme Court adopted an amendment to Supreme Court Rule 53.1 C changing the reporting year from July 1 to June 30 to June 1 to May 31.

The Supreme Court of New Jersey Board on Continuing Legal Education requires attorneys to complete 24 credits, including 5 credits of ethics and/or professionalism, by December 31 every two years. At least 2 credit hours of the 5 credit hours in professionalism and ethics include the completion of qualifying coursework on diversity, inclusion, and elimination of bias. There are two compliance groups: Group 1 is made up of attorneys born January 1 through June 30 who report in even-numbered years; Group 2 is made up of attorneys born July 1 through December 31 who report in odd-numbered years. All credit must be reported by December 31. Attorneys must earn at least 12 credits through live programs and are limited to 12 credits of alternate verifiable learning formats per reporting period. A maximum of 12 credits may be carried over to the next reporting period. For additional information, please see the FAQ page on the Supreme Court of New Jersey Board on Continuing Legal Education website.

The State Bar of New Mexico requires attorneys to complete 12 credits, including 2 ethics and professionalism credits, by December 31 every year. All credits must be reported by December 31. Attorneys are limited to 4 credits of self-study per reporting period. A maximum of 12 live credits, including 2 ethics and professionalism credits, may be carried over to the next reporting period. Self-study credit may not be carried over. For additional information, please see the MCLE Rules, Deadlines, and Resources page on the State Bar of New Mexico website.

Experienced attorneys must complete a minimum of 24 accredited CLE credit hours during each biennial reporting cycle (the two-year period between your attorney registrations).

Newly-admitted attorneys  must earn a total of 32 CLE credit hours (with 16 credit hours each year) during the two-year newly admitted cycle.

The North Carolina State Bar Continuing Legal Education Department requires attorneys to complete 12 credits, including 2 professional responsibility credits and 1 technology credit, by December 31 every year. All credits must be reported by the last day of February of the following year. One professional responsibility credit devoted to substance abuse credit must be completed every three years. A maximum of 12 credits, including 2 professional responsibility credits, may be carried over to the next reporting period. The deadline to report all 2020 CLE hours is March 1, 2021.

Beginning in 2020, members may take all of their CLE hours online. For members trying to satisfy a deficit prior to 2020, they may take up to six hours of online credit each year towards their CLE requirements. For additional information, please see the FAQ page on the North Carolina State Bar Continuing Legal Education Department website.

Attorneys are required to complete a total of 45 hours of approved credit every three years, including 3.0 hours of ethics credit. Individuals may claim no more than 30 hours of credit by self-study during a reporting period. Members receiving credit hours in excess of the 45 hour minimum taken during the three year reporting period may carry forward a maximum of 15 hours to the next reporting period. No ethics hours may be carried forward.

For each biennial compliance period, each attorney must complete a minimum of 24 credit hours of CLE (including 2.5 Professional Conduct (PC) credits); which may include, up to 12 self-study hours.

The Oklahoma MCLE Commission requires attorneys to complete 12 credits, including 1 legal ethics credit, by December 31 every year. A maximum of 12 credits, including 1 ethics credit, may be carried over to the next compliance period. For additional information, please see the FAQ page on the Oklahoma MCLE Commission website.

The Oregon State Bar requires attorneys to complete 45 credits, including 5 legal ethics credits, 1 child abuse and elder abuse reporting credit, and 1 mental health and substance use education credit, by April 30 every three years. In alternate reporting periods, 3 of the 45 required credits must be in access to justice credit. All credits must be reported by May 31 of the following year.

NEW! Effective September 18, 2020, the Supreme Court ordered amendments to the MCLE Rules and Regulations that move the MCLE compliance deadlines to the spring. Reporting period end dates have changed from December 31 to April 30 of the following year, and reporting deadlines have changed from January 31 to May 31. For further information on the changes, please see the MCLE Deadline Changes FAQ on the Oregon State Bar website.

Twelve credit hours every year - including 2 required hours of legal ethics.

The Rhode Island Mandatory Continuing Legal Education Commission requires attorneys to complete 10 credits, including 2 ethics credits, by June 30 every year. All credits must be reported by June 30. Effective July 1, 2018, attorneys may earn a maximum of 6 credits via video replay programs per compliance period. A maximum of 10 credits may be carried over to the next reporting period. For additional information, please see the FAQ page on the Rhode Island Mandatory Continuing Legal Education Commission website.

 The Supreme Court of South Carolina Commission on CLE and Specialization requires attorneys to complete 14 credits, including 2 legal ethics and professional responsibilities (LEPR) credits, by the last day of February every year. All credits must be reported by March 1. At least 1 substance abuse/mental health credit must be completed every three years. As of May 1, 2019, Substance Abuse/Mental Health credit shall be a part of the general CLE requirement and cannot be applied to satisfy the legal ethics and professional responsibilities (LEPR) requirement. Attorneys are limited to 8 credits of alternatively delivered programs per compliance period. A maximum of 14 credits may be carried over to the next compliance period. Credits from alternatively delivered programs may not be carried forward. For additional information, please see the FAQ page on the Supreme Court of South Carolina Commission on CLE and Specialization website.

Every active State Bar of Texas member must complete a minimum of 15 hours of accredited CLE during each MCLE compliance year.

12 of these hours must be in accredited CLE classes, 3 of these hours must be in legal ethics/legal professional responsibility, 3 of these hours, including 1 hour of legal ethics, could be in self study.

The Utah Supreme Court Board of Continuing Legal Education requires attorneys to complete 24 credits, including 3 ethics credits, by June 30 every two years. One ethics credit must be in professionalism and civility. Attorneys are assigned to one of two compliance groups reporting in either odd-numbered years or even-numbered years. Consult the MCLE Department to determine your compliance period. All credits must be reported by July 31. Attorneys are limited to 12 credits of self-study per reporting period. No credits may be carried over. For additional information, please see the FAQ page on the Utah Supreme Court Board of Continuing Legal Education website.

The Vermont MCLE Board requires attorneys to complete 24 credits, including 2 ethics credits, by June 30 every two years. All credits must be reported by July 1. Attorneys are assigned to one of two groups for reporting depending on year admitted. For additional information, please see the FAQ page on the Vermont MCLE Board website.

NEW! Effective July 1, 2020, the total hour requirement per two-year reporting period for attorneys has increased from 20 to 24 hours. The new rules require that at least 12 of the 24 required hours be either Moderated Programming or Non-Moderated Programming with Interactivity as a Key Component and limit the total number of hours of Non-Moderated Programming Without Interactivity to 6 of the 24 required hours. At least one credit hour must be earned per reporting period in Diversity and Inclusion Programming and at least one credit hour must be earned per reporting period in Attorney Wellness Programming. Additionally, excess credit earned in the second year of a reporting period can now be carried over to the next reporting period. For further information on these rule changes, please see Vermont's New MCLE Rules on the Vermont MCLE Board website.

The Virginia Supreme Court has established, by Rule of Court, a mandatory continuing legal education program in the Commonwealth of Virginia, which requires each active member of the Virginia State Bar annually to complete a minimum of twelve (12) hours of approved continuing legal education courses, of which at least two (2) hours shall be in the area of legal ethics or professionalism, unless expressly exempted from such requirement.

Lawyers, administrative law judges, and house counsel licensed under Washington Supreme Court Admission and Practice Rule (APR) 8(f) must complete: 45 approved MCLE credits in total every applicable three-year reporting period, including: At least 15 law and legal procedure credits At least 6 ethics credits

The Wisconsin Court System requires attorneys to complete 30 credits, including 3 legal ethics and professional responsibility credits, by December 31 every two years. All credits must be reported by February 1 of the following year. Attorneys are limited to 15 credits of repeated, on-demand programs per reporting period. There are 2 compliance groups: attorneys admitted in an even-numbered year report in even-numbered years; attorneys admitted in an odd-numbered year report in odd-numbered years. A maximum of 15 credits may be carried over to the next compliance period. Legal ethics and professional responsibility credits are carried over as general credits. For additional information, please see the FAQ page on the Wisconsin Court System website.

The Wyoming State Bar requires attorneys to complete 15 credits, including 2 ethics credits, by December 31 every year. All credits must be reported by January 15 of the following year. Attorneys are limited to 8 credits of self-study per reporting period. A maximum of 30 credits, including 2 ethics credits, may be carried over to the next reporting period. Credits earned through self-study may not be carried over. For additional information, please see the FAQ page on the Wyoming State Bar website.