CLE Unlimited

$199/year

California CLE made simple. And affordable.

Complete your California CLE requirements for one affordable price. For $199 per year, you’ll get unlimited access to our CLE library—featuring all the California CLE courses you need and much more.

Our California CLE bundle includes:

  • 15 General credits
  • 4 Ethics credits
  • 1 CA Competence - Wellness credit
  • 1 Civility credit
  • 1 Elimination of bias credit
  • 1 Implicit bias credit
  • 1 Technology credit

All the CLE courses you need in California

Get all 24 of your on-demand California credits with our easy compliance bundle which contains 15 general, 4 ethics, 1 ca competence - wellness, 1 civility, 1 elimination of bias, 1 implicit bias, and 1 technology credits.

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Quimbee has California CLE courses

Unlimited CLE credits

Access every course, practice area, and jurisdiction in our CLE library.

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All-inclusive bundles

Complete all of your online CLE courses with all-inclusive compliance bundles that are customized for your state or jurisdiction.

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Instant certificates

Once you finish a course, you can download your certificate instantly. We’ll also save your certificates in your account for easy access.

60+ practice areas

Quimbee’s CLE courses offer a variety of topics to satisfy your CLE requirements. Find individual courses that cover your practice area or field of interest.

California CLE requirements - general information

General information
CLE credit requirement

25 credits every 3 years

Categories

4 credits of legal ethics
2 credits of competence issues (of which one must be prevention and detection competence - wellness competence is optional)
2 credits of elimination of bias (of which one must be implicit bias)
1 credit of civility
1 in technology

CLE compliance deadline

January 31

CLE reporting deadline

February 1

Approved Quimbee formats

On-demand

Live Webcasts

Carryover

Carryover is not allowed.

CLE reporting instructions

Quimbee reports the previous week's attendance to the State Bar of California through their website each Wednesday. Quimbee on-demand courses are considered participatory credit. Please retain this certificate as proof of your attendance. You may also access your certificates from our website at any time.

California CLE requirements

What is my requirement as a California-licensed attorney?

California attorneys are required to complete 25 credits, including 4 ethics CLE credits, 1 elimination of bias CLE credit, 1 technology CLE credit, 1 civility CLE credit, 1 implicit bias CLE credit, and 2 competence issues credits every three years.

How can Quimbee help me complete my CLE requirement?

All of Quimbee’s on-demand courses are considered participatory and can fulfill the California CLE requirement. Quimbee’s California bundle provides multiple required credits, including 15 general credits, 4 credits of legal ethics, 2 credits of competence, 2 credits of elimination of bias - with 1 implicit bias, 1 credit of civility, and 1 in technology. If attorneys wish, they can also get credit through our live webcasts.

How else can I earn CLE credit?

California approves two types of education: participatory or self-study. No more than 12.5 self-study credits are allowed per reporting cycle.

Participatory activities

  • Attend approved CLE courses, in person or delivered via live or recorded technology.
  • Teach at an approved CLE course. Single speakers may earn the total credit of the actual minutes of speaking times 4. Panelists may earn the actual minutes of speaking time 4, plus the remaining time in attendance.
  • Attending a law school class. Attorneys may earn 1 credit for each hour of attendance.
  • Teaching a law school class. Attorneys may earn the total credits of the number of units of the course times 12.

Self-Study activities

  • Self-assessment tests
  • Writing published legal materials. Attorneys may earn 1 credit for each hour writing published legal materials.
  • Unverified electronic education (CDs, online courses, etc.)

When must I complete my CLE requirement?

California attorneys will report credit based on their compliance group. Attorneys are assigned to one of three compliance groups based on the last name on their admit cards when they are sworn in. An attorney will remain in the same compliance group, even if there is a name change.

  • Group 1 (A-G): Reports February 1, 2025
  • Group 2 (H-M): Reports February 1, 2024
  • Group 3 (N-Z): Reports February 3, 2026

Can I carry over credit from my last reporting cycle?

No, carryover is not allowed.


Newly Admitted Attorneys

I'm a new attorney. When do I report CLE credit?

A new California attorney’s first reporting cycle begins on the first day of the month of admission and ends when the assigned compliance group cycle ends. If the attorney’s initial cycle is less than three years, the requirement may be reduced. See the Proportional Requirements table to determine if you have a reduced requirement.

New California attorneys are required to complete the State Bar New Attorney Training.

Program within 12 months of admission. This is a 10-hour program accessed through the attorney’s State Bar Profile. The training includes 4 hours of ethics, 3 hours of basic skills, 1.5 hours of competence, and 1.5 hours on the elimination of bias that can be applied toward the CLE requirement.


CLE compliance and reporting

When do I report the CLE credits that I have earned?

California attorneys must report compliance by February 1 of their reporting year. See California’s Compliance Group page to see when each group reports.

How do I report the CLE credits that I have earned?

California attorneys must submit a statement of compliance by logging into their California State Bar profile.


Resources

Contact info

MCLE Program

The State Bar of California

180 Howard Street

San Francisco, CA 94105

888-800-3400

[email protected]


CLE FAQs

What is included in Quimbee CLE Unlimited?

Quimbee CLE Unlimited gets you full access to Quimbee’s entire library of CLE courses for just $199 a year. Choose the courses most relevant to your practice to complete your requirements, with no limits on your selections or the number of credits you can earn.

What is included in a Quimbee CLE bundle?

Our compliance bundles include a selection of courses that will meet your entire CLE requirement. The number of courses included in each bundle corresponds to the number of credit hours required in each state.

How much time do I have to complete the courses in my compliance bundle?

Once you purchase a course, you can complete it any time you like. You will have access to a purchased course until its accreditation expires.

If a course is accredited in more than one state, is there an extra cost to receive certificates in all states?

Quimbee will issue certificates for attorneys licensed in multiple jurisdictions at no extra cost. We will only issue certificates for jurisdictions in which a course has been approved.

How do I receive my certificate once I’ve completed my course?

Once you complete a course, your certificate will be available for automatic download. We’ll also save all of your certificates in your account so that you can access them any time you need to.