California CLE requirements
Whether you're an experienced California attorney or newly admitted, here's what you need to know about California’s mandatory continuing legal education (MCLE) requirements.
Whether you're an experienced California attorney or newly admitted, here's what you need to know about California’s mandatory continuing legal education (MCLE) requirements.
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CLE credit requirement | 25 credits every 3 years |
Categories | 1 implicit bias CLE 1 competence issues CLE 18 general CLE |
CLE compliance deadline | January 31 |
CLE reporting deadline | February 1 |
Approved Quimbee formats | On-demand |
Carryover | Carryover is not allowed. |
CLE reporting instructions | California is a self-reporting jurisdiction and Quimbee does not report your completed courses to the State Bar of California. Please retain your certificate as a record of your attendance for at least one year from the time your CLE compliance is reported. You may also access your certificates from our website at any time. |
California-licensed attorneys are required to complete 25 credits, including 4 ethics CLE credits, 1 elimination of bias CLE credit, 1 implicit bias CLE credit, and 1 competence issues credit every three years.
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 ethics CLE, elimination of bias CLE, competence issue CLE -implicit bias CLE coming soon!
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
Self-Study activities
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.
No, carryover is not allowed.
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.
California attorneys must report compliance by February 1 of their reporting year. See California’s Compliance Group page to see when each group reports.
California attorneys must submit a statement of compliance by logging into their California State Bar profile.
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