Florida CLE requirements
Whether you're an experienced Florida attorney or newly admitted, here's what you need to know about Florida’s mandatory continuing legal education (MCLE) requirements.
Whether you're an experienced Florida attorney or newly admitted, here's what you need to know about Florida’s mandatory continuing legal education (MCLE) requirements.
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CLE credit requirement | 33 credits every 3 years |
Categories | 1 professionalism 4 legal ethics CLE, professionalism CLE, bias elimination, substance abuse, or mental illness awareness CLE 25 general CLE |
CLE compliance deadline | Each attorney is assigned a date to complete CLE credits. Dates are staggered to balance the number of members reporting each month. |
CLE reporting deadline | Must report by the last day of assigned month. |
Approved Quimbee formats | Quimbee CLE courses for Florida attorneys are coming soon. Click here to be notified via email. |
Carryover | No, carryover is not allowed. |
CLE reporting instructions | Attorneys must report their own attendance to the Florida Bar by logging in to their member portal. |
Florida-licensed attorneys must complete 33 credits every 3 years. Those 33 credits must include 5 credits in the areas of ethics CLE, professionalism CLE, bias elimination, substance abuse, or mental illness awareness and 3 credits in technology CLE.
Quimbee CLE courses for Florida attorneys are coming soon. Click here to be notified via email.
Attend approved CLE courses, in person or delivered via live or recorded technology.
Lecturing at an approved CLE program
Serving as a workshop leader or panel member
Writing and publishing in a professional publication or journal
Teaching (graduate law or law school courses)
University attendance (graduate law or law school courses)
Each member of the Florida Bar is assigned a date to complete CLE credits. Dates are staggered to balance the number of members reporting each month. At least three months prior to the end of your reporting cycle, you will receive an email reminding you of your due date.
No, carryover is not allowed.
Newly admitted Florida attorneys must complete two phases of the Basic Skills Course Requirement. Phase I must be completed within 12 months of being admitted to the Florida Bar.
Florida attorneys must by report that they have completed their CLE requirement by the last day of the member’s assigned month.
Throughout the reporting cycle, Florida attorneys can post the CLE credits that they earn by logging in to their Member Portal and entering the course reference number from the course provider.