New Jersey CLE requirements
Whether you're an experienced New Jersey attorney or newly admitted, here's what you need to know about New Jersey’s mandatory continuing legal education (MCLE) requirements.
Whether you're an experienced New Jersey attorney or newly admitted, here's what you need to know about New Jersey’s mandatory continuing legal education (MCLE) requirements.
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CLE credit requirement | 24 credits every 2 years |
Categories | 19 General CLE 5 Ethics CLE (2 must be Diversity, inclusion, and elimination of bias) |
CLE compliance deadline | December 31 |
CLE reporting deadline | December 31 |
Approved Quimbee formats | COVID-19 Update: Until further notice, attorneys may complete all credits through alternative verifiable learning formats, including on-demand courses. On-demand, up to 12 credits |
Carryover | 12 credits |
CLE reporting instructions | New Jersey is a self-reporting jurisdiction and Quimbee does not report your completed courses to the Supreme Court of New Jersey Board on Continuing Legal Education. Quimbee on-demand courses are considered alternative verifiable learning format courses. You are limited to 12 AVL credits per reporting cycle. Please retain your certificate as proof of your attendance. You may also access your certificates from our website at any time. COVID-19 Update: Until further notice, all 24 credits may be earned through alternative verifiable formats. |
New Jersey-licensed attorneys must complete 24 credits, including 5 ethics CLE credits every two years. At least 2 out of the 5 required ethics credits must be in diversity, inclusion, and elimination of bias.
COVID-19 Update: Due to the Covid-19 crisis, the New Jersey Board on Continuing Legal Education has relaxed the live, in-person requirement and attorneys may earn all 24 credits through alternative verifiable formats until further notice.
New Jersey attorneys may complete up to 12 credits through Quimbee’s on-demand courses.
Quimbee is an accredited provider in Ohio.
Each New Jersey attorney is assigned to one of two compliance groups:
Yes, attorneys can carry over up to 12 credits into the following reporting cycle.
New attorneys’ first compliance period begins January 1 of the year immediately following admission to the New Jersey Bar. Newly admitted attorneys will automatically be assigned to a compliance group based on their birthdays.
During their first full two-year compliance period, newly admitted attorneys must complete 15 of the 24 credit hours in five of the following nine subject areas: NJ basic estate administration; NJ basic estate planning; NJ civil or criminal trial preparation; NJ family law practice; NJ real estate closing procedures; NJ trust and business accounting; NJ landlord/tenant practice; NJ municipal court practice; and NJ law-office management.
Each New Jersey attorney is assigned to one of two reporting groups:
New Jersey attorneys certify their compliance on their Annual Attorney Registration and Billing Statement. Group 1 certifies compliance in even-numbered years and Group 2 certifies compliance in odd-numbered years.
The New Jersey Board on Continuing Legal Education will conduct random audits to monitor compliance.
Supreme Court of New Jersey Board on Continuing Legal Education
Richard J. Hughes Justice Complex
25 Market Street, 8th Floor, North Wing
Trenton, NJ 08625-0965
609-815-2930