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Listing of CLE Requirements by State
Alabama
"State Requirements: 12 hrs. per calendar year, 1 hr. of which shall be
either ethics or professionalism. "
Reporting date: December 31.
Alabama State Bar
415 Dexter Avenue
"Montgomery, AL 36104 "
(334) 269-1515
www.alabar.org
e-mail: cle@alabar.org
Alaska
Currently Does Not Require Lawyers to Take Mandatory Continuing Legal Education.
www.alaskabar.org
Arizona
"State Requirements: 15 hrs. Per calendar year including 3 hrs. ethics/prof.
responsibility, professionalism, substance abuse, or ADR. "
Reporting date: September 15.
State Bar of Arizona
"4201 N. 24th Street, Suite 200"
"Phoenix, Arizona 85016-6288"
Phone: 602-252-4804
(602) 271-4930 Fax#
www.azbar.org
Arkansas
State Requirements: 12 hrs. per year including 1 hour of legal ethics.
Reporting date: June 30.
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Justice Building
625 Marshall
"Little Rock, AR 72201 "
(501) 374-1855
(501) 374-1853 Fax#
www.arkbar.com
British Columbia
CLE not mandatory.
www.cba.org/BC/home/main
California
"State Requirements: 25 hrs. Over 3-year period including 4 hrs. legal
ethics, 1 hr. substance abuse/emotional distress and 1 hr. elimination of bias
in the profession."
Reporting date: January 31.
The State Bar of California
180 Howard Street
"San Francisco, CA 94105 "
(415) 538-2130
www.calbar.org
e-mail: MCLE@calbar.ca.gov
Colorado
State Requirements: 45 hrs. Over 3-year period including 7 hrs. legal ethics.
Reporting date: anytime within 3-year period.
Board of Continuing Legal and Judicial Education
"1560 Broadway, Suite 1820"
"Denver, Colorado 80202-5451 "
(303) 860-0608 (toll free 888-860-2531)
www.cobar.org
e-mail contact:information@cle.state.co.us
Connecticut
Currently Does Not Require Lawyers to Take Mandatory Continuing Legal Education.
www.ctbar.org
Delaware
"State Requirements: 24 hrs. over a 2-year period including 4 hrs. enhanced
ethics, Five-program series of courses on Fundamentals of Law for newly admitted
attorneys within 4 years of admission."
Reporting date: February 1st
Commission on Continuing Legal Education of the Supreme Court of Delaware
"Carvel State Office Building, 11th Floor"
820 North French Street
"Wilmington, DE 19801-3545"
(302) 577-7040
302-577-7037 Fax#
www.courts.state.de.us/cle
Washington D.C.
Currently Does Not Require Lawyers to Take Mandatory Continuing Legal Education.
www.dcbar.org
Florida
"State Requirements: 30 hours per 3-year period including 5 hours ethics,
professionalism, substance abuse, or mental illness awareness. "
Reporting date: assigned month every 3 years.
Legal Specialization and Education
The Florida Bar
651 E. Jefferson Street
"Tallahassee, FL 32399-2300"
(850) 561-5842
Fax# (850) 561-5660
www.flabar.com
e-mail: flabarwm@flabar.org
Georgia
"State Requirements: 12 hours per year including 1-hour ethics,1-hour
professionalism and for trial attorneys 3-hours must be litigation."
Reporting date: January 31.
Georgia Commission on Continuing Lawyer Competency
Attention CLE Department
State Bar of Georgia
104 Marietta St. NW
"Atlanta, GA 30303"
800-334-6865 or (404) 527-8710
Fax# (404) 527-8715
www.gabar.org
Hawaii
Currently Does Not Require Lawyers to Take Mandatory Continuing Legal Education.
www.hsba.org
Idaho
"State Requirements: 30 hours per 3-year period including 2 hours
ethics/professionalism. Attorneys who are certified as a specialist must obtain
30 Idaho approved MCLE credits in their specialty area during each reporting
period. Within twelve months of admission to the Idaho State Bar, each lawyer,
regardless of status, is required to complete a practical skills seminar."
Reporting date: every 3 years by December 31.
Idaho State Bar
P.O. Box 895
"Boise, ID 83701-0895 "
(208) 334-4500
Fax# (208) 334-2764
www.state.id.us/isb
astrauser@isb.idaho.gov
Illinois
"State Requirements: every 2 years based on last name - 20 hours ending
June 30 of either 2008 or 2009, 24 hours ending June 30 of either 2010 or 2011,
and 30 hours all subsequent two-year reporting periods. Including 4 hours of
training in professionalism, diversity, mental illness and addiction, civility,
or legal ethics during each two-year period."
Reporting date: every 2 years by July 31.
MCLE Board
"200 West Madison,Suite 3420"
"Chicago,Illinois 60606"
(312) 924-2420
Fax# (312) 263-5013
mcle@mcleboard.org
www.illinoisbar.org
Indiana
State Requirements 36 hours per 3-year period with 6-hour minimum per year
including 3 hours ethics.
Reporting date: December 31.
Indiana Commission for CLE
115 Washington Street
Suite #1065
"Indianapolis, IN 46204-3417 "
(317) 232-1943
Fax# (317) 233-1442
www.in.gov/judiciary/cle
Iowa
State Requirements: 15 hrs. Per calendar year including 2 hrs. legal ethics
every 2 years.
Reporting date: March 1.
Commission on Continuing Legal Education
Judicial Branch Building
1111 East Court Avenue
"Des Moines, Iowa 50319 "
(515) 725-8029
www.judicial.state.ia.us
cle@jb.state.ia.us
Kansas
State Requirements: 12 hrs. Per year including 2 hrs. legal ethics.
Reporting date: 30 days after program.
Kansas Continuing Legal Education
"400 S. Kansas Ave, Suite 202 "
"Topeka, Kansas 66603 "
Phone: (785) 357-6510
E-mail: cleadmin@kscle.org
www.kscle.org
Kentucky
"State Requirements: 12.50 hrs. per year including 2 hrs. legal ethics, new
lawyer skills training within 12 mos. of admission. "
Reporting date: June 30.
Kentucky Bar Association
514 West Main Street
"Frankfort, KY 40601-1883 "
(502) 564-3795
Fax# (502) 564-3225
www.kybar.org
E-mail: jclark@kybar.org
Louisiana
"State Requirements:15 hours per year including 1-hour ethics, 1-hour
professionalism. "
Reporting date: January 31.
Committee on MCLE
2800 Veterans Memorial Blvd.
Suite 310
"Metairie, LA 70002"
Tel: (504) 828-1414
1-800-518-1518
Fax: (504) 828-1416
www.lascmcle.org
Email: mcle@lascmcle.org
Maine
11 hours per year including 1-hour ethics.
Reporting date: July 31.
Board of Overseers of the Bar
97 Winthrop Street
P. O. Box 527
"Augusta, Maine 04332-0527 "
Telephone: 207-623-1121
Fax: 207-623-4175
www.mecle.com
E-mail: board@mebaroverseers.org
Maryland
Currently Does Not Require Lawyers to Take Mandatory Continuing Legal Education.
www.msba.org
Massachusetts
Currently Does Not Require Lawyers to Take Mandatory Continuing Legal Education.
www.massbar.org
Michigan
Currently Does Not Require Lawyers to Take Mandatory Continuing Legal Education.
www.michbar.org
Minnesota
State Requirements: 45 hours per 3-year period including 3 hours ethics and 2
hours elimination of bias.
Reporting date: August 30.
MN State Board of CLE
Galtier Plaza Suite 201
380 Jackson Street
"St. Paul, MN55101"
Ph:(651) 297-7100
Fax: (651) 296-5866
www.mbcle.state.mn.us
Mississippi
"State Requirements: 12 hrs. Per year including 1 hr. legal ethics, prof.
responsibility, or malpractice prevention each year. "
Reporting date: July 31.
Mississippi Commission on CLE
P. O. Box 369
"Jackson, MS 39205-0369 "
(601) 354-6056
Fax# (601) 354-6058
www.mssc.state.ms.us
Missouri
"15 hours per year including 3 hours ethics every 3 years, new admit tees 3
hrs. professionalism, legal/judicial ethics within 12 months."
Reporting date: July 31.
The Missouri Bar Attn:MCLE
P. O. Box 2355
"Jefferson City, MO 65102 -2355"
(573) 638-2233
fax: (573) 635-2811
www.mobar.org
email to mcle@mobar.org.
Montana
State Requirements: 15 hours per year including 3 hours ethics every 3 years.
Reporting date: April 1.
Montana Board of CLE
P. O. Box 577
"Helena, MT 59624 "
(406) 442-7660
Fax# (406) 442-7763
www.montanabar.org
e-mail: statebar@ixi.net
Nebraska
Currently Does Not Require Lawyers to Take Mandatory Continuing Legal Education.
www.nebar.com
Nevada
State Requirements: 12 hrs. per year of which 2 must be in ethics.
Reporting date: March 1st
Nevada Board of Continuing Legal Education
295 Holcomb Ave
"Reno, NV 89502 "
TEL (775) 329-4443
FAX (775) 329-4291
E-Mail: nevadacleboard@sbcglobal.net
www.nvbar.org
New Hampshire
"State Requirements: 12 hrs. Per year/at least 6 must come from out of the
office live programs, including 2 hrs legal ethics/professionalism, or substance
abuse."
Reporting date: August 1.
New Hampshire MCLE Board
112 Pleasant Street
"Concord, NH 03301 "
(603) 224-6942
(603) 224-2910 Fax#
email: NHBAinfo@nhbar.org
www.nhbar.org
New Jersey
Currently Does Not Require Lawyers to Take Mandatory Continuing Legal Education
www.njsba.com
New Mexico
State Requirements: 12 hrs. Per year including 1 hr. ethics & 1hr.
professionalism.
Reporting date: Prior to May 1 annually.
State Bar of New Mexico
P.O. Box 93070
"Albuquerque, NM 87199"
(505) 797-6015
(505) 797-6097 Fax#
www.nmbar.org
New York
State Requirements: 24 hours per 2-year period including 4 hours of
ethics/professionalism.
Reporting date: at time of biennial registration (within 30 days of birthday).
"New admit tees 32 hours per 2-year period including 3 hours ethics /
professionalism, 6 hours skills, 7 hours practice management or areas of
professional practice. "
Reporting period: every 2 years from the time admitted to the Bar.
New York State Continuing Legal Education Board
"25 Beaver Street, 11th Floor "
"New York, NY 10004 "
(212) 428-2105
(212) 428-2188 Fax#
www.courts.state.ny.us
North Carolina
"State Requirements: 12 hours per year including 2 hours
ethics/professional responsibility or professional liability once every 3 years;
1 hour substance abuse, debilitating mental conditions once every 3 years.
"
Reporting date: February 28.
Contact Information
North Carolina State Bar Board of CLE
208 Fayetteville St. Mall
P.O. Box 26148
"Raleigh, NC 27611 "
(919) 733-0123
(919) 821-9168 Fax#
www.nccle.org
Email: Heather Pattle hpattle@ncbar.com
North Dakota
State Requirements: 45 hours including 3 hours of ethics every 3 years. A
maximum of 15 credit hours may be self study.
Reporting date: June 30.
Contact Information
North Dakota CLE Commission
P.O. Box 2136
"Bismarck, ND 58502 "
(701) 255-1404
(701) 224-1621 Fax#
www.sband.org
Email: info@sband.org
Ohio
"State Requirements: 24 hours per 2 years including 2.5 hours professional
conduct of which 30 minutes must be on substance abuse, 60 minutes on the Code
of Professional Responsibility, and 60 minutes on professionalism."
Reporting date: every two years by January 31.
Commission on Continuing Legal Education
"65 South Front Street, 5th Floor"
"Columbus, Ohio 43215-3431"
(614)387-9325
www.sconet.state.oh.us
E-mail: CCLE
Oklahoma
State Requirements: 12 hrsincluding 1 hr of legal ethics by Dec. 31.
Reporting date: February 15th
MCLE Commission
1901 N. Lincoln Blvd.
P.O.Box 53036
"Oklahoma City, OK 73152"
(405) 524-2365
(405) 524-7089 fax#
www.okbar.org
E-mail: mcle@okbar.org
Oregon
"State Requirements: 45 hours each three (3) year reporting period. (9)
must be on the subject of professional responsibility; five (5) of the nine (9)
must be legal ethics credits, one of the nine (9) professional responsibility
hours must be on lawyers' child abuse reporting obligations. Three (3) of the
nine (9) professional responsibility hours must be on "elimination of
bias,""
Reporting date: every 3 years
Oregon State Bar
5200 S. W. Meadows Road
P.O. Box 1689
"Lake Oswego, OR 97035-0889 "
(503) 620-0222 Ext.368
(503) 684-1366 Fax#
www.osbar.org
E-mail: ecanaan@osbar.org
Pennsylvania
"State Requirements: 12 hrs. Per year for all 3 compliance groups. 1 hr.
ethics, professionalism, or substance abuse and a minimum of 11 hrs. of
substantive law, practice and procedure, CLE crs. for ethics, professionalism,
or substance abuse may be applied to any substantive law, practice and procedure
requirement, no more than two times the current annual CLE requirement may be
carried forward into the two succeeding years. "
"Reporting date: April 30, August 31, or December 31, as assigned "
PA Continuing Legal Education Board
5035 Ritter Road
Suite 500
"Mechanicsburg, PA 17055 "
(800) 497-2253
(717) 795-2139
(717) 795-2120 Fax#
www.pacle.org
Rhode Island
State Requirements: 10 hrs. per year including 2 hrs. ethics.
Reporting date: June 30.
Rhode Island Supreme Court
John E. Fogarty Judicial Annex
"24 Weybosset Street, 3rd Floor"
"Providence, Rhode Island 02903"
(401) 222-4942
www.courts.ri.gov
South Carolina
State Requirements: 14 hrs. Per year including 2 hrs. ethics/professional
responsibility each reporting period.
Reporting date: March 1
Commission on CLE and Specialization
P.O. Box 2138
"Columbia, SC 29202 "
(803) 799-5578
(803) 799-4118 Fax#
www.commcle.org
Email: commcle@bellsouth.net
South Dakota
Currently Does Not Require Lawyers to Take Mandatory Continuing Legal Education.
Tennessee
State Requirements: 15 hrs. Per year. *Including 3 hrs. ethics/professionalism.
Reporting date: March 1.
Tennessee Commission on CLE
221 Fourth Avenue North Suite 300
"Nashville,TN 37219"
(615) 741-3096
(615) 532-2477 Fax#
www.cletn.com
e-mail: info@cletn.com
Texas
State Requirements: 15 hrs. Per year including 3 hrs. Legal ethics/professional
responsibility. 1 hr. of the 3 hrs. of legal ethics may be completed through
self-study. 5 hrs. of the total 15 hrs. may be completed through self-study.
Reporting date: last day of birth month each year.
P.O. Box 13007
"Austin, TX 78711 "
(800) 204-2222 Ext. 2106
(512) 463-1463 Ext 2106
(512) 463-1498 Fax#
www.texasbar.com
Utah
State Requirements: 24 hrs. every 2-years including 3 hrs. ethics or
professional responsibility each reporting period.
"Reporting date: end of second year compliance period, Dec. 31st."
Utah Law and Justice Center
"645 S. 200 East, Suite 312 "
"Salt Lake City, UT 84111-3834 "
(801) 531-9077
(801) 531-0660 Fax#
www.utahbar.org
Email: mcle@.utahbar.org
Vermont
State Requirements: 20 hrs. Over 2-yrs. including 2 hrs. ethics each reporting
period.
Reporting date: July 2nd of your period. and limited to 10 hrs of self study.
State of Vermont MCLE Program
"2418 Airport Road, Suite 2"
"Barre, VT 05641 "
(802) 828-3281
(802) 828-1695 Fax#
www.vermontjudiciary.org
Virginia
State Requirements: 12 hrs. Per year including 2 hrs. ethics each reporting
period.
Reporting date: December 15.
Virginia MCLE Board
Virginia State Bar
"707 E. Main Street, Suite 1500 "
"Richmond, VA 23219-2800"
(804) 775-0577
(804) 775-0544 Fax#
www.vsb.org
e-mail: mcle@vsb.org
Washington
"State Requirements: 45 hrs. Over 3 yrs. including 6 hrs. ethics,
professional responsibility, professionalism, bias and diversity. "
Reporting date: January 31.
Washington State Board of CLE
4th Floor
"2101 Fourth Avenue, Suite 400"
"Seattle, WA 98121-2330"
1-800-945-9722
(206) 727-8319 Fax#
www.wsba.org/cle.html
West Virginia
State Requirements: 24 hrs. Over 2-yrs. including 3 hrs. ethics or office
management or substance abuse or elimination of bias per cycle.
Reporting date: every 2 years by July 31.
MCLE Commission
West Virginia State Bar
"2006 Kanawha Boulevard, East "
"Charleston, WV 25311-2204 "
(304) 558-2456
(304) 558-2467--Fax#
www.wvbar.org
Wisconsin
State Requirements: 30 hrs. Over 2-yrs. including 3 hrs. ethics and professional
responsibility.
Reporting date: December 31st every other year.
Supreme Court of Wisconsin
Board of Bar Examiners
110 East Main Street Suite 715
"Madison, WI 53703-3328 "
(608) 266-9760
(608) 266-1196 Fax#
www.wicourts.gov
E-mail: bbe@wicourts.gov
Wyoming
State Requirements: 15 hrs. including 1 hour of ethics Per year.
Reporting date: January 30.
Wyoming State Bar
P.O. Box 109
"Cheyenne, WY 82003-0109 "
(307) 632-9061
(307) 632-3737 Fax#
www.wyomingbar.org