California CLE Requirements
CLE requirements for California attorneys.

Required credits
California attorneys are required to earn 25 credits every 3 years. This includes: 

  • (4) credit hours of Ethics.
  • (2) credit hours of Elimination of Bias. Of the two hours, at least (1) hour must focus on implicit bias and the promotion of bias reducing strategies.
  • (2) credit hours of Competence Issues. (1) Prevention and Detection Competence, and (1) Wellness Competence.
  • (1) Technology in the Practice of Law.
  • (1) Civility in the Legal Profession.


On-Demand/ Self-Study credits
California attorneys are limited to (12.5) hours of self-study CLE credits. The remaining hours must be earned via participatory events.
All of myLawCLE programs (Live and On-Demand) have qualify as Participatory credits. 


Compliance Groups:

Attorneys assigned to a compliance group will always remain in that same group, even if they change their last name.
 

  • Attorneys admitted on or before Feb. 1, 1992, were assigned to a compliance group based on the first letter of their last name, as listed on their official State Bar records, effective Feb. 1, 1992, (the beginning of the MCLE program.) 
  • Attorneys admitted after Feb. 1, 1992, are assigned to a compliance group based on the first letter of the last name listed on their admit cards. Admit cards are filled out when they are sworn in. 


Deadlines:

Group 1 (A-G) – Attorneys with last names beginning with A-G. 

  • Compliance period: 2/1/22−1/31/25 
  • Deadline to report: Feb. 1, 2025 

Group 2 (H-M) – Attorneys with last names beginning with H-M. 

  • Compliance period: 2/1/21−1/31/24 
  • Deadline to report: Feb. 1, 2024 

Group 3 (N-Z) – Attorneys with last names beginning with N-Z. 

  • Compliance period: 2/1/23−1/31/26   
  • Deadline to report: Feb. 1, 2026 


Additional information

For additional information, please see the CA Bar website here.

National CLE Webinars

Jeremy Babener Structured Consulting
Fri, May 9, 2025
1h CLE
Live Webcast
Ellie Feldmann · Karen Munoz Real Solutions 4U
Wed, April 30, 2025
2h CLE
Live Webcast
Tod Northman Tucker Ellis LLP
Fri, April 25, 2025
2h CLE
Live Webcast
Suleman Malik · Mike Pospis · Jason Mario Bruno Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani, LLP
Fri, April 25, 2025
3h CLE
Live Webcast
Howard B. Brownstein The Brownstein Corp.
Fri, April 18, 2025
1.5h CLE
Live Webcast
Amy A. Abeloff Kirkland & Ellis
Thu, April 17, 2025
2h CLE
Live Webcast
Christopher M. Brolley · Callan G. Stein · Michael S. Lowe Troutman Pepper Locke
Thu, April 17, 2025
2h CLE
Live Webcast
Michele Shuster Mac Murray & Shuster
Thu, April 17, 2025
2h CLE
Live Webcast
Rachel V. Rose · Ted Dziekanowski Rachel V. Rose – Attorney at Law, PLLC
Thu, April 17, 2025
2h CLE
Live Webcast
Mital Makadia · David Siegel · Katherine Hart Grellas Shah LLP
Thu, April 10, 2025
2h CLE
Live Webcast
Susan S. Stone · Kristina W. Supler · Jessica L. Galanos Kohrman Jackson Krantz
Fri, April 4, 2025
2h CLE
Live Webcast
Christopher Fiore Marotta Holland & Knight
Fri, April 4, 2025
1h CLE
Live Webcast
Mihai Vrasmasu · Lori-Ann Ridley · Paul Leopold Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP
Fri, April 4, 2025
2h CLE
Live Webcast
Bruce E. Ritter Clark Hill PLC
Wed, April 2, 2025
2h CLE
Live Webcast
Lisa M. Szyc Backus Burden Law
Thu, March 27, 2025
2h CLE
Live Webcast
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