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 · Peter Darling Structured Consulting
Fri, September 5, 2025
1h CLE
Live Webcast
Karen Muñoz · Lindsay Nathan · Dajuan Davis · Jacqueline Spreadbury Roaring Grace
Wed, August 20, 2025
2h CLE
Live Webcast
Craig Brody Craig Brody LLC
Thu, July 31, 2025
1h CLE
Live Webcast
Kathryn S. Whitlock McAngus Goudelock & Courie, LLC
Thu, July 31, 2025
2h CLE
On-Demand
Live Replay
Dr. Jason Strachan · Michael Brusca Expert Institute
Thu, July 31, 2025
2h CLE
On-Demand
Live Replay
Nathan Osborn Montgomery Little & Soran, PC.
Thu, July 31, 2025
2h CLE
On-Demand
Live Replay
Jonathan G. Blattmarchr · L. Paul Hood Jr. Pioner Wealth Partners LLC
Thu, July 31, 2025
3.5h CLE
Live Webcast
James C. Chapman · Jessie Zhou Rimon, P.C.
Wed, July 30, 2025
2h CLE
On-Demand
Live Replay
Paul Mellor · Rena Cook · Dr. Steve Wood Success Links
Wed, July 30, 2025
2.75h CLE
Live Webcast
Colin Miller · Jeff Martin · Tom Plunkett · Amber Schroader · Scott Greene Joseph F. Rice School of Law
Wed, July 30, 2025
4.5h CLE
Live Webcast
Eric L. Green Green & Sklarz, LLC.
Mon, July 28, 2025
2h CLE
Live Webcast
Jeremy L. Kahn Berman Fink Van Horn. P.C.
Fri, July 25, 2025
2h CLE
On-Demand
Live Replay
Richard Hunt · William Goren Hunt Huey PLLC
Thu, July 24, 2025
2h CLE
On-Demand
Live Replay
Jennifer A. Riley · Gerald L. Maatman, Jr. Duane Morris LLP
Thu, July 24, 2025
1.5h CLE
Live Webcast
Bob Ambrogi · Lisa Lang · Jared Applegate · Laura Wenzel Law Office of Robert J. Ambrogi
Thu, July 24, 2025
1h CLE
Live Webcast
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