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

Kenneth E. Sharperson Armstrong Teasdale LLP
Fri, June 20, 2025
2h CLE
Live Webcast
Robert Barnett Capell Barnett Matalon & Schoenfeld LLP
Fri, June 20, 2025
2h CLE
Live Webcast
Christopher G. Campbell · Antonious E. Sadek · Katie Insogna · Rachel Horton · Megan Kinney DLA Piper
Wed, June 18, 2025
2h CLE
Live Webcast
Allison C. Johs Legal Ease Consulting Inc.
Wed, June 18, 2025
2h CLE
Live Webcast
Robert W. Wood Wood LLP
Wed, June 18, 2025
1h CLE
Live Webcast
Karen Muñoz · Claire Shaw · Arthur D. Burger Roaring Grace
Tue, June 17, 2025
2.5h CLE
Live Webcast
David Taubenfeld · Natalie DuBose · Alexander Clark Haynes and Boone, LLP
Fri, June 13, 2025
2h CLE
Live Webcast
Paul R. Shugar Reminger Co. LPA
Fri, June 13, 2025
1.5h CLE
Live Webcast
Shawn Fox Fox Forensic Accounting, LLC
Thu, June 12, 2025
1h CLE
Live Webcast
Joseph Rosenfeld Image Consultant
Wed, June 11, 2025
1h CLE
Live Webcast
Stephen E. Baumann II · Hannah J. Fitzgerald Holland & Knight LLP
Fri, June 6, 2025
2h CLE
Live Webcast
Cynthia R. Mullins Baldwin Rise
Thu, June 5, 2025
2h CLE
Live Webcast
Alan R. Feigenbaum · Daniel Lipschutz Blank Rome LLP
Wed, June 4, 2025
1.5h CLE
Live Webcast
Chipo C. Nyambuya CZL P.C
Wed, June 4, 2025
1h CLE
Live Webcast
Michael Palermo Palermo Law Firm
Fri, May 30, 2025
2h CLE
Live Webcast
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