California State CLE

MCLE requirements for California attorneys.

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

  • (4) credit hours of Ethics. 
  • (1) credit hour of Competence Issues. 
  • (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. 

On-Demand/ Self-Study creditsCalifornia 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: 2/1/20−1/31/23   
  • Deadline to report: Feb. 1, 2023 

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

Featured California Webinars

National CLE Webinars

Christine Hummel Hummel Consultation Services
Fri, April 28, 2023
1.5h CLE
Live Webcast
Michael J. Needleman Philadelphia Business Lawyers Reger Rizzo & Darnall LLP
Fri, April 28, 2023
1.5h CLE
Live Webcast
Gerald L. Maatman, Jr. · Jennifer A. Riley Duane Morris LLP
Thu, April 27, 2023
1.5h CLE
Live Webcast
Adam Di Vincenzo · Daniel J. Rosenthal · Melanie Westover Yanez Milbank LLP
Wed, April 26, 2023
1.5h CLE
Live Webcast
Heather M. Sager Perkins Coie LLP
Tue, April 25, 2023
1.5h CLE
Live Webcast
Stephen Coates · Bibiana Agueldo · Jose Landivar Coates IP
Tue, April 25, 2023
1.5h CLE
Live Webcast
Sarah N. Turner Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani, LLP
Fri, April 21, 2023
2h CLE
Live Webcast
Jacob Stein Aliant, LLP
Thu, April 20, 2023
1h CLE
Live Webcast
Julia B. Jacobson · Annette Demmel · Kyle R. Dull Squire Patton Boggs
Wed, April 19, 2023
2h CLE
Live Webcast
Mark Zafrin · Maggie DiCostanzo · Jonathan M. Joseph · Joseph P. McMenamin Offit Kurman Attorney at Law
Tue, April 18, 2023
2h CLE
Live Webcast
Erin M. Strohbehn Gimbel, Reilly, Guerin & Brown LLP
Tue, April 18, 2023
2h CLE
Live Webcast
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