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

Kristin Volk · Lori Jane Gliha Tucker Ellis LLP
Thu, June 26, 2025
2h CLE
Live Webcast
Steven A. Tasher · Lindsay H. Tasher · Samuel L. Tasher Wyatt Partners
Thu, June 26, 2025
2h CLE
Live Webcast
Kelly Hanker · Lisa M. Szyc · Jean Marie Downing Trial Lawyers for Justice, Hanker Law PC
Thu, June 26, 2025
5h CLE
On-Demand
Live Replay
Caroline D. Ciraolo · Michael J. Desmond · Sharon Katz-Pearlman · Loren C. Ponds · Scott Levine · Joshua Odintz · Terry Lemons · Emily P. Hughes · Elizabeth Askey · Jennifer Breen · The Hon. Elizabeth A. Copeland, Judge · Diana L. Erbsen · Daniel N. Price · Kaitlyn Loughner · Guinevere M. Moore · Carlos F. Ortiz · Rod J. Rosenstein · Don Fort · Guy Ficco · Ian M. Comisky · Jenny G. Sugar · Dean Zerbe · Randall M. Fox, · Larry A. Campagna · Erin M. Collins · E. Martin Davidoff · Robert J. Fedor · The Hon. Jennifer E. Siegel, Special Trial Judge · John Colvin · Richard J. Sapinski · Benjamin L. Tompkins · Melissa L. Wiley · George A. Hani · Michelle Abroms Levin · Josh O. Ungerman · Phillip Colasanto · Miri Forster · Aaron Esman · Michael Sardar · Christopher S. Rizek · Michel R. Stein · Zhanna A. Ziering · Eric Green · Eman Cuyler · Fran Obeid · Joshua D. Smeltzer · Jonathan Kalinski · Darren John Guillot · Mary E. Wood · Pamela Grewal · Thomas A. Cullinan · Christopher M. Ferguson · Eric Hylton · Daniel Mayo Kostelanetz
Thu, June 26, 2025
12.66h CLE
Live Webcast
Stephen Riden · Sarah Tishler Beck Reed Riden LLP
Wed, June 25, 2025
2h CLE
Live Webcast
Tereina Stidd American Academy of Estate Planning Attorneys
Wed, June 25, 2025
2h CLE
On-Demand
Live Replay
Annamarie Kooning Exeter 1031 Exchange Services, LLC
Wed, June 25, 2025
2h CLE
On-Demand
Live Replay
Timothy L. Fort Kelley School of Business, Indiana University
Wed, June 25, 2025
2h CLE
Live Webcast
David A. Munkittrick · KaDee Ru Proskauer
Wed, June 25, 2025
1h CLE
Live Webcast
Ryan M. Hicks Sidley Austin
Wed, June 25, 2025
2h CLE
Live Webcast
Dr. Ron Heredia · Karen Muñoz Good Mood Legal
Tue, June 24, 2025
2h CLE
On-Demand
Live Replay
Jennifer A. Riley · Gerald L. Maatman, Jr. Duane Morris LLP
Tue, June 24, 2025
1.5h CLE
Live Webcast
Blake Harris · Ali El-Haj Blake Harris Law
Tue, June 24, 2025
1.5h CLE
Live Webcast
Jamie W. Dittert · Amanda Crawford-Steger · Julie Becker · Charles B. Molster, III · John F. Floyd, Jr. · Aaron Pelley · Richard W. Boone Jr. · Siobhán A. Mueller · Ronald C. Minkoff Sturgill, Turner, Barker & Moloney, PLL
Tue, June 24, 2025
7h CLE
On-Demand
Live Replay
Rachel V. Rose · Anthony John Gerard Alastra, MD, FAANS, FACS, CNSENDORFP Rachel V. Rose – Attorney at Law, PLLC
Mon, June 23, 2025
2h CLE
On-Demand
Live Replay
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