Under the CA MCLE Rules, California attorneys are required to complete 25 hours CA MCLE every 3 years. Of those 25 required CA CLE hours, attorneys must complete at least 12.5 hours for participatory credit. OR put another way you CANNOT complete more than 12.5 hours of self-study credit.[1] CA MCLE Requirement – Specialty Credits 4 Legal Ethics 1 Competence Issues 1…
California attorneys that are in Group 2 (Last names H-M) for MCLE compliance purposes must complete 25 credit hours by January 31 and report CA MCLE compliance by the February 1 CA CLE reporting deadline. California attorneys beware: the State Bar of California has been conducting thousands of MCLE audits each year. From not completing 12.5 hours for participatory CLE credit — to forgetting to…
Starting around November we get quite a few calls from California attorneys as the CA MCLE compliance deadline approaches. We get quite a few calls from California attorneys that don’t know about the participatory and/or self-study CLE requirements when it comes to CA MCLE compliance. California attorneys must make sure to complete at least 12.5 credit hours of participatory credit each three-year compliance…
For attorneys in California with last names between H-M the end is drawing near… the end of the MCLE compliance period! Yes, it’s your time to get your CA MCLE requirement done and get it reported. Once you finish your 25 hours what do you do now???[1] My State Bar Profile Tool used to report California CLE compliance Part of Cal Bar …
The short answer – yes! California attorneys can take all 12.5 required participatory hours online, including all ethics, bias and competence issues. For online (and downloadable) CLE courses, participatory means that we monitor your participation – which we do.[1] The next group up for MCLE compliance in California is Compliance Group 2. Attorneys with last names H-M must complete the California MCLE…