A Complete Rundown of California Online CLE
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Phoenix Delray
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This article provides guidelines and the requirements needed when taking an online CLE.
Online CLE requirements in California are the same as they are if they were taken traditionally, and they refer to the approved legal education that is required of all attorneys who practice in the state. There are often a few changes in the online CLE requirements each year, and it is convenient to have all the information you need in one place for reference. Following is a guide regarding all of the information you will need to know for the year for your requirements and any changes that may have taken place so far.
Keep contact information about the requirements in a safe and accessible place so that if you have any questions or concerns that are not addressed here, you can contact the State Bar of California at: MCLE Program, 180 Howard Street in San Francisco, 94105. There is a phone number listed of 415.538.2155, and an email address for questions, MCLE@calbar.ca.gov.
All attorneys (including those who are exempt) are required to turn in a compliance card to verify that they have successfully fulfilled the requirements for maintaining their license. This is part of the requirements that are in place to make sure that lawyers receive continuing quality legal education, and the State has to approve the online CLE courses and programs, the providers and the activities that are offered on the websites.
The total hours that are required every three years is 25, and the maximum online CLE self study hours that are allowed is 12.5. Members have to have at least half of their hours from approved activities for participatory credit, and 4 hours of Legal Ethics is required as well, in addition to one hour of Detection/Prevention of Substance Abuse and one hour of Elimination of Bias in the Legal Profession.
There are three separate compliance groups that membership is divided into. The periods for the three groups are different so that each group reports in different years, and each of the periods for compliance span for three years. Just before the end of a compliance period, the Bar sends out compliance cards for online CLE to members who are to comply that year. Group 1 includes last names A G, with a period from 2/070 to 1/31/10 and a deadline of 2/1/10. Group 2 is for last names H M, with a period from 2/1/09 to 1/31/12 and a deadline of 2/2/12. Group 3 for California online CLE is for last names N Z, with a period of 2/1/08 to 1/31/11 and a deadline of 2/1/11.
Keep contact information about the requirements in a safe and accessible place so that if you have any questions or concerns that are not addressed here, you can contact the State Bar of California at: MCLE Program, 180 Howard Street in San Francisco, 94105. There is a phone number listed of 415.538.2155, and an email address for questions, MCLE@calbar.ca.gov.
All attorneys (including those who are exempt) are required to turn in a compliance card to verify that they have successfully fulfilled the requirements for maintaining their license. This is part of the requirements that are in place to make sure that lawyers receive continuing quality legal education, and the State has to approve the online CLE courses and programs, the providers and the activities that are offered on the websites.
The total hours that are required every three years is 25, and the maximum online CLE self study hours that are allowed is 12.5. Members have to have at least half of their hours from approved activities for participatory credit, and 4 hours of Legal Ethics is required as well, in addition to one hour of Detection/Prevention of Substance Abuse and one hour of Elimination of Bias in the Legal Profession.
There are three separate compliance groups that membership is divided into. The periods for the three groups are different so that each group reports in different years, and each of the periods for compliance span for three years. Just before the end of a compliance period, the Bar sends out compliance cards for online CLE to members who are to comply that year. Group 1 includes last names A G, with a period from 2/070 to 1/31/10 and a deadline of 2/1/10. Group 2 is for last names H M, with a period from 2/1/09 to 1/31/12 and a deadline of 2/2/12. Group 3 for California online CLE is for last names N Z, with a period of 2/1/08 to 1/31/11 and a deadline of 2/1/11.