MCLE Basics
With few exceptions, most attorneys who are actively practicing law in California must take 25 hours of Minimum Continuing Legal Education (MCLE) every three years and file a report with the State Bar. The California MCLE Podcast provides the full 25 hours including all "participatory MCLE credits.
Other special requirements:
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At least four hours of legal ethics
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At least one hour on competence issues
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At least one hour in an area called the Recognition and Elimination of Bias in the Legal Profession and Society
The California MCLE Podcast provides the fu​ll basket of required ethics, competence, and elimination of bias courses.
California MCLE Compliance
CALIFORNIA MCLE RULES
RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF MEMBERS
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DIVISION 4. MINIMUM CONTINUING LEGAL EDUCATION
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CALIFORNIA MCLE COMPLIANCE GROUPS
Attorneys are assigned to a compliance group based on their last names and remain in that same group, even if the attorney subsequently changes his/her last name.
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Group 1 (A-G)
Attorneys with last names beginning with A-G | Compliance period: 2/1/16 - 1/31/19 | Deadline to report: Feb. 1, 2019
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Group 2 (H-M)
Attorneys with last names beginning with H-M | Compliance period: 2/1/18 - 1/31/21| Deadline to report: Feb. 1, 2021
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Group 3 (N-Z)
Attorneys with last names beginning with N-Z | Compliance period: 2/1/17 - 1/31/20 | Deadline to report: Feb. 1, 2020