ApexCLE

Reporting Method: Self-Reporting

Compliance Period: Three-Year Cycle

Reporting Process: Attorneys must certify their MCLE compliance through their My State Bar Profile with the State Bar of California. Compliance groups are assigned based on the attorney's last name and admission status.

Compliance Deadline: March 30 of the attorney's assigned compliance year.

Total Credits Required: 25 credit hours every three years.

Specialty Credit Requirements:

4 hours of Legal Ethics
2 hours of Recognition and Elimination of Bias in the Legal Profession (including 1 hour of Implicit Bias/Bias-Reducing Strategies)
2 hours of Competence Issues (including at least 1 hour of Prevention and Detection Competence)
1 hour of Technology in the Practice of Law
1 hour of Civility in the Legal Profession

Maximum Online Credits: 12.5 credit hours may be completed through self-study. At least 12.5 credit hours must be completed through participatory activities, including live or interactive programs.

Carryover Credit: None permitted.

Continuing Legal Education CLE Resources

State Licensing and Certification Site

State Courts

California Supreme Court

Appellate Court

Superior Court

Prominent Bar Associations

California Continuing Legal Education Requirements