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State Bar MCLE Requirements

Find you group by the first letter of your last name. For example, Group 2 includes last names starting with the letters from H to M.* The current group is Group 2 (H–M). The Group 1 MCLE compliance deadline is February 1, 2009.

Compliance Group Total Hours Required Legal Ethics Detection / Prevention of Substance Abuse Elimination of Bias
In the
Legal Profession
Group 1 (A–G)

Period:
2/1/04 – 1/31/07
Deadline:
February 1, 2010

25 hours required
(12.5 may be self-study)

4 hours required 1 hour required 1 hour required
 
Group 2 (H–M)

Period:
2/1/06 – 1/31/09
Deadline:
February 1, 2009

25 hours required
(12.5 may be self-study)

4 hours required 1 hour required 1 hour required
 
Group 3 (N–Z)

Period:
2/1/05 – 1/31/08
Deadline:
February 1, 2008

25 hours required
(12.5 may be self-study)

4 hours required 1 hour required 1 hour required

* Members are permanently assigned to a compliance group once. You always remain in that same group, even if you subsequently change your last name.?You were assigned to a group as follows:

  • Members admitted on or before February 1, 1992 were assigned to a compliance group based on the first letter of their last name as listed on official State Bar records on Feb. 1, 1992 (the beginning of the MCLE program).
  • Members admitted after February 1, 1992 were assigned to a compliance group based on the last name listed on their admit card, which they fill out when they are sworn in as a member of the Bar.

More MCLE Information from the California State Bar