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Education State Bar MCLE Requirements

State Bar MCLE Requirements

Find your group by the first letter of your last name*. The current group is Group 1 (A-G). The Group 1 MCLE compliance deadline is January 31, 2025.

Compliance Group* Total Hours
Required		 Legal Ethics Prevention and Detection Competence Wellness Competence Implicit Bias Elimination of Bias Technology In The Practice Of Law Civility
 
Group 1 (A–G)
Compliance Period:
2/1/22 – 3/29/25
Deadline to Report:
April 1, 2025		 25 hours required
(12.5 may be self-study)		 4 hours required 1 hour required 1 hour required 1 hour required 1 hour required 1 hour required 1 hour required
 
Group 2 (H–M)
Compliance Period:
2/1/24 – 3/29/27
Deadline to Report:
March 30, 2027		 25 hours required
(12.5 may be self-study)		 4 hours required 1 hour required 1 hour required 1 hour required 1 hour required 1 hour required 1 hour required
 
Group 3 (N–Z)
Compliance Period:
2/1/23 – 3/29/26
Deadline to Report:
March 30, 2026		 25 hours required
(12.5 may be self-study)		 4 hours required 1 hour required 1 hour required 1 hour required 1 hour required 1 hour required 1 hour required
*Attorneys are permanently assigned to a compliance group once. You always remain in that same group, even if you subsequently change your last name. 

More MCLE Information from the California State Bar:

  • Attorneys 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).
  • Attorneys 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.