Credit hours required
25 hours per reporting period
Specialty credits required
4 hours of ethics credit; 1 hour of competence issues credit; and 1 hour of elimination of bias in the profession credit, per reporting period
Self Study
No
Length of reporting period
3 years
Compliance date
January 31
Reporting date
February 1
Compliance group
California attorney membership is divided into 3 compliance groups by last name and is up for compliance every 3 years: Group 1 (A-G) - 2/1/13 -1/31/16; Group 2 (H-M) - 2/1/12 - 1/31/15; and Group 3 (N-Z) -2/1/14-1/31/17.
Minutes per credit hour
60 minutes. To calculate credit for a specific program, divide the total length of the program in minutes by 60 and round down to the nearest quarter hour.
Attendance Reporting Procedure
Attorneys are responsible for tracking their CLE credit and reporting compliance to the State Bar of California at the end of the reporting period.
Company Name
The State Bar of California
Office of Certification
Address
180 Howard Street, 8th Floor
San Francisco, 94105
United States
Phone
(415) 538-2130
Email
Website
Limit on credit hours for self-study: Attorneys must earn 12.5 credit hours through activities qualified for participatory credit (or one half of their proportional requirement). The remainder (up to 12.5 hours) can be earned via self-study.