- Credit hours required: 12 hours per reporting period
- Specialty credits required: 1 hour of legal ethics, professional responsibility, or malpractice prevention credit per reporting period
- Length of reporting period: 1 year
- Compliance date: July 31
- Reporting date: August 15
- Compliance group: All attorneys report annually.
- 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 up or down to the nearest one-tenth of an hour.
- Limit on credit hours for distance-learning programs: Attorneys can earn up to 6 CLE hours via live webcast or previously recorded.
- Attendance Reporting Procedure: The ABA reports attendance on behalf of attendees.
About the ABA's CLE
Only the American Bar Association offers high-quality CLE in such a comprehensive range of relevant topics to benefit every legal professional across the nation.