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With a few exceptions, all attorneys who are actively practicing law in California must complete 25 hours of Minimum Continuing Legal Education (MCLE) every three years and file a report with the State Bar.

The MCLE rules specify that some types of activities qualify for self-study credit. They include: Studying online materials and taking an assessment test. Preparing written materials for a law book or legal course.

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The 25 CA MCLE hours must include 4 hours of legal ethics, 1 hour of competence issues (formerly substance abuse), and 2 hours of elimination of bias in the legal profession and society, one of which must be in implicit bias and the promotion of bias reducing strategies.

The compliance requirement for attorneys admitted in 2023 is 12.5 hours, including 8 combined hours of ethics, professionalism, or law office management, which can be earned in the year of admission and the following calendar year.

Requirements: California Registered Paralegals are required to complete 4 hours of mandatory continuing legal education in legal ethics and 4 hours of mandatory continuing legal education in either general law or in an area of specialized law every two years.

MCLE activities for prevention and detection competence must consist of education that relates to the prevention and detection of substance use disorders, mental illness, and other mental or physical issues that impair an attorney's ability to perform legal services with competence.

Lawyers sixty-five (65) years of age and older are exempt from MCLE by Rule 2 of Rule , Part H, of the Rules of the Supreme Court of Louisiana.