CLE Compliance Dates & Requirements (Strong Start Policy Holders)
CLE Requirements for Strong Start Policy:
As a Strong Start policyholder, you are required to complete LMIC sponsored MCLE programs.
These hours can be completed through our live seminars, online courses, or self-study materials.
All LMIC MCLE programs are at NO cost to you and meet the State Bar of California Requirements.
Strong Start Requirements Per Year:
First Year – 6 hours required.
Second Year – 6 hours required.
Years Thereafter – 4 hours required for each years thereafter.
*Mandatory CLE ends after fifth year as a Strong Start member.
For information regarding your MCLE requirements please contact us:
Phone: (818) 565-5512 e-mail: mcle@lawyersmutual.com
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CLE Requirements for the State Bar of CA
Minimum Continuing Legal Education (MCLE) refers to the approved continuing legal education required of California attorneys. Attorneys, including those who are Exempt, are required to submit a Compliance Card to the State Bar to verify that they have complied with their MCLE requirement. To ensure that lawyers receive quality legal education, the State Bar approves MCLE Providers and education activities.
Compliance Groups:
California’s attorney membership is divided into 3 compliance groups. Compliance periods for the three groups are staggered, so that each group reports compliance in a different year. Compliance periods are 36 months in length.
Just prior to the end of a group’s compliance period, the State Bar sends compliance cards to those who must comply that year. The table below lists the next reporting deadline for each compliance group and the breakdown of the 25-hour education requirement.
CLE Compliance Deadlines:
Group 1 (A-G)
Next compliance period: 2/1/19 – 1/31/22 Next compliance deadline: 25 hours by February 1, 2022
Group 2 (H-M)
Next compliance period: 2/1/21 – 1/31/24 Next compliance deadline: 25 hours by February 1, 2024
Group 3 (N-Z)
Next compliance period: 2/1/20 – 1/31/23 Next compliance deadline: 25 hours by February 1, 2023
CLE Requirements:
Total Hours Required – 25 hours (maximum of 12.5 hours self-study); Special Requirements within the total hours required: may be taken as participatory or self-study.
Legal Ethics – 4 hours required.
Competence Issues (formerly known as Prevention, Detection and Treatment of Substance Abuse or Mental Illness) – 1 hour required.
Elimination of Bias – 1 hour required.
Implicit Bias – 1 hour required.
For information regarding your MCLE requirements please contact the State Bar of California:
Phone: (415) 538-2130 | Email: mcle@calbar.ca.gov | Website: http://www.calbar.ca.gov/
Read MoreDoes Lawyers’ Mutual have an app for me to complete my MCLE seminars?
Yes, you can download our app from Apple App store and Google Play.
I noticed that the video seminars are in mp4 format. What media player should I use to view them?
We recommend the latest version Apple’s QuickTime. It is available for Windows as well as Mac OS. You can download the latest version of QuickTime free of charge by clicking on the link below:
http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/
Read MoreWhat is the best web browser to view the Lawyers’ Mutual website?
We recommend Google Chrome. It is available for both Windows as well as Mac OS.
Read MoreHow do I receive credit for reading the self-study?
In order to receive credit for reading a self-study you must take the quiz associated with it.
To complete the quizzes for any of the self-studies do the following:
- Navigate to the CLE page on the Lawyers’ Mutual website.
- Log in to your account with your username and password.
- Click the self-study icon on the main dashboard.
- Locate the self-study that you wish to take the quiz for and click the show details icon, which is located to the right of the title.
- On the dropdown tab click the take quiz button.
- After you have answered all of the questions, click the done button and if you wish to save the certificate that is generated. The certificate can always be retrieved from the transcript page later on.
- Click done once more to see your score and then click close.
Note: After you complete this process, you will be e-mailed a copy of the certificate of completion as well as an answer key showing the correct answers.
I cannot view or print my transcript, certificates, answer keys etc.