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MCLE "Regular" Requirement [Rule 2.72]
Total hours required every three years: 25 hours
- Maximum "self-study" hours: 12.5 hours
- Members must fulfill at least one-half of their MCLE requirement
with activities approved for "participatory" MCLE credit. (See
FAQs)
- Special Requirements within the total hours required (may be taken
as participatory or self-study):
- Legal Ethics: 4 hours (required)
- Detection/Prevention of Substance Abuse or Mental Illness: 1 hour (required)
- Elimination of Bias in the Legal Profession: 1 hour (required)
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See Rules
2.72 for more information about the requirement.
Proportional Requirement [Rule 2.72(C)]
If you were Inactive or Exempt for any amount of time, go to Calculate
Your Proportional Requirement or use the proportional
table below to find the number of hours of education you must complete.
- Members who are subject to the MCLE requirement for only a portion of the
compliance period must complete education in proportion to the amount of
time they were subject to the requirement.
- Members are not subject to the requirement during months that they
are:
- on voluntary Inactive status;
- "Exempt" from the requirement; or
- not yet a member of the bar (new admittees).
- Members completing a proportional requirement are not required to complete
one hour of education in the prevention, detection and treatment of substance
abuse, nor to complete one hour of education in the
elimination of bias in the legal profession.
- Members who are on Active status for four months or less of their compliance
period do not have to comply.
- Members who are Exempt for all but four months of the compliance period
do not need to complete any education. However, all Exempt members, including
these members, still must send in a Compliance Card. Complete the
compliance card by marking the box on it that corresponds to the type of
exemption you enjoyed for 32 months or more of the compliance period.
Proportional Requirement Table
| Months on Active status & Not Exempt |
Total hours required |
Hours of Legal Ethics |
| 1-4 |
0 |
0 |
| 5 |
4 |
1 |
| 6-7 |
5 |
1 |
| 8 |
6 |
1 |
| 9 |
7 |
1 |
| 10 |
7 |
2 |
| 11 |
8 |
2 |
| 12 |
9 |
2 |
| 13-14 |
10 |
2 |
| 15 |
11 |
2 |
| 16-17 |
12 |
2 |
| 18 |
13 |
2 |
| 19-20 |
14 |
3 |
| 21 |
15 |
3 |
| 22-23 |
16 |
3 |
| 24 |
17 |
3 |
| 25 |
18 |
3 |
| 26-27 |
19 |
3 |
| 28 |
20 |
4 |
| 29-30 |
21 |
4 |
| 31 |
22 |
4 |
| 32-33 |
23 |
4 |
| 34 |
24 |
4 |
| 35 |
25 |
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CALCULATE YOUR PROPORTIONAL REQUIREMENT:
Your proportional requirement is based upon the number of months you are on
Active status out of the possible 36 months of your compliance period. You
may owe a proportional requirement because you are a new admittee, have been
on Inactive status for a period of time, or have been on Active status but
in an Exempt category for a period of time. Additionally, one half of MCLE
required hours must be participatory.
Count the number of months you were subject to the requirement. (If
you were subject to the requirement for part of any month, you must count the
entire month.)
Select the number of months from the drop-down field:
See Rules
2.72 for more information about the requirement.
EXAMPLE: You officially were on Inactive membership status
when your compliance period began. You transfer to Active status with 6-1/2
months remaining in the compliance period. You round 6-1/2 months up to
7 months and consult the table. You are required to complete 5 hours of approved
education. Within those 5 hours, you must complete 1 hour of legal ethics.
You do NOT need to complete one hour of education in the prevention, detection
and treatment of substance abuse nor one hour
of education in the elimination of bias in the legal profession.
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