Compliance Groups

NOTICE: Please note the following updates to MCLE compliance deadlines:

• Last names A–G (compliance Group 1): Extended to a single 38-month cycle ending March 29, 2025. Report deadline: April 1, 2025.
• Last names N–Z (compliance Group 3): Extended to a single 38-month cycle ending March 29, 2026. Report deadline: March 30, 2026.
• Last names H–M (compliance Group 2): Extended to a single 38-month cycle ending March 29, 2027. Report deadline: March 30, 2027.
• After the single 38-month cycle, each group returns to a standard 36-month cycle starting March 30 of their respective year and ending the day before the deadline 36 months later.

Attorneys assigned to a compliance group will always remain in that same group, even if they change their last name.

• Attorneys admitted on or before Feb. 1, 1992, were assigned to a compliance group based on the first letter of their last name, as listed on their official State Bar records, effective Feb. 1, 1992 (the beginning of the MCLE program).
• Attorneys admitted after Feb. 1, 1992, are assigned to a compliance group based on the first letter of the last name listed on their admit cards. Admit cards are filled out when they are sworn in.