The State Bar of California assigns attorneys to one of three compliance groups based on their last name. Each group follows a specific MCLE compliance period and reporting deadline:

• Group 1 (A-G)

  • Compliance Period: February 1, 2022 –
    March 30, 2025

  • Reporting Deadline: April 1, 2025

• Group 2 (H-M)

  • Compliance Period: February 1, 2024 –
    March 29, 2027

  • Reporting Deadline: March 30, 2027

• Group 3 (N-Z)

  • Compliance Period: February 1, 2023 – March 29, 2026

  • Reporting Deadline: March 30, 2026

Attorneys must complete their MCLE requirements within their designated compliance period and submit their credits by the reporting deadline.

25 hours every 3 years, including:

• 4 hours in Legal Ethics

• 2 hours of Elimination of Bias (1 of which must be Implicit Bias)

• 2 hours of Competence (1 of which must be Prevention and Detection Competence and 1 may be Wellness Competence)

• 1 hour of Technology and the Practice of Law

• 1 hour of Civility in the Legal Profession

Attorneys are not permitted to carry over credits to the next reporting period.