Find your group by the first letter of your last name. For example, Group 2 includes last names starting with the letters from H to M*. The current group is Group 3 (N-Z). The Group 1 MCLE compliance deadline is February 1, 2014.
| Compliance Group |
Total Hours
Required |
Legal Ethics |
Detection / Prevention of Substance Abuse |
Elimination of Bias
In the Legal Profession |
Group 1 (A–G)
Period:
2/1/10 – 1/31/13
Deadline:
February 1, 2013 |
25 hours required
(12.5 may be self-study) |
4 hours required |
1 hour required |
1 hour required |
Group 2 (H–M)
Period:
2/1/12 – 1/31/15
Deadline:
February 1, 2015 |
25 hours required
(12.5 may be self-study) |
4 hours required |
1 hour required |
1 hour required |
Group 3 (N–Z)
Period:
2/1/11 – 1/31/14
Deadline:
February 1, 2014 |
25 hours required
(12.5 may be self-study) |
4 hours required |
1 hour required |
1 hour required |
* Members are permanently assigned to a compliance group once. You always remain in that same group, even if you subsequently change your last name. You were assigned to a group as follows:
More MCLE Information from the California State Bar:
- Members admitted on or before February 1, 1992 were assigned to a compliance group based on the first letter of their last name as listed on official State Bar records on Feb. 1, 1992 (the beginning of the MCLE program).
- Members admitted after February 1, 1992 were assigned to a compliance group based on the last name listed on their admit card, which they fill out when they are sworn in as a member of the Bar.