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| Alabama | 12 | calendar year | none | Jan. 31 |
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| Arizona | 15 | year | 3 hours of ethics | Sept. 15 |
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| California | 36 | 3 years | 8 hours of legal ethics/law practice management: 4 of the 8 hours must be ethics, 1 of the hours may be civil rights; 1 hour substance abuse/emotional distress; 1 hour elimination of bias | Jan. 31 |
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| Colorado | 45 | 3 years | 7 hours legal ethics | any time within the 3-year period |
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| Delaware | 30 | 2 years | 3 hours legal ethics; 2 to 6 hours of professionalism | July 31 |
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| Florida | 30 | 3 years | 2 hours legal ethics | every 3 years (month is assigned) |
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| Georgia | 12 | year | 1 hr legal ethics; 1 hr professionalism; 3 hours trial (only if trial attorney) | Jan. 31 |
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| Idaho | 30 | 3 years | 2 hours legal ethics and/or professional responsibility | every 3rd year, depending on year of admission |
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| Indiana | 36 | 3 years | 6 hr minimum per year; 3 hours of professional responsibility within the 3 years | Dec. 31 |
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| Iowa | 15 | year | 2 hours legal ethics every 2 years | Mar. 1 |
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| Kansas | 12 | year | including 2 hours legal ethics | Must file affadavit within 30 days after each program attended |
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| Kentucky | 12.5 | year | 2 hours legal ethics | June 30: completion of courses; Sept. 10 for reporting |
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| Louisiana | 15 | year | 1 hr legal ethics | Jan. 31 |
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| Minnesota | 45 | 3 years | none | Aug. 30 |
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| Mississippi | 12 | year | 1 hr legal ethics/professional responsibility | July 31 |
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| Missouri | 15 | year | 3 hours ethics every 3 years | July 31 |
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| Montana | 15 | year | 3 hours ethics every 3 years | July 31 |
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| Nevada | 12 | year | 2 hours ethics | Dec. 31 |
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| New Hampshire | 12 | year (July 1 - June 31) | 2 hours legal ethics/professional responsibility | Aug. 1 |
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| New Mexico | 15 | year | 1 hr ethics or code of professional responsibility | Dec. 31 |
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| New York | 32 or 24 | 2 years | Newly admitted attorneys must take 32 MCLE credit hours within the first two years of admission to the Bar. Sixteen credit hours must be completed in each of the first two years of admission to the Bar as follows: (i) 3 credit hours of Ethics and Professionalism; (ii) 6 credit hours of Skills; and (iii) 7 credit hours of Practice Management and/or Areas of Professional Practice.
Experienced attorneys may also take accredited transitional and nontransitional MCLE courses or programs toward their program requirement of 24 credit hours during each biennial reporting cycle. Four credit hours must be in ethics and professionalism. The other credit hours may be taken in any combination of the following categories: ethics and professionalism, skills, practice management or areas of professional practice. | Dec. 31 |
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| North Carolina | 12 | year | 2 hours ethics every year; 3 hours ethics block course every three years | Last day of Feb. |
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| North Dakota | 45 | 3 years | 3 hours of ethics | June 30 |
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| Ohio | 24 | 2 years | 2 yrs ehtics and substance abuse | every 2 years, on Jan. 31 |
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| Oklahoma | 12 | year | 1 hr ethics | Feb. 15 |
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| Pennsylvania | 12 | year | 1 hr ethics; 11 hours substantive law | 30 days after program attended |
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| Rhode Island | 10 | year | 2 hours ethics | July 1-June 30 annually |
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| South Carolina | 14 | year | 2 hours ethics | Jan. 15 |
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| Tennessee | 15 | year | 3 hours ethics | Mar. 1 |
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| Texas | 15 | year | 3 hours ethics | last day of birth month |
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| Utah | 24 | 2 years | 3 hours professional responsibility and ethics | end of second year |
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| Vermont | 20 | 2 years | 2 hours ethics | July 15 |
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| Virginia | 12 | year | 2 hours ethics | June 30 |
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| Washington | 45 | 3 years | 2 hours ethics | Jan. 31 |
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| West Virginia | 24 | 2 years | 3 hours ethics or office management | June 30 every 2 years |
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| Wisconsin | 30 | 2 years | 3 hours ethics | December 31 every other year |
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| Wyoming | 15 | year | none | Jan. 30 |