YOU ARE REQUIRED TO:

• Keep your credit certificates in a safe place. They will be required in the event that you are audited by the Office of Court Administration;
• Monitor the number and categories of credits you accumulate so that you know when, if, and how you have satisfied the OCA requirement;
• Certify on your biennial registration that you have met your CLE credit requirement.

REQUIREMENTS FOR ATTORNEYS ADMITTED MORE THAN TWO (2) YEARS:

You are required to have completed 24 Credit Hours of CLE biennially, according to the following breakdown:

• 4 Ethics Credits (Minimum, you may take more);

• 20 Practice Management, Skills, Area of Professional Practice or Ethics Credits or any combination of these.

REQUIREMENTS FOR ATTORNEYS ADMITTED LESS THAN TWO (2) YEARS:

•  A Minimum of 32 Credit Hours in courses that are listed as "Transitional" or "Bridge-the-Gap";

• The attorney MUST take at least 3 Ethics Credits Each Year.  Ethics credits can NOT be "banked".  Additional credits will NOT count toward fulfilling the balance of your credit requirement;

• 6 Skills Credits each year & 7 Professional Practice, Practice Management Credits each year;

• After meeting this credit requirement, the attorney is then responsible for meeting the 24 CREDIT HOUR REQUIREMENT, biennially.