Delaware
As of March 19 |
The Supreme Court of Delaware has issued an order that waives the requirement that at least 12 of the required 24 CLE credit hours must be earned by attending in-person to only those attorneys who failed to complete required CLE requirements for the Compliance Year ending December 31, 2019. The Attorney must verify the Transcript on or before April 30, 2020, accompanied by a specific plan for making up the deficiency. The plan must be completed by May 31, 2020. The Attorney must report completion of the plan by June 15, 2020. |
Florida
As of March 23 |
The Florida Bar is taking recommended precautions and implementing social distancing by closing their offices and having limited staff working remotely. Requests will be processed in the order in which they are received. However, due to the reduced staff, the processing time may be longer than usual. Please note that all course accreditation has stopped until The Florida Bar offices reopen. |
Georgia
As of March 10 |
The Supreme Court of Georgia has issued an order temporarily waiving the 6-hour in-person CLE requirement. You are still required to fulfill your 12-hour CLE requirement by March 31, but the order allows you to obtain all of your hours through self-study, in-house or online seminars. State Bar offices will be closed through March 31, 2020. Given this information, the Commission on Continuing Lawyer Competency has extended the late fee deadline to April 30 for lawyers who have not completed their 2019 CLE requirements. |
Indiana
As of March 31 |
Credit-hour limitations on distance education are waived for all attorneys, judges and state-level judicial officers whose compliance period ends on December 31, 2020. Judges and attorneys whose educational periods end on or before December 31, 2022 may obtain no more than 24 hours of distance education. State level judicial officers whose educational periods ends on or before December 31, 2022 may obtain no more than 36 hours of distance education. |
Iowa
As of March 16 |
In the matter of preparation for COVID-19's impact on the office of regulation, the Iowa Supreme Court has issued an order allowing attorneys to complete all 15 hours of their requirement online through webinars or on-demand programming. |
| Kansas |
Please keep in mind that an attorney licensed in Kansas can currently complete the entire 12-hour requirement online, including ethics. The six-hour cap only applies to prerecorded programming. Live webinars and teleconferences are not capped. Any distance learning programs must meet the standards required for verification and interaction. |
Maine
As of March 13 |
Effective March 13 and until further order, any in-person participation requirements for continuing legal education, including but not limited to the requirement in M. Bar. R. 5(c)(3), are hereby suspended and participation may be by an electronic medium. |
Missouri
As of March 23 |
The Supreme Court of Missouri issued an order dated March 23, 2020 that as a result of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, the reporting year for 2019-2020 will be for the 15 months between July 1, 2019, and September 30, 2020. Any extra credit hours earned during the 2019-2020 reporting year may be carried over as prescribed in Regulation 15.05.5. |
Minnesota
As of March 18 |
The Supreme Court of Minnesota has issued an order temporarily waiving the credit limitation for on-demand courses. Minnesota attorneys in category 3 who are due to report their requirement on August 31 (for the 2017-2020 reporting year), may complete all of their requirement as on-demand courses. |
| Nebraska |
The Nebraska Supreme Court has issued an order temporarily removing the limit to distance learning courses. Attorneys can complete up to 10 credits of distance learning for all CLE requirements due on or before January 20, 2021. This includes the 2020 requirement. |
New Jersey
As of March 10 |
Relaxed as of March 10 until further notice. All 24 credits can be earned through alternative verifiable formats (on-demand with verification procedures). |
New York
As of March 11 |
NY CLE Board has issued a temporary rule that says that newly-admitted attorneys are permitted to treat skill credits the same as ethics credits. Skill credits may be acquired via remote simultaneous formats as long as questions are permitted. |
| North Carolina |
No changes (Note: Although North Carolina previously had a live CLE requirement, as of January 1, that requirement was rescinded. North Carolina attorneys can complete their entire CLE requirement via on-demand programming.) |
North Dakota
As of March 23 |
Effective immediately and continuing until further notice attorneys in Reporting Group 3, who report in 2020, will be allowed to earn all or a portion of the required 45 credits through self-study. Three (3) ethics CLE hours will still be required. |
Ohio
As of March 17 |
The Commission has adopted the following changes for attorneys with regard to CLE Late Compliance for the 2018/2019 period: Deadline to complete all hours is extended to June 29, 2020, and waiver of the self-study cap for the 2018/2019 Late Compliance period. At this time, The Commission on Continuing Legal Education in Ohio is not recommending a waiver of Ohio's twelve-hour cap on self-study. |
Pennsylvania
As of March 19 |
The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania issued an order to extend the April 30 CLE compliance deadline applicable to Compliance Group 1 to August 31. All other 2020 annual compliance deadlines remain unchanged and on standard schedule. |
South Carolina
As of March 17 |
The Supreme Court of South Carolina has issued an order stating that all attorneys may complete their 14 hour requirement through online or telephonic programs for the 2019-2020 reporting year, which ends April 15. All attorneys who missed the March 1 filing deadline now have until April 15 to file their report of compliance before facing an administrative suspension. |
Tennessee
As of March 13 |
The Tennessee Supreme Court has issued an order temporarily waiving the eight-hour distance learning CLE limitation for the 2019 requirement. Attorneys can now complete any portion of their 2019 CLE requirement via on-demand until March 31. |
Texas
As of March 23 |
The State Bar of Texas MCLE Department will grant an automatic 60-day extension to attorneys reaching their compliance deadlines in March, April or May. Attorneys who missed compliance deadlines in January or February will receive an automatic 60-day extension to prevent the assessment of further fees. |
| Utah |
In-person requirement is lifted for periods ending on June 30. |
Vermont
As of March 23 |
The Vermont Supreme Court has lifted the 10 hour cap on credits earned via self-study programs for the 2018-2020 reporting period. The Vermont Judiciary also issued a notice stating, "In light of possible cancellations/rescheduling of CLE programming due to COVID-19 concerns, the Office of Attorney Licensing wants to remind attorneys that "live" programming includes non-recorded programming presented via electronic means, such as webinars and teleseminars." |
Virginia
As of March 23 |
Providers and lawyers seeking individual approval who are working remotely can temporarily submit Form 4 applications for approval to nbailey@vsb.org. All applications will be considered on hold until payment is received. If sending a firm check, please include information on the check to identify the application so they can be matched and processed. VSB offices will remain closed through March 30. |
West Virginia
Check the Bar Blast and wvbar.org for more information on when implementation of the waiver is complete |
Temporary Waiver of Online Continuing Legal Education Credit Limit. The State Bar is currently working on implementing the Temporary Waiver of Online Continuing Legal Education Credit Limit. Current CLE totals on your transcript may not reflect the actual total of credits. |
| Wisconsin |
The Wisconsin Supreme Court has lifted the cap on credits earned via repeated, on-demand programs from 15 to 30 credits effective March 17 through December 31. |
