California’s MCLE Deadline Extension: What Attorneys Need to Know

The State Bar of California has changed the reporting deadline date for attorneys, giving California attorneys with a last name beginning A-G more time to meet their CLE requirements in 2025. Here’s what you need to know about the new California MCLE deadlines and how you can complete your credits affordably and efficiently.

New compliance period: In 2025, you must watch all CLEs by March 29th and report them by April 1st. This means attorneys in Compliance Group 1 (A-G) have additional time to complete their CLEs this year. Here is the California MCLE Reporting Period Chart to check your reporting cycle dates.

California's CLE requirements:

California attorneys have specific requirements and must complete 25 hours of continuing legal education during their compliance period, including 4 hours of legal ethics and 2 hours of bias elimination.

California requires 12.5 credit hours must be participatory credit hours, like CLEcast's on-demand videos that track your participation and issue a certificate of completion. Get quality CLEs at an affordable price, including hard to find ethics credits. Watch at your convenience anytime, anywhere on the website or through the app. As a bonus, we support nonprofits with every CLE purchase.

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