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Ohio
Supreme Court of Ohio
Commission on Continuing Legal Education
65 South Front Street
Columbus, OH 43215-3431
(614) 387-9000
www.sconet.state.oh.us

  • 24 hours every two years including 2 hour of ethics based on the Code of Professional Responsibility, 1 hour of professionalism based on A Lawyer’s Creed and A Lawyer’s Aspirational Ideals and thirty minutes of substance abuse education that includes a discussion of prevention, detection, causes and treatment alternatives. 
  • An attorney’s reporting date is determined by the alphabetical grouping of the attorney’s last name and is every two years on January 31st.

Oklahoma
CLE Commission
Oklahoma State Bar
1901 North Lincoln Blvd.
P.O. Box 53036
Oklahoma City, OK 73152-3036
(405) 524-2365
(405) 524-1115 Fax
www.okbar.org

  • 12 hours per year including 1 hour ethics.
  • Reporting date is February 15th.

Oregon
Oregon State Bar
5200 S. W. Meadows Road
P.O. Box 1689
Lake Oswego, OR 97035-0889
(503) 620-0222 x368
(503) 684-1366 Fax
www.osbar.org/programs
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  • 45 hours over 3-year period including 6 hours ethics, 1 of those 6 hours on child abuse reporting, 3 of the general hours must be in courses pertaining to the role of lawyers concerning racial and ethnic issues, gender fairness, disability issues, and access to justice. New admittees-15 hours of which 10 must be in practical skills and 2 hours in ethics.
  • Reporting date is December 31st every 3 years.

Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Continuing Legal Education Board (PACLE)
5035 Ritter Road
Ste. 500
P.O. Box 869
Mechanicsburg, PA 17055
(800) 497-2253 / (717) 795-2139
(717) 795-2120 Fax
www.pacle.com

  • 12 hours per year for all 3 compliance groups. 1 hour ethics, professionalism, or substance abuse and a minimum of 11 hours of substantive law, practice and procedure, CLE for ethics, professionalism, or substance abuse may be applied to any substantive law, practice and procedure requirement, no more than two times the current annual CLE requirement may be carried forward into the two succeeding years.
  • Reporting date is 30 days after CLE program.

Puerto Rico
Supreme Court of Puerto Rico
Universidad de Puerto Rico
P.O. Box 23349
San Juan, PR 00931-3349
(787) 999-9651
(787) 999-9603 (Fax)
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  • 24 credit hours of continuing legal education per compliance period.

Rhode Island
Rhode Island CLE Commission
250 Benefit Street, 4th Floor
Providence, RI 02903
(401) 222-4942
(401) 222-3599 Fax
www.courts.state.ri.us

  • 10 hours per year including 2 hours ethics.
  • Reporting date is July 1st to June 30th annually.

South Carolina
Commission on CLE and Specialization
Supreme Court of South Carolina
P.O. Box 2138
Columbia, SC 29202
(803) 799-5578
(803) 799-4118 Fax www.comCLE.org/

  • 14 hours per year including 2 hours ethics/professional responsibility each reporting period.
  • Reporting date is March 1st.

South Dakota
222 E Capitol Ave # 3
Pierre, SD 57501
(605) 224-7554
www.sdbar.org

  • No CLE requirement.

Tennessee
Tennessee Commission on CLE and Specialization
221 Fourth Ave. North, Ste. 300
Nashville, TN 37219
(615) 741-3096
(615) 532-2477 Fax
www.cletn.com
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  • 15 hours per year. Including 3 hours ethics/professionalism.
  • Reporting date: is March 1st.

Texas
State Bar of Texas
P.O. Box 13007
Austin, TX 78711-3007
(800) 204-2222 x2106
(512) 463-1463 x2106
(512) 463-1498 Fax
www.texasbar.com

  • 15 hours per year including 3 hours legal ethics.
  • 1 hour of the 3 hours of legal ethics may be completed thorough self-study.
  • 5 hours of the total 15 hours may be completed thorough self-study.
  • Reporting date: last day of birth month each year.

Utah
Utah Law and Justice Center
645 South 200 East, Ste. 312
Salt Lake City, UT 84111-3834
(801) 531-9077
(801) 531-0660 Fax
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  • 27 hours every 2 years including 3 hours ethics each reporting period.
  • Reporting date is the end of second year compliance period.

Vermont
Vermont CLE Board
C/O Vermont Supreme Court
109 State Street
Montpelier, VT 05609-0702
(802) 828-3281
(802) 828-3457 Fax
www.vermontjudiciary.org
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  • 20 hours over 2 years including 2 hours ethics each reporting period.
  • Reporting date is July 15th.

Virginia
Virginia State Bar
8th and Main Bldg.
707 E. Main Street, Ste. 1500
Richmond, VA 23219-2803
(804) 775-0578
(804) 775-0501 Fax
www.vsb.org
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  • 12 hours per year including 2 hours ethics each reporting period.
    CLE compliance deadline October 31.
  • Reporting date is December 15th.

Virgin Islands (U.S.)
Virgin Islands Bar Association
P.O. Box 4108
Christiansted, VI 00822
(310) 778-8855
(307) 632-3737 Fax
www.vibar.org

  • 12 hours per calendar year including 2 hours ethics or professionalism.
  • Reporting date: January 31st (first reporting date, January 31, 2009).

Washington
Washington State Board of CLE
Washington State Bar Association
2101 Fourth Avenue, 4th Floor
Seattle, WA 98121-2330
(206) 733-5912
(206) 727-8320 Fax
www.courts.wa.gov

  • 45 hours over 3 years including 6 hours ethics, professional responsibility, professionalism, anti-bias and diversity.
  • At least 30 credits must be earned by attendance at live CLEs, and up to 15 may be earned by self-study.
  • Reporting date: January 31st.

West Virginia
West Virginia CLE Commission
2006 Kanawha Blvd., East
Charleston, WV 25311-2204
(304) 558-7992
(304) 558-2467--Fax
www.wvbar.org

  • 24 hours over 2 years including 3 hours ethics or office management or substance abuse per cycle.
  • Reporting date is June 30th every 2 years.

Wisconsin
Wisconsin Board of Bar Examiners
110 East Main Street, Ste. 715
Madison, WI 53703-3328
(608) 266-9760
(608) 266-1196 Fax #
www.wicourts.gov

  • 30 hours over 2 years including 3 hours ethics and professional responsibility.
  • Reporting date: December 31st every other year.

Wyoming
Wyoming State Board of CLE
Wyoming State Bar
500 Randall Avenue
P.O. Box 109
Cheyenne, WY 82003-0109
(307) 632-9061
(307) 632-3737 Fax
www.wyomingbar.org

  • 15 hours per year including 1 hour ethics. 
  • Reporting date is January 30th.


 
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