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California attorneys must complete a minimum of 25 credit hours of approved continuing legal education activities every 3 years including at least 4 hours of Ethics, 1 hour of Civility, 1 hour of Technology, 2 hours of Competence and 2 hours of Elimination of Bias. Additionally, at least one of the hours in Elimination of Bias must be an approved Implicit Bias program.
At least 12.5 of the credit hours must be in a "Participatory" format. The remaining hours can be in a self-study format.
**The State Bar of California is implementing changes to the MCLE course requirements effective October 1, 2023. Beginning with the compliance period ending March 29, 2025, licensees will be required to also complete and report compliance on the following new subfields:
Technology in the Practice of Law (one credit)
Civility in the Legal Profession (one credit)
Competence (Increased from one credit to two)
California attorneys may earn all 25 hours with the National Academy of Continuing Legal Education. Our Online and iOS/Android App platforms are automatically deemed participatory and our Audio CDs, DVDs, USB Stick, and MP3/MP4 downloaded courses may also be taken in participatory form as well.
California MCLE rules do not allow carryover. Credit for participating in a CLE activity may not be earned forward from one compliance period to another.
Members are required to comply online under “My State Bar Profile” www.calbar.ca.gov by attesting under penalty of perjury that the member has complied with the education requirement or is exempt and the nature of the exemption. Attorneys who are unable to comply online must contact the State Bar’s Member Services Center 888-800-3400.
State Bar of California
180 Howard Street
San Francisco, CA 94105-1639
(t) 415-538-2100
(f) 415-538-2180 mcle.calbar.ca.gov
While it is commonplace to encounter opioids in every day news, attorneys often hear of these drugs on a much too regular basis when it comes to impairment, fatalities, and street drug dealings. Attorneys need to understand the scientific facts about the effects of these drugs, including how they work; how they poison and take the lives of so many; where they fit into postmortem cases; where fentanyl is found; how naloxone works, when does it work and when does it not? Our expert speaker, Allison A. Muller, will address these questions and more at this crash course on the science of opioids for attorneys.
She will address:
The 3 effects of opioids on the body
Examples of unexpected sources of opioids
Example of a drug that can intensify opioid toxicity
The pitfalls in interpreting drug screen results as they relate to opioids 5. Some reasons for the presence of morphine in the blood
