Frequently Asked Questions

Icon for Question: How are courses on Nacle.com accredited?

National Academy of Continuing Legal Education has been recognized as a self-study established sponsor (sponsor number 14232) by the Ohio Commission on Continuing Legal Education.

Icon for Question: What are the CLE requirements for Ohio attorneys?

Ohio attorneys are required to complete 24 credits including 2.5 credits of Professional Conduct every 2 years.

Icon for Question: What part of my requirement can I satisfy with you?

Ohio attorneys can earn all 24 CLE credit hours with us including 2.5 credits of Professional Conduct using our DVDs, Audio CDs, USB Stick, Online, and iOS/Android App courses.

Icon for Question: What are my compliance and reporting deadlines?

An attorney’s reporting period depends on the first letter of the attorney’s last name. Ohio attorneys with last names beginning with A-L are due on December 31st of each odd numbered year and attorneys with last names beginning M-Z are required to complete their requirement on each even numbered year.

Icon for Question: Can I carry over excess credits taken from one compliance period to the next?

Attorneys who complete more than the required hours of credit in a compliance period may apply a maximum of 12 credit hours to the next compliance period, provided they have timely completed and timely reported more than the required number of credit hours in a compliance period. Excess CLE hours are carried over to the next biennial compliance period as general hours.

Icon for Question: Are there any recent changes to the OH CLE rules?

On 8/30/2022 The Supreme Court of OH sent a notice that it has permanently removed the self-study CLE cap for all attorneys moving forward in 2023 and beyond OH Supreme Court Notice. Therefore all OH attorneys can now satisfy their entire requirement with our DVDs, Audio CDs, USB Stick, Online, and iOS/Android App courses.

Icon for Question: How can I contact the CLE department in my state?

Continuing Legal Education Supreme Court of Ohio
65 South Front Street, 5th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215-3431
(p) 614.387.9320

Icon for Question: See our full Ohio CLE Rules
To see full Ohio CLE Rules please go to our Ohio CLE Rules Page.
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