Accreditation and CLE Rules for New Jersey
National Academy of Continuing Legal Education is a New Jersey Accredited CLE Provider. You can see our official approval letter here: NACLE NJ Approval Letter.
*Effective January 1, 2021: NJ attorneys must now take a total of 5 Professionalism and Ethics credits including a minimum of 2 credits of Diversity, Inclusion, and Elimination of Bias. NJ Diversity Requirement Notice.
*COVID-19 Update NJ Supreme court has suspended the live requirement until further notice and all 24 credit hours for the compliance period may be fulfilled through approved courses offered in alternative verifiable learning formats. Therefore all NJ attorneys can now satisfy their entire requirement with our DVDs, Audio CDs, Online & iOS/Android App courses. NJ Live Exception Notice.
Rule 201:3 Carryover - A total of twelve credit hours may be carried over to a subsequent compliance period.
Each active New Jersey attorney is permanently assigned to one of two compliance groups for CLE purposes.
Group 1 is attorneys with birthdays in January through June and must complete their CLE by 12/31 every odd numbered year (2019, 2021, etc…)
Group 2 is attorneys with birthdays in July through December and must complete their CLE by 12/31 every even numbered year (2018, 2020, etc…)
Supreme Court of New Jersey Board on Continuing Legal Education
PO Box 965
Trenton, NJ 08625-0965
Phone: (609) 815-2930
www.njcourts.gov/attorneys/attcle.html