Louisiana CLE Requirements

Active status attorneys in Louisiana must complete 12.50 CLE credits every year to maintain good standing with the Louisiana State Bar.

Louisiana attorneys must complete all 12.50 required credits by December 31 each year. Attorneys must report their credits by January 31 of the following year.

The compliance year is 1 year and ends on December 31 for all attorneys. If you are a new attorney, your first compliance period ends on December 31 of the year following your year of admission to the Louisiana State Bar.

NBI reports your credit to the Louisiana Mandatory Continuing Legal Education Committee of the Louisiana State Bar Association.

You may check your transcript online at the Louisiana State Bar Association website. On or before December 1 of each year, the MCLE Committee will email you a preliminary report of compliance with MCLE requirements for that year.

Experienced attorneys can fulfill their Louisiana CLE requirement by completing courses approved and accredited by the Continuing Legal Education Committee of the Louisiana State Bar Association.

Examples of accepted course formats include:

In-Person

• CLE classes Live In Person

Computer-based CLE

• Live Online CLE Webinars
• OnDemand courses

Louisiana attorneys may carry over 8.00 CLE credits to the following year.** No ethics or professionalism CLE credits can be carried over.

Attorneys in Louisiana can earn a maximum of 4.00 CLE credits each year with self-study courses.

All Louisiana attorneys need 1.00 ethics credit and 1.00 professionalism credit every year. These credits cannot carry over. Ethics and professionalism credits may be earned through live or self-study courses.

No. In-program attendance verification is not required.

• State Contact Information:
  • Address: LA State Bar Association, 601 St. Charles Avenue, New Orleans, LA 70130
  • Phone Number: (504) 566-1600
  • Email Address: mcle@lsba.org/mcle
  • Website: https://www.lsba.org/mcle
  • Louisiana Bar Foundation: https://raisingthebar.org/about-us/

Newly admitted attorneys in Louisiana must complete 12.50 hours of approved CLE between the date of admission and the end of the calendar year following the year of admission. At least 8.00 of those hours must concern legal ethics, professionalism, or law office management.

Newly Admitted attorneys can fulfill their Louisiana CLE requirement by completing courses approved and accredited by the Mandatory Continuing Legal Education Committee of the Louisiana State Bar Association. Examples of accepted course formats include:

In-Person

• CLE classes Live In Person

Computer-based CLE

• Live Online CLE Webinars
• OnDemand courses

Yes. The regular rule for carryover credits applies. If you earn in excess of 12.50 CLE credits in your first reporting period, you may carry over up to 8.00 CLE credits to the following year.

Your first reporting period begins when you are admitted to practice law in Louisiana and ends on December 31 of the calendar year following the year you were admitted to the Louisiana State Bar.

Yes. You must complete 12.50 CLE credits by December 31 of the calendar year after you are admitted to practice law in Louisiana, and 8.00 of those credits must be in legal ethics, professionalism, or law office management.

An attorney in Louisiana is considered newly admitted during the year of their admission through the next calendar year.