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New Attorney MCLE Requirements

Your New Admit Requirements:

Earn 16 Credits by Attending at Least 6 Required Programs

New CLE Requirement effective January 1, 2024: Newly admitted New Jersey attorneys required to meet the newly admitted attorney requirement must take 16 total credits in a minimum of 6 New Jersey new admit subject areas. A minimum of one credit must be taken in New Jersey attorney trust & business accounting fundamentals.

in addition to New Jersey attorney trust & business accounting fundamentals, those core subject are programs are:

  • New Jersey Estate Administration
  • New Jersey Estate Planning
  • New Jersey Civil Trial Preparation OR
    New Jersey Criminal Trial Preparation
  • New Jersey Family Law Practice
  • New Jersey Real Estate Closing Procedures
  • New Jersey Labor and Employment Law
  • New Jersey Trust & Business Accounting
  • New Jersey Landlord-Tenant Practice
  • New Jersey Municipal Court Practice
  • New Jersey Law Office Management
  • New Jersey Administrative Law
  • New Jersey Workers’ Compensation Law

New Requirements

The new diversity, inclusion and elimination of bias requirement applies to the following groups.

Year of Admission
Requirement Begins
Your 1st Compliance Reporting Period Requirements
All Following 2-Year Compliance Reporting Cycle Requirements
Year of Admission: 2021
Requirement Begins: 1/1/22
Your 1st Compliance Reporting Period Requirements: 24 credits by 12/31/23 at least 5 credits in Ethics and Professionalism including 2 in Diversity Must complete new admit requirement**
All Following 2-Year Compliance Reporting Cycle Requirements: 24 credits by 12/31/25 at least 5 credits in Ethics and Professionalism including 2 in Diversity
Year of Admission: 2022
Requirement Begins: 1/1/23
Your 1st Compliance Reporting Period Requirements: 12 credits by 12/31/23 at least 2.5 credits in Ethics and Professionalism including 1 in Diversity
Transitional reporting period+
All Following 2-Year Compliance Reporting Cycle Requirements: 24 credits by 12/31/25 at least 5 credits in Ethics and Professionalism including 2 in Diversity
Must complete new admit requirement**
Year of Admission: 2023
Requirement Begins: 1/1/24
Your 1st Compliance Reporting Period Requirements: 24 credits by 12/31/25 at least 5 credits in Ethics and Professionalism including 2 in Diversity
Must complete new admit requirement**
All Following 2-Year Compliance Reporting Cycle Requirements: 24 credits by 12/31/27 at least 5 credits in Ethics and Professionalism including 2 in Diversity
Year of Admission
Requirement Begins
Your 1st Compliance Reporting Period Requirements
All Following 2-Year Compliance Reporting Cycle Requirements
Year of Admission: 2020
Requirement Begins: 1/1/21
Your 1st Compliance Reporting Period Requirements: 24 credits by 12/31/22 at least 5 credits in Ethics and Professionalism including 2 in Diversity
Must complete new admit requirement**
All Following 2-Year Compliance Reporting Cycle Requirements: 24 credits by 12/31/24 at least 5 credits in Ethics and Professionalism including 2 in Diversity
Year of Admission: 2021
Requirement Begins: 1/1/22
Your 1st Compliance Reporting Period Requirements: 12 credits by 12/31/22 at least 2.5 credits in Ethics and Professionalism including 1 in Diversity
Transitional reporting period+
All Following 2-Year Compliance Reporting Cycle Requirements: 24 credits by 12/31/24 at least 5 credits in Ethics and Professionalism including 2 in Diversity
Must complete new admit requirement**
Year of Admission: 2022
Requirement Begins: 1/1/23
Your 1st Compliance Reporting Period Requirements: 24 credits by 12/31/24 at least 5 credits in Ethics and Professionalism including 2 in Diversity
Must complete new admit requirement**
All Following 2-Year Compliance Reporting Cycle Requirements: 24 credits by 12/31/26 at least 5 credits in Ethics and Professionalism including 2 in Diversity
Year of Admission: 2023
Requirement Begins: 1/1/24
Your 1st Compliance Reporting Period Requirements: 12 credits by 12/31/24 at least 2.5 credits in Ethics and Professionalism including 1 in Diversity
Transitional reporting period+
All Following 2-Year Compliance Reporting Cycle Requirements: 24 credits by 12/31/26 at least 5 credits in Ethics and Professionalism including 2 in Diversity
Must complete new admit requirement**

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