Texas Attorney CLE Requirements
| Credit Requirement | 15 credits every year |
| Specialty Credits | 3 ethics credits |
| CLE Compliance Deadline | The last day of the attorney’s birth month. |
| CLE Reporting Deadline | The last day of the attorney’s birth month. |
| Approved BARBRI Formats | On-demand |
| Carryover | 15 credits |
| CLE Credit Reporting | CLE credits are self-reported |
Texas CLE FAQs
Texas attorneys should complete their CLE requirement by the last day of the month preceding the attorney’s birth month. Attorneys are automatically given a grace period until the end of their birth month to complete and report CLE credits before being subjected to a penalty.
Texas newly admitted attorneys report two years after their first birthday following their admission to the Texas State Bar. All new Texas attorneys must complete the Justice James A. Baker Guide to Ethics and Professionalism in Texas course within the first year of admission to the state bar.
How Else Can Texas Lawyers Earn CLE Credit?
- Attend approved CLE courses, in-person or delivered via live or recorded technology.
- Teach at an accredited CLE course. Attorneys may earn credit for actual instruction time and preparation time.
- Participate in a mentoring program sponsored by the State Bar of Texas.
- Attorneys may earn a maximum of 5 credits, including 1 ethics credit.
- Complete self-study activities. Attorneys can earn a maximum of three self-study credits. Self-study is a CLE activity that is performed by an individual attorney acting alone or while attending non-accredited professional educational activities, including reading legal articles, digests, advance sheets, cases, treatises, statutes, and regulations. Self-study also includes attending non-accredited legal education activities and non-legal professional education activities that are relevant to specific areas of law or to the practice of law
- Publish legal written materials.
- Teach at an ABA-accredited law school.
- Attend an ABA-accredited law school. Attorneys can earn a maximum of 30 hours attending live, in-person instruction.
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