Mandatory Continuing Legal Education
By October 31 of each year, all active lawyers must have completed 12 hours of continuing legal education, including 2 hours in ethics/professionalism and 4 hours from live, interactive programs.
Active lawyers are mailed an MCLE end-of-year report in mid-November, and any MCLE hours missing from the report must be reported by December 15.
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Deadlines & Fees
| Completion Deadline | October 31 | Non-compliance fee: $100 |
| Reporting Deadline | December 15 | Late filing fee: $100 |
| Late Reporting Deadline | February 1 | Additional late filing fee: $100 |
Calendar of all compliance deadlines – Deadlines are Eastern Time.
Current Virginia Approved Courses
- Course List Live and Pre-recorded Group Video programs through 12/31/2019 (pdf)
- Course List Telephone Webcast through 12/31/2019 (pdf)
- Accredited Sponsors (pdf) updated 8/6/19
- Virginia CLE – the commonwealth’s largest provider of approved CLEs
- Reciprocity Course approved under Rule 1A:1
Forms
- Form 1 – to report MCLE courses that cannot be reported online + instructions (pdf)
- Form 1 – to report MCLE courses that cannot be reported online (form only) (pdf)
- Form 2 – Certification of Attendance (pdf)
- Form 3 – Certification of Teaching (pdf)
- Applications for MCLE Course Approval
More Information & FAQs
- Certifying Your MCLE Attendance
- FAQs about the 2012 MCLE Regulation Changes
- Instructions for the 60-Day notice of suspension (pdf)
- View the official Mandatory Continuing Legal Education Regulations as maintained by the Mandatory Continuing Legal Education Board
MCLE Opinions
- Opinion 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7 – Waivers
- Opinions 4, 9, 10 – Course Approval
- Opinion 8 – Taped Courses
- Opinion 11 – Advertisement by Sponsors
- Opinion 12 – Carryover Credit
- Opinion 13 – Legal Ethics
- Opinion 14 – Written Materials
- Opinion 15 – Vendor Programs
- Opinion 16 – Courses Presented Remotely (Course Presented by Distance Learning Methods)
- Opinion 17 – Law Office Management Programs
- Opinion 18 – Law Firm Sponsored Courses and Programs
- Opinion 19 – Lawyer Well-being
- Opinion 20 – Interpretive Guidance for Courses Approved under Va. Supreme Court Rule 1A:1(b)(3)
Authority for the VSB’s mandatory continuing legal education is found in Part 6, Section IV, Rules of Supreme Court of Virginia, Paragraph 17 and the Virginia Code, Title 54.1, Chapter 39, Article 2. Failure to meet these obligations will result in accrual of delinquency fees and possible administrative suspension pursuant to Paragraph 19 of the Rules of Court.
According to § 54.1-3914 of the Code of Virginia any attorney who fails for two successive years to pay the annual fees shall forfeit his license to practice law in the commonwealth.
Updated: Nov 01, 2019