How to use this guide
Start with the state, then confirm the attorney's status
CLE requirements by state are not just a list of credit totals. The right requirement can depend on whether the attorney is active, inactive, newly admitted, retired, practicing in the jurisdiction, assigned to a compliance group, or eligible for a special exemption.
Use this page as the comparison layer, then open the state guide for the details that matter most: deadline, specialty credits, reporting method, online-credit limits, carryover, recordkeeping, and official-source links.
Multi-jurisdiction risk
The hard part is usually not one state
Attorneys admitted in several states can have overlapping cycles, different reporting portals, inconsistent carryover rules, and specialty credits that do not map neatly across jurisdictions. One course may solve a general-credit deficit in one state but fail to satisfy an ethics, technology, live-credit, or newly admitted category somewhere else.
Track CLE is designed around that practical problem: store the certificate once, classify the credit, preserve the source document, and make the jurisdiction-specific deadline visible before it becomes an administrative headache.
Source-backed summaries
Built for useful answers, not legal advice
Each state page keeps official-source links visible and flags rule areas that need periodic verification. That matters because CLE authorities revise formats, specialty categories, late fees, technology-credit rules, and reporting workflows.
These guides are informational. Attorneys should confirm the current rule with the official CLE authority before relying on a deadline, exemption, category rule, or compliance calculation.
