Continuing Legal Education
Active attorneys and attorneys registered for corporate status must complete 24 hours of accredited CLE activities every two years. Fulltime, part-time, magistrates and retired judges must complete 40 hours of accredited CLE activities. Acting judges must complete 24 hours of accredited CLE activities every two years. Judges, acting judges, and magistrates also have a Judicial College requirement. CLE requirements are contained in Gov.BarR. X and Gov.Jud.R. IV and are administered by the Commission on Continuing Legal Education and the Registration and Continuing Legal Education (CLE) Section.
2024 - 2025 Late Compliance
Attorneys, judges, and magistrates who did not comply with the continuing legal education requirements for the 2024-2025 compliance period ending December 31, 2025, must cure the CLE hour deficiencies by March 31, 2026, and pay a late compliance fee to avoid sanction and/or suspension from the practice of law for noncompliance with the CLE requirements. Notices of Apparent Non-Compliance will be sent in early February with instructions to request late compliance.
- Gov.BarR. X (Continuing Legal Education)
- Attorney Continuing Legal Education Regulations
- Gov.Jud.R. IV (Mandatory Continuing Legal Education for the Judiciary)
Contact Information
Supreme Court of Ohio
65 South Front Street, 5th Floor
Columbus, Ohio 43215-3431
Director:
Michel Jendretzky, Esq.
Deputy Director:
Bradley Martinez, Esq.