24 credit hours every 2 years – including 4 hours of legal ethics, 1 hour of technology, and 1 hour of Professional Well Being (PWB).

All 24 North Carolina CLE credit hours can be taken online.

All of our online and downloadable on-demand CLE courses have been approved for CLE credit by the North Carolina State Bar Board of Continuing Legal Education.

Reporting Cycle: 2 years
Compliance Deadline: End of February
Reporting Deadline: End of February

A newly admitted attorney must complete the 12-hour Professionalism for New Attorneys (PNA) program.

No. Attorney Credits does not offer the PNA course.

Yes. North Carolina attorneys may carry over up to 12 CLE credit hours from one reporting period to the next. Carryover credits may be applied toward the attorney’s total CLE requirement, but they may not be used to satisfy the Ethics, Technology, or Professional Well-Being requirements. These specialty credits must be completed during each reporting period.

Yes, under the North Carolina CLE Requirements we must monitor your completion of the course. For online streaming video courses you must click on randomly inserted pop ups to confirm that you are viewing the video. For downloadable courses we have embedded numeric codes in the courses. You must write these numbers down and then enter them on our website after you complete the course to obtain your course certificate. Please note that the date you enter the codes and get the certificate is the date that will be printed on the certificate.

Yes, Attorney Credits does report your completed courses to the North Carolina State Bar Board of Continuing Legal Education. Our automated attendance reports run on 1st and 15th of every month and these are mailed to the state. In addition, we also maintain a record of all your completed courses and you can access your certificates of completion at anytime from our website.

North Carolina attorneys are not required to file an annual CLE report. CLE sponsors generally report attendance directly to the North Carolina State Bar. Attorneys should review their CLE record through the State Bar Member Portal to confirm that all required credits have been properly reported. If a course or credit is missing, the attorney should contact the CLE sponsor or the North Carolina State Bar CLE Department to resolve the discrepancy.

For more information about CLE in North Carolina, please call the North Carolina State Bar Board of Continuing Legal Education at (919) 733-0123 or visit the North Carolina State Bar Board of Continuing Legal Education webpage: http://www.nccle.org.

You may also contact Attorney Credits by phone. For further assistance and information about the North Carolina CLE requirement, please call our Support Center at (760) 434-1885.