What is my CLE requirement as an experienced attorney?
Experienced attorneys must earn at least 24 CLE credit hours each biennial reporting cycle as follows:
| Experienced Attorney Required CLE Categories | Required CLE Credit Hours |
| Ethics and Professionalism | 4 |
| Diversity, Inclusion and Elimination of Bias | 1 |
| Cybersecurity, Privacy and Data Protection (General or Ethics) | 1* |
| Any CLE category of credit | 18 |
| Total Number of CLE credit hours | 24 |
*You may choose to complete the Cybersecurity credit in Cybersecurity General or Cybersecurity Ethics (or a combination of the two: ½ credit in Cybersecurity General and ½ credit in Cybersecurity Ethics).
You may count a maximum of 3 credit hours of Cybersecurity Ethics – but not Cybersecurity General – toward your 4-credit Ethics and Professionalism requirement.
Example: if you earn 3 credits in Cybersecurity Ethics, then you still need to earn 1 credit in Ethics and Professionalism, 1 credit in Diversity, Inclusion and Elimination of Bias and 19 credits in any category of credit – total of 24 credits
What is my CLE requirement as a newly admitted attorney?
Newly admitted attorneys must earn a total of 32 CLE credit hours (with 16 credit hours each year) in the newly admitted cycle as follows:
| Newly Admitted Attorney Required CLE Categories | Year 1 CLE Credit Hours |
Year 2 CLE Credit Hours |
| Law Practice Management, Areas of Professional Practice, and/or Cybersecurity, Privacy and Data Protection-General | 7 see below |
7 see below |
| Skills | 6 | 6 |
| Ethics and Professionalism | 3 | 3 |
| Cybersecurity, Privacy and Data Protection-Ethics | see below | see below |
| TOTAL | 16 | 16 |
Cybersecurity, Privacy and Data Protection (“Cybersecurity”) Category
You must complete at least 1 credit in Cybersecurity as part of the 32-credit requirement.
You may choose to complete the Cybersecurity credit:
- in Year 1 or Year 2 (as part of the 16 credit-requirement for that year)
- in Cybersecurity General or Cybersecurity Ethics (or a combination of the two)
You may apply a maximum of 3 credit hours of Cybersecurity Ethics – but not Cybersecurity General – toward your 6-credit Ethics and Professionalism requirement.
Example: if you complete 1 credit in Cybersecurity Ethics in Year 1, you satisfy your Cybersecurity requirement, and then need to complete only 2 credits in Ethics and Professionalism for that year.
Example: if you complete 1 credit in Cybersecurity General in Year 1, you satisfy your Cybersecurity requirement and must complete an additional 6 credits in Law Practice Management, Areas of Professional Practice, and/or Cybersecurity, Privacy, and Data Protection-General for that year.
For additional information please visit the NYCourts.gov website.