Mandatory Continuing Legal Education
MCLE Board approved changes to Opinions 16 and 17 on October 25, 2011
MCLE Regulations effective November 1, 2011
FAQs about the 2012 MCLE Regulation Changes
MCLE Report Lookup (view only)
Certify Your MCLE Attendance Online
NOTICE: Beginning November 1, 2011, MCLE Requirement: 12 CLE hours including 2 hours in ethics/professionalism and 4 hours from live, interactive programs by October 31, 2012
Email and FAX are not accepted (fax machine disabled) beginning November 2 until December 21 for Form 1, end of year compliance.
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MCLE DEADLINE: October 31, 2012
Failure to complete 12 CLE hours including 2 hours in ethics/professionalism and 4 hours from live, interactive programs by October 31, 2012, will result in a $100 non-compliance fee.
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MCLE REPORTING DEADLINE: December 17, 2012
Failure to certify the required MCLE hours by December 17, 2012, will result in a $100 late filing fee.
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NEW LATE FILING FEE: February 1, 2013
Failure to certify the required MCLE hours by February 1, 2013, will result in an ADDITIONAL $100 late filing fee.
Current Virginia Approved Courses
- Course List Live and Pre-recorded Group Video programs 12/31/12 - 02/28/13 (PDF file)
- Course List Telephone Webcast 12/31/12 - 02/28/13 (PDF file)
- Approved Online Sponsors (Word doc) updated 11/10/11
- Accredited Sponsors (Word doc) updated 11/10/11
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VSB Professionalism Course Dates and Registration Form (PDF file)
Forms, FAQs, and Opinions
- Form 1 - Instructions and Form (PDF file)
- Form 1 - Form Only (PDF file)
- Certifying Your MCLE Attendance
- MCLE FAQs for New Admittees
- FAQs about the 2012 MCLE Regulation Changes
- Supreme Court Rules Governing MCLE See the Rules of the Supreme Court of Virginia Part 6, Paragraph 17 of the Professional Guidelines
- MCLE Regulations (effective November 1, 2011)
- 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 - Distance Learning Programs
- Opinion 17 - Law Office Management Programs
- Opinion 18 - Law Firm Sponsored Courses and Programs
- Opinion 19 – Substance abuse, mental health disorders, stress and work/life balance topics
- Form 2 - Certification of Attendance (PDF file)
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Form 3 - Certification of Teaching (PDF file)
- Applications for MCLE Course Approval
- Virginia CLE (This link will take you from the VSB website to the VaCLE website.)
*Note: Some of the documents above are in Adobe Portable Document Format (.pdf). If you have the Adobe Acrobat Reader on your PC, you can view and print these documents. If you do not have the Acrobat Reader, you can download a free copy, by clicking here.
Updated: Jan 02, 2013