MCLE for Practicing Attorneys | CDTA College of Law

What is offered

CDTA offers full-day MCLE courses in substantive legal issues and in skills-oriented training throughout the academic year, at the Indio campus. Registration is open to practicing attorneys.

Current CDTA students in good standing attend as part of their tuition. A student who has been sitting in a room with practicing attorneys since first year does not meet the profession for the first time at admission.

The California requirement

Active California attorneys must complete 25 hours of MCLE every 3 years, including a set number of hours in specific required subjects. CDTA schedules its programming so that all required subjects are covered.

Requirements are set by the State Bar and change from time to time. Confirm your own compliance group, deadline and required hours at calbar.ca.gov before you register for anything, including this.

The required subject areas

Each of these carries its own required hours inside the California cycle. The hour figures shown are the State Bar’s, not CDTA’s.

( 01 ) · 4 hours

Legal Ethics

The largest single required block in the California cycle. Conflicts, confidentiality, fees, candour to the tribunal, and the duties that follow you out of the courtroom.

( 02 ) · 2 hours

Competence Issues

Recognizing and addressing the substance-use, stress and wellness issues that impair competent practice, in yourself and in colleagues.

( 03 ) · 2 hours

Elimination of Bias

Bias in the legal profession and in society, including a required hour on implicit bias and the strategies that reduce it.

( 04 ) · 1 hour

Technology in the Practice of Law

Remote proceedings, electronic evidence, and the duty of competence as it applies to the tools now sitting on every practitioner’s desk.

( 05 ) · 1 hour

Civility in the Legal Profession

Professionalism toward opposing counsel, court staff, clients and colleagues, and why incivility is a case-management problem as much as a manners problem.

Registering

Dates, pricing and registration for the current academic year are handled by the Academy directly. Call (760) 342-0900 or send a message and ask for the MCLE schedule.

MCLE Provider Information

LawTalk™ / CDTA is a State Bar of California approved MCLE provider, provider number 1167.

MCLE requirements are set by the State Bar of California and change from time to time. Confirm your own compliance period and required hours at calbar.ca.gov before you register. Attendance records and certificates are issued by the provider.

All 25 hours. One event.