Missouri CLE Requirements

15 credit hours annually

9 hours must be taken live
6 may be completed online

TRTCLE's online, on-demand courses qualify as Self-Study, which is limited to six (6) credits per year.

Please note: Attorneys may not satisfy the ethics or elimination of bias requirements through on-demand or self-study programs. They must be through live programming, which includes TRTCLE's Teleconferences.

12 hours General

At least 2 hours of Ethics, Substance Abuse and Mental Health, Professionalism, or Malpractice Prevention

At least 1 hour in the area of Cultural Competency, Diversity, Inclusion, and Implicit Bias within the Legal Profession

June 30

July 31

To file your Annual Report of Compliance electronically or to check your carryover credit from the preceding year, click on the "Report My MCLE" at this link.

Carryover Information:
An attorney may carry over up to 15 live and accredited CLE credit hours to the next reporting year. This includes a maximum of 3 Ethics credit hours and 1 Elimination of Bias credit hour. Ethics and/or Elimination of Bias credits carried over cannot be applied toward the general 15-hour requirement. Only newly completed live accredited Ethics and/or Elimination of Bias programs may be applied toward the 15-hour requirement.

Carryover is limited to the immediately succeeding reporting period.

Newly Admitted lawyers are exempt from the annual requirements for the July 1 - June 30 reporting year in which they are admitted.

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