What are the California MCLE Exemptions?

What are the California MCLE Exemptions?

The California State Bar requires attorneys to participate in California MCLE learning activities and then file a report every three year cycle that proves that they have complied with the requirements.

Some attorneys are exempt from these requirements.

Being exempt meaning that the attorneys do not have to go through the California MCLE training, although they still have to file a report with the State Bar.

The following is a list of exempt attorneys:

- Attorneys who are employed full-time by the United States government as working attorneys or as administrative law judges on a permanent or probationary basis. This is regardless of the amount of their working hours. They must not otherwise be practicing law.
- State Officers and elected officials of the State of California.
- Lawyers who are employed full-time by the State of California as attorneys or administrative law judges on a permanent or probationary basis. This is regardless of their working hours. They must not otherwise be practicing law.
- Any Attorney employed by Superior Courts in the State of California. It does not matter of they are employed on a permanent or probationary basis. They must not otherwise be practicing law.
Full-time professors at state-accredited law schools, the American Bar Association (ABA), or both.

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