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New York CLE Accreditation Info

Courses purchased through UnitedCLE.com are provided and fully accredited by The National Academy of Continuing Legal Education, an Accredited NYS CLE Provider. To view our full accreditation details please .

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Newly admitted attorneys are required to take 16 credits each year for the first two years following their admission to the Bar. The 16 credits must consist of 3 Ethic credits, 6 Skills credits, and 7 PP (Professional Practice) and LPM (Law Professional Practice) credits.

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16 Combo CLE Credits

9 Live Webinar + 7 On Demand Credits - Online/iOS App/Android App

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9 Live Webinar CLE Credits

Complete Your Entire Webinar Requirements of 6 Skills + 3 Ethics

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On Demand Only

On Demand Only

7 On Demand CLE Credits

Library Access to All PP/LPM Courses Online/iOS App/Android App

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Newly Admitted Attoneys May Complete All 16 Hours Without Attending In-Person

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United Makes CLE Easy

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Select Course Package

Begin by selecting your course package. We have assembled our most popular courses into our "One-Stop Bundles" in order to save you time and money. Alternatively, you may choose to "Build-A-Bundle" to select the courses that interest you most while taking advantage of our bundle discount. Another popular option is an Unlimited CLE subscription which enables you to fulfill multiple CLE cycles with one purchase. If you're just looking for a specific course, simply add it to your cart to begin!

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Immediate Access to CLE Courses

Courses are available immediately upon checkout. You will have 24/7 access to your purchased courses during the lifetime of your subscription. Courses can be started, stopped, and paused at any time.

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Instantly Print Your Certificate

You can immediately print your CLE certificate upon completion of a course. A copy of your certificate will remain in your account and will always be accessible to you.

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New York CLE Rules Overview

Courses purchased through UnitedCLE.com are provided and fully accredited by The National Academy of Continuing Legal Education, an Accredited NYS CLE Provider. The NY CLE Board maintains an Accredited Provider directory on their website. You can find National Academy of Continuing Legal Education listed on the most recent directory at http://www.nycourts.gov/attorneys/cle/aplist.pdf.

Experienced NY are required to take 24 credit hours every 2 years including 4 credit hours of Ethics and 1 credit hour of Diversity, Inclusion and Elimination of Bias.

NY attorneys can earn all 24 CLE credit hours with us using our Online & iOS/Android App courses.

*COVID-19 Update: In response to concerns related to the spread of the COVID-19 Coronavirus the NYS CLE Board has temporarily suspended the live in-person requirement for Newly Admitted attorneys. You now have until 6/30/2023 to earn both your Skills and Ethics credits through our livestream webinars. You can see the official notice about the temporary live requirement exception here.

Newly admitted attorneys are required to take "transitional" courses (designed to help them develop a foundation in the essential skills to practice law) 16 credits each year for the first two years following their admission to the Bar. The 16 credits must consist of 3 Ethics credits, 6 Skills credits, and 7 Law Practice Management (LPM) or Professional Practice (PP) credits. Newly admitted attorneys must complete their CLE requirement in a format permissible for the category of credit.* For more information please click here.

Newly admitted attorneys can satisfy all 16 credit hours with us using our on-demand PP & LPM courses and our Live Webinar Skills and Ethics courses.

Experienced NY attorneys are required to complete their requirement every 2 years by their birthday with a 30 day automatic grace period. Attorneys admitted to practice in even years are due on even years and attorneys admitted in odd years are due in odd years.

Newly admitted attorneys must complete each of their two 16 credit requirements by the first and second anniversaries of admission respectively.

New York attorneys must report that they are CLE compliant on their biennial registration form and must retain proof of compliance for a minimum of four years. National Academy of CLE issues a NY CLE Certificate of Attendance for all CLE activities as proof of compliance and we store the certificate in your CLE Account indefinitely.

Courses purchased through UnitedCLE.com are provided and fully accredited by The National Academy of Continuing Legal Education, an Accredited NYS CLE Provider. The NY CLE Board maintains an Accredited Provider directory on their website. You can find National Academy of Continuing Legal Education listed on the most recent directory at http://www.nycourts.gov/attorneys/cle/aplist.pdf.

Experienced Attorneys

  • Deadline: Every 2 years on your birthday (with a 30 day automatic grace period)
  • Total Credits: 24
  • Ethics: 4
  • Diversity: 1

Newly Admitted Attorneys (First 2 years)

  • Deadline: Every 1 year on the anniversary of admission
  • Total Credits: 16
  • PP/LPM: 7
  • Skills: 6
  • Ethics: 3

Experienced NY are required to take 24 credit hours every 2 years including 4 credit hours of Ethics and 1 credit hour of Diversity, Inclusion and Elimination of Bias.

NY attorneys can earn all 24 CLE credit hours with us using our Online & iOS/Android App courses.

Experienced NY attorneys are required to complete their requirement every 2 years by their birthday with a 30 day automatic grace period. Attorneys admitted to practice in even years are due on even years and attorneys admitted in odd years are due in odd years.

Newly admitted attorneys must complete each of their two 16 credit requirements by the first and second anniversaries of admission respectively.

New York attorneys must report that they are CLE compliant on their biennial registration form and must retain proof of compliance for a minimum of four years. National Academy of CLE issues a NY CLE Certificate of Attendance for all CLE activities as proof of compliance and we store the certificate in your CLE Account indefinitely.

*COVID-19 Update: In response to concerns related to the spread of the COVID-19 Coronavirus the NYS CLE Board has temporarily suspended the live in-person requirement for Newly Admitted attorneys. You now have until 6/30/2023 to earn both your Skills and Ethics credits through our livestream webinars. You can see the official notice about the temporary live requirement exception here.

Newly admitted attorneys are required to take "transitional" courses (designed to help them develop a foundation in the essential skills to practice law) 16 credits each year for the first two years following their admission to the Bar. The 16 credits must consist of 3 Ethics credits, 6 Skills credits, and 7 Law Practice Management (LPM) or Professional Practice (PP) credits. Newly admitted attorneys must complete their CLE requirement in a format permissible for the category of credit.* For more information please click here.

Newly admitted attorneys can satisfy all 16 credit hours with us using our on-demand PP & LPM courses and our Live Webinar Skills and Ethics courses.

Beginning on July 1, 2023, both experienced and newly admitted attorneys will need to comply with the 1-credit requirement in the Cybersecurity, Privacy and Data Protection category of CLE credit.

Experienced attorneys due to re-register on or after July 1, 2023 (birthday is on or after July 1st) must complete at least 1 CLE credit hour in Cybersecurity, Privacy and Data Protection as part of their biennial CLE requirement.

Newly admitted attorneys whose admission to the New York Bar is on or after July 1, 2023 must complete at least 1 CLE credit hour in Cybersecurity, Privacy and Data Protection as part of their newly admitted CLE requirement.

Providers may start issuing New York CLE credit in Cybersecurity, Privacy and Data Protection to attorneys who complete courses in this new category on or after January 1, 2023.

Please note, this new CLE category will not change the total amount of credits required in your CLE period.

Experienced NY attorneys may carry over up to 6 excess CLE credit hours in any category of credit into the next biennial reporting cycle.

Newly admitted attorneys who have earned more than 16 transitional CLE credit hours before the first anniversary of admission to the Bar may apply up to 8 of their additional credits earned during the first year of admission towards their second-year requirement. Once the second-year requirement is complete, up to 6 additional credits may be applied towards the next reporting cycle. Ethics and Professionalism credits may not be carried over.

For more information, see Carryover Credit FAQs.