Maine CLE Requirements

Active status attorneys in Maine must complete 12.00 CLE credits every year to maintain good standing with the Maine State Bar.

Maine attorneys must complete all 12.00 required credits by December 31 of each year. Each year, attorneys subject to the MCLE rules shall certify the accuracy of their individual MCLE Annual Report Statement to the CLE Committee no later than the close of business on the last business day of February.

The reporting period is 1 year and ends on December 31.

NBI will report your attendance at live credit courses to the Maine Board of Overseers of the Bar CLE Committee.

For self study courses, you must track and report your own credits. NBI will send you a verified certificate of completion, which you should sign and submit to the Maine Board of Overseers of the Bar CLE Committee. Be sure to keep a copy for your records.

Each year, you will certify compliance with the Maine MCLE rules by submitting your MCLE Annual Report Statement. This can be done online through your Maine Board of Overseers of the Bar CLE website.

Maine attorneys can carry over 10.00 CLE credits to the next reporting period. No more than 5.00 self study credits may carry over. The live requirement for ethics and professionalism credit must be satisfied each reporting period. The in-person requirement for harassment and discriminatory must be satisfied each reporting period.*

Excess harassment and discriminatory education credits may be used to satisfy ethics and professionalism requirements. Once ethics requirements are complete, harassment and discriminatory education credits carry over as general credits.

*In-person requirement has been waived through December 31, 2023, but this credit must be taken through programs approved for live credit.

Attorneys in Maine can complete a maximum of 5.00 CLE credits with self study courses.

Maine attorneys must complete 1.00 ethics credit every year. This credit must be earned through live programs.

In addition, all attorneys need 1.00 CLE credit in harassment and discriminatory education. This credit must be earned through in-person programs.*

*In-person requirement waived through December 31, 2023, but this credit must be taken through programs approved for live credit.

No. In-program attendance verification is not required.

Newly admitted attorneys in Maine are exempt if they have been admitted for less than 3 months of the calendar year.

The reporting period ends on December 31 of each year. If you have been admitted for less than 3 months of the calendar year, you are exempt from reporting for that year. For example, if you were admitted in October, your first reporting period ends on December 31 of the following year.

No, there are no special CLE credit requirements for newly admitted attorneys in Maine.