Total credit hours: 24.00 credit hours every 2 years.
A minimum of 12.00 credit hours must be taken as live programs.
A maximum of 12.00 credit hours may be taken as pre-recorded programs.
Deadline to Complete CLEs: June 30, Even-Numbered Years
Reporting Deadline: July 1, Even-Numbered Years
Reporting Period: 2 years
In West Virginia, active status attorneys must complete 24.00 CLE credits every 2 years to maintain good standing with the West Virginia State Bar.
West Virginia attorneys must complete all 24.00 required credits by June 30 every even-numbered year. CLEs must be reported by July 1 in even-numbered years.
The WV CLE reporting period is 2 years and ends on June 30 of even-numbered years for all attorneys.
West Virginia attorneys should report their CLEs electronically through the attorney membership portal on the West Virginia State Bar website. Paper forms are accepted with a $25 fee.
You can carry over 6.00 CLE credits to the next reporting period. You may not carry over any credits in legal ethics, office management, attorney well-being, or elimination of bias in the legal profession.
You may complete up to 12.00 CLE credits with pre-recorded courses or in-house activities.
West Virginia attorneys must complete 3.00 ethics credits every reporting period (2 years) which may include legal ethics, office management, attorney well-being, and/or elimination of bias in the legal profession.
No. In-program attendance verification is not required.
All new attorneys must complete a mandatory Bridge the Gap program within 24 months of admission to the West Virginia State Bar. Bridge the Gap courses can be used to satisfy CLE requirements.
If you are admitted to the West Virginia State Bar in the first 12 months of the 2-year reporting period, you must complete 12.00 CLE credits by the end of the reporting period. Those credits must include 3.00 credits in legal ethics, office management, attorney well-being, or elimination of bias in the legal profession.
If you are admitted in the second 12 months of the reporting period, you are exempt for that reporting period.
Yes. If you are exempt from West Virginia CLE reporting requirements during your first year of practice because you were admitted in the second 12 months of the reporting period, any CLE credit you earn during that time (after admission to the West Virginia State Bar) can be carried over to your first reporting period.
If you were admitted in the first 12 months of the reporting period and earn more than the 12.00 required CLE credits for your first reporting period, any CLE credit earned after admission to the West Virginia State Bar may be carried over to the next reporting period.
The reporting period for all West Virginia attorneys ends June 30 in even-numbered years. If you are admitted to the West Virginia State Bar during the first 12 months of the reporting period, your reporting period ends on June 30 of the first even-numbered year after you were admitted.
If you were admitted to the West Virginia State Bar during the second 12 months of the reporting period, you are exempt from that reporting period. Your first reporting period begins on the first July 1 after your date of admission to the bar and ends on June 30, two years later.
Yes. New West Virginia attorneys must complete a Bridge the Gap program within 24 months of the date they were admitted to the West Virginia State Bar.** The Bridge the Gap program is sponsored by the West Virginia State Bar and is offered twice a year.
**The deadline for completion of the Bridge the Gap program was extended to 36 months for any attorney admitted between July 1, 2018 – December 31, 2020.**
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