Frequently Asked Questions

Courses purchased through UnitedCLE.com are provided and fully accredited by The National Academy of Continuing Legal Education, offering courses fully approved for MCLE by the Oregon State Bar.

Oregon attorneys are required to take 45 credit hours every 3 years including 1 hour of child abuse and elder abuse reporting, 1 hour of mental health/substance abuse, 3 hours of access to justice and 5 hours of ethics credits.

Oregon attorneys can earn all 45 CLE credit hours with us including 1 hour of child abuse and elder abuse reporting, 1 hour of mental health/substance abuse, 3 hours of access to justice and 5 hours of ethics credits using our Online & iOS/Android App courses.

Reporting periods are determined at the time of admission to the OR Bar. An attorney’s first reporting period begins on the date of admission and ends on April of the following year. From then on, reporting periods are every three years. For instance, an attorney admitted in September of 2022 would still be considered Newly Admitted until April 30, 2023, and then their reporting periods would be the three-year cycles ending 2026, 2029, and so on.

Newly admitted attorneys must take 15 hours of MCLE, including 9 hours of practical skills (4 of which must be Oregon practice and procedure) and 2 hours of ethics (one of which must be Oregon specific ethics) 1 mental health/substance abuse and a 3 credit introductory access to justice course during their first reporting period.

OR attorneys can carry over 15 hours into the next reporting period. A maximum of 6 Ethics credits can be carried forward and applied towards the following reporting period's Ethics requirement. Access to Justice and Child and Elder Abuse Reporting credits may carry over as General Credit only.

Oregon State Bar
P.O. Box 231935
Tigard, OR 97281-1935
Phone: (503) 620-0222
Fax: (503) 684-1366
Email: info@osbar.org
www.osbar.org/mcle

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