50 or 60 Minute Credit-Hour: 50 minute credit hour
Compliance groups: Determined by attorney birthday.
Carryover Credit Rule: New Jersey attorneys may carry over twelve (12) credit hours to the next biennial reporting cycle.
COVID Rule Change: In response to the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) New Jersey Supreme Court has temporarily lifted it's live CLE classroom instruction requirement to adhere to the NJ Dept. of Health and CDC recommendation for social distancing. To read the order, visit - https://www.njcourts.gov/notices/2020/n200310b.pdf?c=5g7
Notes: New Jersey lawyers who do not reside or work on a regular and continuous basis in New Jersey or in another mandatory CLE jurisdiction for the entire compliance period or who are medically certified as unable to attend live courses: Courses taken through alternative verifiable learning formats, if approved for CLE course accreditation, may account for 100% of the credit hours required in a compliance period; provided, however, that this shall apply only during such time as (i) the lawyer does not reside or work on a regular and continuous basis for the entire compliance period in New Jersey or in another mandatory CLE jurisdiction or (ii) a licensed physician certifies to the Board that the lawyer is unable to attend live courses.
New Jersey attorneys must earn at least three (3) credits in Ethics/Professionalism and two (2) credits in Diversity, Inclusion, and Elimination of Bias as part of their CLE requirement.