Are any attorneys exempt from CLE in Michigan?

You do not report CLE credits in Michigan because the state does not currently mandate continuing legal education or CLE reporting.
Michigan attorneys are not required by rule to certify CLE, though CLE may be useful for multi-state compliance or professional development.

Overview of Michigan CLE Status

Michigan is one of the states without a mandatory CLE requirement for attorneys. Some specialty areas (e.g. indigent defense) require CLE under specific statutory or administrative schemes, with reporting via the Michigan Indigent Defense Commission (MIDC) using CE Broker.

Steps (If You Have to Report for a Specific Program)

• Register for a free CE Broker account and link it to Michigan’s reporting program (e.g. MIDC).
• Check that your completed courses are listed in CE Broker’s Course History and record your CLE compliance status.
• If a course is missing, submit it through CE Broker or send required forms to MIDC (often via email).
• Maintain your own records (certificates, agendas) as backup for any reporting audits.
• Confirm that SproutEducation-delivered credits (if applicable) appear in your CE Broker history; where provider reporting is allowed, we support transmission, but you remain responsible for monitoring your record.

Key Takeaway: In Michigan there is no general requirement to report CLE credits—attorneys do not certify CLE. For certain programs mandated by commission (e.g. MIDC), you use CE Broker for tracking and reporting. Sprout Education supports reporting where permitted, but your responsibility is to monitor and ensure credit visibility.

No — you cannot request an extension for CLE reporting in Michigan, because Michigan does not impose a mandatory CLE requirement, so there is no reporting deadline or extension mechanism to extend.

Michigan is one of the states that does not require attorneys to complete CLE or report it; thus the question of requesting an extension does not apply.

Detailed Explanation

• According to multiple sources, Michigan currently has no MCLE or CLE requirement for attorneys.
• Michigan’s ICLE (Continuing Legal Education provider) notes that “Michigan does not have a general MCLE requirement.”
• Because there is no enforcement scheme (deadlines, penalties, cures) in place for CLE in Michigan, there is no formal extension procedure available.
• Some attorneys in Michigan may nevertheless take CLE voluntarily (or to satisfy requirements in other jurisdictions), but those are outside of Michigan’s state regulation.

Key Takeaway

You don’t need — and cannot request — a CLE reporting extension in Michigan, because the state does not impose mandatory CLE or require reporting.

No — Michigan imposes no mandatory CLE requirement on attorneys, so there is no rule mandating any in-person minimum.

CLE in Michigan is wholly voluntary; attorneys may participate in continuing education through any format without regulatory format constraints.

Details

• The Michigan Bar does not require attorneys to complete CLE to maintain their license.
• Voluntary CLE is nonetheless offered through bar associations and providers, but there is no state rule specifying that any portion must be in a classroom or live setting.
• For judicial officers, Michigan does mandate continuing judicial education; but those rules allow videoconferencing, webinars, and asynchronous modules subject to caps.

Key Takeaway

Because Michigan does not require CLE for attorneys, there is no in-person minimum requirement for CLE in that state.

Michigan does not require mandatory CLE, so there is no CLE reporting deadline there.

The state has no MCLE or CLE compliance requirement under current rules.

Key Takeaway: In Michigan, attorneys are not obligated to complete or report CLE—thus, no reporting deadline applies.

No — you cannot report CLE late in Michigan, because Michigan has no mandatory CLE requirement and thus no formal reporting deadlines or late-reporting procedures.

Context
Because CLE is voluntary in Michigan, attorneys are not required by rule to complete or report CLE; as a result, the concept of “late reporting” does not apply.

Details
– Several sources confirm that Michigan does not impose continuing legal education requirements on attorneys.
– A Michigan Bar Journal article notes that while attorneys may pursue CLE for professional development, there is no regulatory mandate or enforcement mechanism.
– Because there is no CLE mandate, there are no deficiency notices, no penalties, no grace periods, and no late submission forms under Michigan rules.

Key Takeaway
You cannot report CLE late in Michigan because mandatory CLE and reporting obligations do not exist in Michigan.

Michigan does not have a mandatory CLE requirement, so there is no grace period for CLE reporting.

Because attorneys in Michigan are not required to complete or report CLE credits, the concept of a grace window does not apply.

CLE Status in Michigan

• There is currently no statewide MCLE or CLE obligation in Michigan.
• Some specialty contexts (e.g. indigent defense under Michigan Indigent Defense Commission) may have training requirements, but those are separate from general CLE.

Key Takeaway: In Michigan, there is no grace period for CLE reporting because there is no mandatory CLE requirement for most attorneys.