Newly Admitted Attorneys

Yes — Vermont permits carryover of CLE credits, but only those earned in the second year of a biennial cycle.
Under Vermont’s MCLE Rules, credits earned in Year 2 that exceed the required total may roll into the next cycle; credits from Year 1 may not carry over.

Details & nuances

• Vermont’s “Rules for Mandatory Continuing Legal Education” do not explicitly state the carryover rule in the published text, but Vermont CLE policy summaries confirm: “Credits may be carried over from the second year of an attorney’s reporting period.”
• Vermont requires 24 credit hours every two years, including at least 2 ethics, 1 wellness, and 1 diversity & inclusion credit.
• The carryover only applies to credits earned in the second year (i.e. after satisfying the first year’s requirement).
• Vermont Bar Association’s CLE tracking and policy pages mention the carryover practice via their CLE tracking tools.

Key Takeaway
Vermont allows carryover only for excess CLE earned in the second year of a two-year cycle — first-year credits never carry forward.

Yes — Wisconsin allows carryover of CLE credits, up to 15 credit hours, though ethics (EPR) credits cannot carry over toward the ethics requirement.
SCR Chapter 31 permits up to 15 approved credits to be carried forward to the next reporting period (if timely reported), but excludes ethics credit from fulfilling the ethics minimum.

Details & nuances

• Under SCR 31.05(2)(a), “up to 15 hours of approved continuing legal education may be carried forward to the next reporting period,” subject to conditions.
• One condition is that the CLE Form 1 (or amendment) reflecting those hours must be filed by the close of business on the February 1 following the reporting period.
• The carryforward credits must reflect attendance at approved courses during the reporting period and not rely on courses approved after the reporting period.
• SCR 31.05(2)(c) states that ethics (legal ethics and professional responsibility) credits may be carried forward under the general carryover provision, but may not be used to satisfy the mandatory ethics requirement in the next period.
• According to Wisconsin CLE summaries, the carryover rule is commonly phrased: “Attorneys may carry over 15 credits into the next reporting period. Ethics credits cannot be carried over.”
• For new lawyers (in the year of admission), the Wisconsin Bar notes that if they earn CLE credits during that first year (although exempt from requirement), up to 15 credits may be carried into their first full reporting period — with the same ethics exception.

Key Takeaway
Wisconsin allows attorneys to carry over up to 15 CLE credits into the next reporting period (general credits only); ethics (EPR) credits cannot satisfy the ethics requirement in that next period.

Yes — Nevada allows attorneys to carry over excess CLE credits into future years, subject to caps and category constraints.

Under the Nevada Board of Continuing Legal Education Regulations, attorneys may carry forward up to 20 general credits, 4 ethics credits, and 2 substance abuse credits for application over the next two calendar years.

Details & nuances

• Regulation 1 of the Nevada CLE Regulations provides the carryover provisions: excess general, ethics, and

Yes — New Mexico allows attorneys to carry over excess CLE credits, but only up to 12 hours (with limits on ethics, professionalism, self-study) and only into the next year.

The NM Supreme Court Rule 18-201 authorizes carrying up to 12 excess credit hours, including up to 2 ethics/professionalism, and limits self-study carryover to 4 hours.

Details & nuances

• Rule 18-201(D) provides: “Any member may carry up to twelve (12) hours of excess credits … over to the

Yes — Virginia allows carryover of CLE credits, up to 12 credits, including up to 2 ethics/professionalism hours.
The Virginia State Bar’s MCLE FAQs expressly permit carrying forward up to one year’s worth of CLE credits.

Details & nuances

• Active attorneys must complete 12 CLE credits annually, including 2 ethics/professionalism hours and at least 4 live-interactive hours.
• The FAQ states: “You may carryover a year’s worth of CLE credits.”
• Of the 12 carryover credits:
  • Up to 8 may come from pre-recorded (on-demand) courses
  • Up to 2 may be ethics/professionalism credits
  • Depending on live requirements, some carried credits must align with live-interactive rules
• The carryover applies only into the next reporting year; unused carryover beyond that is not further credited.
• Newly admitted attorneys may carry over credits earned after admission and apply them to their first full reporting period (within limits).

Key Takeaway
In Virginia, you may carry over up to 12 CLE credits (including 2 ethics) into the next reporting year — but carryover is limited to one year, and subject to limits on how many credits may be from pre-recorded courses or ethics.

Yes — Mississippi allows carryover of CLE credits, but with limits and restrictions.

The Mississippi CLE Commission’s FAQ and Rule provisions permit up to 12 credits to be carried into the next reporting period; ethics credits carried over count only as general credits.

Details & nuances

• The Mississippi CLE FAQ notes: “12.00 CLE credits may be carried over to the next reporting period.”

Yes — North Carolina allows carryover of CLE credits, but only up to 12 hours and only toward general credit (not specialty requirements).

Per 27 N.C.A.C. 1D § .1518(c), members may “carry over up to 12 credit hours from one reporting period to the next reporting period,” but those carryover hours “may not be used to satisfy” the professional responsibility, technology, or professional well-being minimums.

Details & nuances

• North Carolina’s CLE requirement is 24 hours every two years (effective March 1, 2024), including 4

Yes — Illinois allows carryover of CLE credits, up to 10 hours, including professional responsibility (PR) credits.

Under Illinois Supreme Court Rule 794 and MCLE Board practice, surplus credits from a two-year reporting period may be carried forward, within the specified cap.

Details & nuances

• The MCLE Board’s FAQ states: “you may carry over a maximum of 10 credit hours, including PR hours from

Yes — New Jersey allows carryover of CLE credits, up to 12 credits, from one compliance period to the next.

This is set forth in the New Jersey Courts’ CLE FAQ and BCLE Regulation 201:3.

Details & nuances

• The FAQ states: “Up to 12 credit hours (6 for the transitional period) can be carried over to the next

Yes — Ohio allows carryover of CLE credits, up to 12 hours (general credits only).
Per the Ohio State Bar and Ohio CLE rules, excess credit beyond the 24-hour biennial requirement may be carried forward as general credit (professional conduct credits carry over only as general).

Details & nuances

• Ohio attorneys must complete 24 credit hours in each two-year compliance period, including 2.5 hours in Professional Conduct. (Supreme Court of Ohio CLE Info)
• The OSBA’s CLE page states: “Attorneys who complete more than the required hours of credit in a compliance period may apply a maximum of 12 credit hours to the next compliance period.” (ohiobar.org)
• Professional Conduct (ethics/professionalism) credits, when carried, are treated only as general credit and cannot satisfy the Professional Conduct requirement in the next period. (via NBI summary)
• For newly admitted attorneys in Ohio’s New Lawyers Training (NLT) program, if they earn more than the 12 required NLT credits, they too may carry over up to 12 general credits into the next compliance period. (lawline)

Key Takeaway
In Ohio, you can carry over up to 12 excess CLE credits (as general credit) into your next biennial period — but Professional Conduct credits carried over cannot count toward its required subcategory.

Yes — Oregon allows carryover of CLE credits, with limits and category rules.
Per the Oregon Bar’s Rules of Licensure, active attorneys may carry forward up to 15 unused credit hours into the next reporting period, including up to 6 ethics hours.

Details & nuances

• OSB Rules of Licensure § 8.7(5) explicitly states: “An active attorney member may carry forward 15 or fewer unused credit hours from the reporting period during which the credit hours were earned to the next reporting period.” (§ 8.7(5))
• Ethics cap — no more than 6 ethics credits may be carried over; any ethics credit beyond that may carry over only as general credit. (§ 8.7(6))
• Other specialty credits (e.g. Access to Justice, abuse reporting) may carry over only as general credits; the rule requires that new specialty credits be earned when required. (§ 8.7(7)–(8))
• Carryover is limited to one reporting period; unused carryover beyond the next period cannot be further carried. (§ 8.7(5))
• Newly admitted attorneys: if they exceed the short-period requirement, they may carry those excess credits (up to that period’s requirement) into their first full reporting period.
• Oregon’s total CLE requirement is 45 credits every 3 years, including required minimums in ethics, abuse reporting, mental health/substance abuse, and access to justice.

Key Takeaway
In Oregon, you can carry over up to 15 CLE credits (including up to 6 ethics) into the next reporting period, but carryover credits beyond specialty minimums count only as general credit and the carryover only spans one period.

Yes — Rhode Island allows carryover of CLE credits, up to 10 credits into the next reporting period.
The Rhode Island MCLE Commission confirms this carryover in its 2026 filing notice.

Details & nuances

• According to the 2026 Reporting Year MCLE Filing Notice, Rhode Island attorneys may carry over up to 10 credits; those carryover credits will automatically compute and apply to the next year but not thereafter.
• NBI’s Rhode Island CLE overview likewise states that attorneys “can carry over 10.00 CLE credits to your first reporting period.”
• Lawline’s CLE state summary similarly notes “Carry Over Credits: Attorneys may carry over 10 credits into the next reporting period.”
• Rhode Island requires 10 CLE hours per reporting year, including 2 hours in ethics (and, starting July 1, 2025, 1 hour in DEI).
• The carryover is limited to one year — credits not used in the next year do not continue carrying further.

Key Takeaway
In Rhode Island, you may carry forward up to 10 CLE credits into the next reporting period (including ethics), but unused carryover beyond that one year is lost.

Yes — Texas allows carryover of CLE credits, up to 15 hours (including ethics).
Under the Texas MCLE Regulations, a member may carry forward excess credit hours beyond the 15-hour minimum to the immediately following compliance year, with a cap of 15 hours including legal ethics/professional responsibility.

Details & nuances

• Texas requires 15 CLE hours per compliance year (or in the initial 24-month period for new attorneys), with 3 hours required in ethics/professional responsibility.
• MCLE Regulation Article XII, Section 3.3 explicitly provides: “A member may carry forward CLE credit hours earned in excess of the minimum 15-hour requirement to the following year’s requirement up to a maximum limit of fifteen (15) credit hours.”
• The carryover may include ethics credit, and the State Bar’s reporting instructions indicate that up to three ethics hours may be carried forward.
• Self-study and accredited CLE distinctions: Texas limits self-study credit to 3 hours per year (including up to 1 ethics) whether earned in the current or carried period.
• The carried hours are applied first in your next compliance year toward meeting the 15-hour requirement.
• Carryover is valid only to the next compliance year; you cannot carry forward beyond that.

Key Takeaway
Texas permits carrying over up to 15 excess CLE credits (including ethics) into the next compliance year, but the carryover must be applied immediately and cannot extend beyond one year.

Yes — New York allows carryover of CLE credits, with caps and rules depending on status (experienced or newly admitted).

Experienced attorneys may carry over up to 6 excess CLE credit hours into the next biennial reporting cycle.

Details & nuances

• Under the New York CLE “Carry-Over Credit FAQs,” once you complete your required 24 hours, you may