Louisiana
Louisiana CLE Requirements: The Louisiana Supreme Court Committee on Mandatory Continuing Legal Education requires attorneys to complete 12.5 credits, including 1 credit of ethics and 1 credit of professionalism, by December 31 every year. All credits must be reported by January 31 of the following year. Attorneys are limited to 4 credits of self-study per reporting period. A maximum of 8 general credits may be carried over to the next reporting period. No ethics credits may be carried over. For additional information, please see the Rules for Continuing Legal Education on the Louisiana Supreme Court Committee on Mandatory Continuing Legal Education website.
Learn about the specific requirements for newly-admitted Louisiana attorneys.
Completing Your Louisiana Requirements with PLI: PLI and SEC Institute's live seminars and co-sponsored locations qualify as "live" credit. There is no limit to the number of credits an attorney can earn via live programs. View live CLE programs approved in Louisiana.
PLI and SEC Institute's live webcasts, on-demand programs, MP3s and MP4s qualify as "self-study" credit. Louisiana-licensed attorneys can earn up to 4 self-study credits through PLI's Louisiana-Approved Self-Study CLE Programs.
Do you need ethics or professionalism credit? The required one hour of ethics credit and one hour of professionalism credit can be met by viewing PLI's Louisiana-approved ethics credit programs and professionalism credit programs.
PLI is a CLE Sponsor with the Louisiana Supreme Court Committee on Mandatory Continuing Legal Education. Providers are required to submit applications for each program.
Attendance Reporting: PLI reports attendance to the Louisiana Supreme Court Committee on Mandatory Continuing Legal Education.