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California attorneys must complete a minimum of 25 credit hours of approved continuing legal education activities every 3 years including at least 4 hours of Ethics, 1 hour of Civility, 1 hour of Technology, 2 hours of Competence and 2 hours of Elimination of Bias. Additionally, at least one of the hours in Elimination of Bias must be an approved Implicit Bias program.
At least 12.5 of the credit hours must be in a "Participatory" format. The remaining hours can be in a self-study format.
**The State Bar of California is implementing changes to the MCLE course requirements effective October 1, 2023. Beginning with the compliance period ending March 29, 2025, licensees will be required to also complete and report compliance on the following new subfields:
Technology in the Practice of Law (one credit)
Civility in the Legal Profession (one credit)
Competence (Increased from one credit to two)
California attorneys may earn all 25 hours with the United Institute for Continuing Legal Education. Our Online and iOS/Android App platforms are automatically deemed participatory and our MP3/MP4 downloaded courses may also be taken in participatory form as well.
California MCLE rules do not allow carryover. Credit for participating in a CLE activity may not be earned forward from one compliance period to another.
Members are required to comply online under “My State Bar Profile” www.calbar.ca.gov by attesting under penalty of perjury that the member has complied with the education requirement or is exempt and the nature of the exemption. Attorneys who are unable to comply online must contact the State Bar’s Member Services Center 888-800-3400.
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Your AI Use Might Be an Ethics Violation: Evaluating Today’s AI Providers Using the Ethics Zone Framework
United Institute for Continuing Legal Education is a CLE provider accredited by the California State Bar, Provider #15390.
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Ethics Credits
1
$34
All Courses Available iOS/Android Web
About This Course
Artificial intelligence is rapidly being integrated into everyday legal workflows—from drafting and research to client communications—but many attorneys are unknowingly exposing themselves to ethical risk in the process. The issue is not simply whether to use AI, but how it is used and under what conditions. Different platforms—and even different subscription tiers within the same platform—carry materially different terms governing data usage, retention, and confidentiality, which can directly impact compliance with professional obligations.
This CLE program examines the ethical implications of AI adoption through a structured, risk-based framework that categorizes common legal tasks according to their sensitivity and exposure. Using that framework, the program evaluates the suitability of major AI tools, including ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and Microsoft Copilot, with a focus on how specific plan features align (or conflict) with duties of confidentiality, competence, and supervision.
