Hours Required
Except as provided by Rules 791 or 793, every Illinois attorney subject to these Rules shall be required to complete 30 hours of CLE activity including minimum of 6 hours of professional responsibility credit during their two-year reporting period ending on June 30.

Reporting Period
The applicable two-year reporting period shall begin on July 1 of even-numbered years for lawyers whose last names begin with the letters A through M, and on July 1 of odd-numbered years for lawyers whose last names begin with the letters N through Z.

Carryover Hours
All CLE hours may be earned in one year or split in any manner between the two-year reporting period. If an attorney earns more than the required CLE hours in the two-year reporting period, the attorney may carry over to the next reporting period a maximum of 10 hours, including hours approved for professional responsibility credit. Professional responsibility credit carried over to the next reporting period may be used to meet the professional responsibility requirement of the next reporting period.

Newly-admitted attorneys may carry over to his or her first two-year reporting period a maximum of 15 CLE hours  earned in excess of those required by Rule 793(c) or Rule 793(f)(2) if those excess hours were earned after the attorney’s admission to the Illinois bar and before the start of the attorney’s first two-year reporting period. Those carryover hours may include up to six hours approved for professional responsibility credit. Professional responsibility credit carried over to the next reporting period may be used to meet the professional responsibility requirement of the next reporting period.

Professional Responsibility Requirement
A minimum 6 hours of the total 30 CLE hours required for the two-year reporting period must be in the area of professionalism, diversity issues, mental illness and addiction issues, civility, or legal ethics.

Rule 794 Continuing Legal Education Requirement