SOUTH CAROLINA CLE

With everything you have on your plate, fulfilling your South Carolina CLE should be easy.

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We understand that CLE in South Carolina is a requirement, but that doesn’t mean you deserve anything less than high-quality continuing legal education. We are committed to providing low-cost, substantive programs that help the South Carolina legal community be more successful.

ALPS is proud to offer accredited South Carolina CLE with both live and on-demand seminars on timely and relevant ethics and risk management topics. ALPS policyholders can access any CLE at a discounted tuition.

Fulfilling Your South Carolina CLE Is Easy:

South Carolina MCLE Requirements

SC CLE credit hours required: 14 hours per reporting period

Specialty credits required: 2 hours of legal ethics or professional responsibility. At least once every 3 annual reporting periods, 1 of these 2 specialty hours must be devoted to instruction in substance abuse or mental health issues and the legal profession.

Length of reporting period: 1 year

Compliance date: February 28

Reporting date: March 1

Compliance group: All attorneys report annually.

Minutes per credit hour: 60 minutes. To calculate credit for a specific program, divide the total length of the program in minutes by 60 and round down to the nearest quarter hour.

South Carolina CLE Requirements (from the American Bar Association website)