New York Newly Admitted CLE Rules (First Two Years of Admission)

Total CLE Requirements:

Newly admitted attorneys must earn a total of 32 CLE credit hours (with 16 credit hours each year) in the newly admitted cycle as follows:

Newly Admitted Attorney Required CLE Categories	Year 1 CLE Credit Hours	Year 2 CLE Credit Hours
Law Practice Management, Areas of Professional Practice, and/or Cybersecurity, Privacy and Data Protection-General	7 see below	7 see below
Skills	6	6
Ethics and Professionalism	3	3
Cybersecurity, Privacy and Data Protection-Ethics	see below	see below
TOTAL	16	16

Cybersecurity, Privacy and Data Protection (“Cybersecurity”) Category

You must complete at least 1 credit in Cybersecurity as part of the 32-credit requirement.

You may choose to complete the Cybersecurity credit:

• in Year 1 or Year 2 (as part of the 16 credit-requirement for that year)
• in Cybersecurity General or Cybersecurity Ethics (or a combination of the two)

State Contact Info:

NYS CLE Board
25 Beaver Street, 11th Floor
New York, NY 10004
(t) 212-428-2105
(f) 212-428-2974

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New York Veteran CLE Rules (Admitted More Than Two Years)

Total CLE Requirements:

Experienced attorneys must earn at least 24 CLE credit hours each biennial reporting cycle as follows:

Experienced Attorney Required CLE Categories	Required CLE Credit Hours
Ethics and Professionalism	4
Diversity, Inclusion and Elimination of Bias	1
Cybersecurity, Privacy and Data Protection (General or Ethics)	1*
Any CLE category of credit	18
Total Number of CLE credit hours	24

*You may choose to complete the Cybersecurity credit in Cybersecurity General or Cybersecurity Ethics (or a combination of the two: ½ credit in Cybersecurity General and ½ credit in Cybersecurity Ethics).

You may count a maximum of 3 credit hours of Cybersecurity Ethics – but not Cybersecurity General – toward your 4-credit Ethics and Professionalism requirement.

Example: if you earn 3 credits in Cybersecurity Ethics, then you still need to earn 1 credit in Ethics and Professionalism, 1 credit in Diversity, Inclusion and Elimination of Bias and 19 credits in any category of credit – total of 24 credits

State Contact Info:

NYS CLE Board
25 Beaver Street, 11th Floor
New York, NY 10004
(t) 212-428-2105
(f) 212-428-2974
http://www.nycourts.gov/attorneys/cle/1500.shtml