CLE Requirements in Missouri & Kansas

Continuing Legal Education is required in most states for attorneys to maintain their legal skills, knowledge and competence. Each state varies in its approach and requirements. KCMBA tailors its programming to meet the needs of attorneys licensed in Missouri and Kansas. Other state's credit may be available for KCMBA's CLE programs on a case by case basis. The current requirements and deadlines for CLE credits in Missouri and Kansas are below. Contact the CLE staff at (816) 474-4322 or [email protected] for additional information.

Missouri Requirements

Continuing Legal Education requirements and restrictions for attorneys licensed in Missouri are as follows:

  • Minimum CLE credit requirement is 15 hours per year, including at least three hours of ethics and professionalism and at least one of the three ethics credit hours required must be devoted exclusively to explicit or implicit bias, diversity, inclusion, or cultural competency (1 hour = 50 minutes).
  • Maximum of six hours of self-study credit, including on-demand programs, is allowed each year.
  • Speakers may credit up to 15 hours of preparation time for each 50-minute seminar for which they do not receive compensation.
  • Authors of continuing legal education publications may credit a maximum of 15 hours of research and composition for any one work.
  • Maximum of 15 hours, including 3 hours of ethics and professionalism, may be carried over from one year to the next.

Review requirements as detailed in Missouri Supreme Court Rule 15.

Kansas Requirements

Continuing Legal Education requirements and restrictions for attorneys licensed in Kansas are as follows:

  • Minimum CLE requirement of 12 hours per year, including two hours of ethics and professionalism (1 hour = 50 minutes).
  • Self-study does not qualify for credit.
  • Maximum of eight credit hours in one day of CLE attendance.
  • Speakers may credit up to 15 hours of preparation time for each 50-minute seminar for which they do not receive credit.
  • Authors of continuing legal education publications may credit research and composition time.
  • Maximum of 10 hours may be carried over from one year to the next; ethics hours may be carried over as general credit but not as ethics hours.
  • Maximum of two hours per year of credit may be obtained from law practice management programs.
  • Newly-admitted attorneys are exempt from CLE requirements for the first compliance period during which they were admitted to the Kansas Bar.

Review complete requirements as detailed in Kansas Supreme Court Rule 801-811.