• Course Accreditation
• Questions?
• Provider Options and Requirements for Course Accreditation
• Fee Schedule
• Forms for Providers
• MCLE Rules: Supreme Court of Illinois

Course Accreditation

Providers offer continuing legal education ("CLE") courses or activities to attorneys.  Providers can be individuals, for-profit entities, not-for-profits, bar associations, government entities, law firms, in-house legal departments and other entities.

Two Ways for Providers to Accredit General CLE Courses

CLE providers can seek MCLE Board accreditation of their courses by one of two methods:

1. Accredited CLE Provider
   Apply to have all of the provider's qualifying courses presumptively approved; or
2. Accredit Individual Courses
   Apply for course accreditation one course at a time. More >;

See what it takes. Provider Options >

Attention Providers! The Board's e-mail server has a 5 megabyte per e-mail limit. An e-mail that exceeds 5 megabytes will be returned to the sender automatically by the server. If this happens, please re-submit by zipping the attachments or dividing the attachments into more than one e-mail. If you encounter difficulties with an electronic submission, please contact the office before making the submission.

Basic Skills Course Accreditation

Any provider may apply to accredit a Basic Skills Course for newly admitted attorneys. A Basic Skills Course is a 15-hour integrated course that covers set topics and is tailored for new attorneys. More >

Professional Responsibility Credits

Once the MCLE Board approves a course for general MCLE credit, the provider must submit information directly to the Commission on Professionalism for requested professional responsibility credit. Access the Commission's application for professional responsibility CLE: Commission on Professionalism Application.

The Commission contacts providers directly about submissions. For more information about professional responsibility credits, visit the Commission's web site, www.ilsccp.org, or call 312.363.6210.

Provider Responsibilities

All providers whose courses are accredited for Illinois MCLE credit have specific responsibilities, including maintaining attendance lists, issuing certificates of attendance to attorneys and complying with other requirements:

• Accredited CLE Provider Responsibilities, printable version (PDF)
• Individual Course Provider Responsibilities, printable version (PDF)

Course Qualifications

If you are interested in obtaining accreditation for your CLE program, but you aren't sure if it meets the standards get by the Supreme Court in its MCLE Rules, use this checklist (PDF) to see if you're on the right track.

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The office of the MCLE Board is paperless. We are committed to accepting and processing applications and related communications electronically. Instructions are on the relevant application. Paper submissions will be destroyed after 30 days and returned only at the applicant's request and cost. The Board's e-mail server has a 5 megabyte per e-mail limit. An e-mail that exceeds 5 megabytes will be returned to the sender automatically by the server. If this happens, please re-submit by zipping the attachments or dividing the attachments into more than one e-mail. If you encounter difficulties with an electronic submission, please contact the office before making the submission.