When can an attorney earn CLE credit for attending an Illinois Supreme Court Board, Commission, Committee, or Task Force Meeting?


Supreme Court Rule(s) cited in this FAQ: Rule 795.

Important: for Court committee service to count toward your MCLE requirements, you need to add this credit to your online transcript. See details below.

An attorney appointed by the Illinois Supreme Court to a qualifying Court entity (“appointed attorney”) earns one hour of general MCLE credit by attending a qualifying meeting of their board, commission, committee, or task force held on or after January 1, 2022.  “A qualifying meeting” is any meeting of that board, commission, committee, or task force, as well as any subcommittee, working group or another subgroup that the Court entity created to advance its work.  Rule 795(d)(12).

Credit for this attendance is limited to 12 hours in each two-year reporting period. There is no carryover of these credits to another two-year reporting period. Professional Responsibility credit is not available for Court committee meetings.

Claiming CLE Credit from a Qualifying Meeting
To claim CLE credit for attending a qualifying Court board, commission, committee, or task force meeting, (1) the meeting chair or meeting chair’s designee must issue the appointed attorney a copy of the attendance roster from the qualifying meeting that includes the attorney’s name as an attendee, and (2) the attorney needs to enter these credits in their online transcript on the Board's website. 
  1. The meeting chair issues an attendance roster
    The Board has provided form attendance rosters for use by the meeting chair or the meeting chair's designee to aid in the online credit entry process. If an alternate certificate is used, it must contain all the information required on the Board's form attendance roster.

  2. The attorney enters credits in their online transcript
    An attorney must add the CLE credit they claim for attending a qualifying Court committee meeting to their online transcript on the MCLE Board's website.

    For an appointed attorney to add this type of credit to their online record, here are written instructions:

    1. Log in to the MCLE Board's website here. 

    2. Click the “I want to...” drop down menu in the upper right corner and select “Add Non-Traditional Credits”.

    3. On the next page, select the “Attend Illinois Supreme Court Board, Commission, Committee, or Task Force Meeting” option.

    4. Follow the steps to input the requested information, including uploading the attendance roster issued by the meeting chair or meeting chair’s designee as proof of committee attendance.  After completing the submission process, CLE credit from this activity will appear on the attorney’s online transcript on the Board's website.

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