How do I add carryover credit from the 2020-2022 reporting period to my transcript for the 2022-2024 reporting period?

This FAQ is for attorneys whose last reporting period was the 2020-2022 reporting period.

If the 2022-2024 reporting period is your first-two-year reporting period, and your last reporting period was your newly-admitted attorney (“NAA”) requirement reporting period, click here to view our FAQ on adding carryover to your transcript for the 2022-2024 reporting period from that reporting period.

If you earned CLE hours in the 2020-2022 reporting period that equaled or exceeded both the general and specific professional responsibility (PR) MCLE requirements for the 2020-2022 reporting period, you have carryover credits that you can add to your transcript for the 2022-2024 reporting period.

You’ll find information below determining if you have carryover credit. Once you’ve determined you have carryover credit, you can use the step-by-step instructions found below for adding them to your transcript or click here to view our video tutorial on how to add carryover credit to your transcript.

Helpful Tip: You can view all the CLE credits you’ve earned that have been reported to the MCLE Board since the fall of 2019 by selecting the View All Reported Credits option from the” I want to...” drop down menu that appears on the top right of your screen after you log in to the MCLE Board’s website.

Here’s how to determine if you have carryover credit from the 2020-2022 reporting period
First, ask...did I earn 30 total hours of MCLE credit, including one hour of mental health/substance abuse credit, one hour of diversity/inclusion credit, and four other hours of PR between July 1, 2020 and June 30, 2022 (do not include in this total any carryover credit from the 2018-2020 reporting period?

If yes, then ask…did I earn more credits between July 1, 2020 and June 30, 2022 than the required 30 total hours of MCLE credit, including one hour of mental health/substance abuse credit, one hour of diversity/inclusion credit, and four other hours of PR?

If yes, then you have carryover credit from the 2020-2022 reporting period that you can add to your transcript for the 2022-2024 reporting period.

Under MCLE Rule 794, you can carry over to your 2022-2024 reporting period a maximum of 10 hours of credit, including 6 hours of professional responsibility PR credit which were earned in excess of the requirements for the 2020-2022 reporting period.

Steps to Add Carryover Credits
1. Log into your attorney account and click “My MCLE.”
2. Click the green “Add Carryover Credits” button in the Reporting Detail box.
3. Enter the total number of carryover credits you earned in your most recent reporting period. If any of those credits qualified as diversity/inclusion, mental health/substance abuse, or other professional responsibility credits, enter the appropriate number in each of the boxes.
4. Click “Submit.”

If you do not have a “Add Carryover Credits” button on your My MCLE page, you are not eligible to carry over credit into your current reporting period. For questions about your eligibility, please contact the MCLE Board at 312-924-2420

Any carryover credits you add to your transcript which are in excess of 6 PR credits, including diversity and inclusion (“D/I”) and mental health and substance abuse (“MH/SA”) credits will be automatically redistributed to general credits.

You should add your carryover credits to your transcript even if you have earned or will earn enough credits between July 1, 2022 and June 30, 2024 to meet 2022-2024 reporting period requirements.

Any carryover credits you add from the 2020-2022 reporting period will be used by our online system to determine if you earned more than the required credit for the 2022-2024 and also have carryover credit from the 2022-2024 reporting period which will be automatically added to your transcript for the 2024-2026 reporting period.

You can see an up-to-date estimate of your carryover credits for the 2024-2026 reporting period on your My MCLE dashboard page under the “Credit Calculations by Specific Type of Credit” heading on the page.

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