How can an attorney get either a letter of good standing or proof of MCLE compliance?

Letter of Good Standing – Issued by ARDC or the Clerk of the Illinois Supreme Court
The ARDC and the Clerk of the Illinois Supreme Court both provide written license status verification. Included in those verifications is whether an attorney is removed from the Roll of Attorneys for MCLE non-compliance. Given that, the MCLE Board doesn’t issue a separate document verifying an attorney's MCLE status.

Please click Letter of Good Standing Request to go to the ARDC's website for information on submitting this request to either entity.

If another jurisdiction requires a current MCLE standing verification, you may print this page and provide it to the relevant authority. This page confirms that the Illinois MCLE Board does not issue a separate good standing certificate because the verification from either the ARDC or Clerk of the Illinois Supreme Court states if the attorney is currently removed from the Roll of Attorneys due to MCLE noncompliance.

Proof of MCLE Compliance – Available Through Your Online Illinois MCLE Transcript at www.mcleboard.org
The Illinois MCLE Board has an online transcript system that allows attorneys to access their transcripts at any time, at no cost. The transcript system was first operational in the reporting period of July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2023 for last name N-Z attorneys, July 1, 2022 through June 30, 2024 for last name A-M attorneys, and for newly-admitted attorney reporting periods for attorneys admitted January 1, 2023 and later.

If another jurisdiction requires that you establish your compliance with your Illinois MCLE requirements, here are the available options for an Illinois MCLE transcript:

complete your credits for the current reporting period and follow up with the course providers on expedited reporting of all credits (if needed), then convey your transcript reflecting compliance to that jurisdiction, or
report an exemption that you qualified for during the reporting period, then convey your transcript reflecting that exemption to that jurisdiction, or
give the jurisdiction your current transcript reflecting that your current reporting period has not ended. You may also provide the jurisdiction with your most recent past transcript reflecting your MCLE compliance (click here for instructions on printing your transcript).

Please check with that other jurisdiction to determine which of these documents they will accept in your situation. These are the only documents provided by the Illinois MCLE Board to reflect an attorney's current or past compliance for all reporting periods using a transcript for compliance. Please print a copy of this FAQ and provide it to that other jurisdiction if needed to establish these available documents.

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