How are CLE credit hours calculated?
Sixty minutes of actual instruction or other approved activity unless otherwise provided (CLE Reg. 401.2 and Reg. 402) equals one credit hour. (Gov. Bar R. X, ยง4(A)(1)) No CLE credit is given for registration, breaks, meals, business meetings, opening and/or closing remarks, keynote speeches, and presentations concurrent with the consumption of a meal. Partial hours are rounded to the nearest one quarter of an hour, provided the attorney has earned a minimum of one credit hour. (CLE Reg. 406(H)).
One CLE credit hour is awarded for each full 50 minutes of CLE instruction or other accredited CLE activity, exclusive of introductory remarks, breaks, meals or other noneducational activities. Credit is calculated in increments of 25 minutes (25 minutes equals .5 CLE credits). Less than 25 minutes is no credit, 25-49 minutes equals .5 credit hours, 50-74 minutes equals 1 credit hour, etc. (To calculate the credits to be awarded to a participant, divide the total accredited CLE minutes by 50, and round down to the nearest .5 credit hours. For example, a 70-minute course, with no breaks, earns one credit, not 1.4 credits.
