Ill. S. Ct. R. 794

(a) Hours Required

Except as provided by Rules 791 or 793, every Illinois attorney subject to these Rules shall be

required to complete 30 hours of CLE activity during the attorney’s two-year reporting period (as

determined on the basis of the lawyer’s last name pursuant to paragraph (b), below) ending on

June 30.

(b) Reporting Period

The applicable two-year reporting period shall begin on July 1 of even-numbered years for

lawyers whose last names begin with the letters A through M, and on July 1 of odd-numbered

years for lawyers whose last names begin with the letters N through Z.

(c) Carryover of Hours

(1) For attorneys with two-year reporting periods

All CLE hours may be earned in one year or split in any manner between the two-year

reporting period.

An attorney who earns more than the required 30 CLE hours for a two-year reporting period

may carry over to the next reporting period a maximum of 10 hours. Those carryover hours

may include up to six hours approved for professional responsibility credit. Professional

responsibility credit carried over to the next reporting period may be used to meet the

professional responsibility requirement of the next reporting period.

(2) For newly-admitted attorneys subject to Rule 793

A newly-admitted attorney may carry over to his or her first two-year reporting period a

maximum of 15 CLE hours earned in excess of those required by Rule 793(c) or Rule 793(f)(2)

if those excess hours were earned after the attorney’s admission to the Illinois bar and before

the start of the attorney’s first two-year reporting period. Those carryover hours may include

up to six hours approved for professional responsibility credit. Professional responsibility

credit carried over to the next reporting peri od may be used to meet the professional

responsibility requirement of the next reporting period. Attorneys removed from the master

roll pursuant to Rule 796(e) for failure to comply with their newly-admitted attorney

requirement and who are reinstated to the master roll purs uant to Rule 796(h) before the start

of their first two-year reporting period may carry over a maximum of 15 CLE hours, including

up to six hours approved for professional responsibility credit, earned after reinstatement but

before the start of their first two-year reporting period.

(d) Professional Responsibility Requirement

(1) Each attorney subject to these Rules shall complete a minimum of six of the total CLE

hours for each two-year reporting period in the area of professionalism, civility, legal ethics,

sexual harassment prevention, diversity and inclusion, or mental health and substance abuse.

(2) Beginning with the two-year reporting period ending June 30, 2019, these minimum

six hours shall include either completing the Rule 795(d)(11) yearlong Lawyer-to-Lawyer

Mentoring Program or:

(i) At least one hour in the area of diversity and inclusion and

(ii) At least one hour in the area of mental health and substance abuse.