New Attorneys

For newly admitted attorneys in New Jersey, there are additional CLE requirements during an attorney's first two-year compliance period. The newly admitted attorney must satisfy 15 of his/her 24 required credit hours in any five of the following nine subject areas:

• New Jersey basic estate administration
• New Jersey basic estate planning
• New Jersey civil or criminal trial preparation
• New Jersey family law practice
• New Jersey real estate closing procedures
• New Jersey trust and business accounting
• New Jersey landlord/tenant practice
• New Jersey municipal court practice
• New Jersey law office management

So new attorneys are required to earn three credit hours in each of five of the above subjects. NJ Law Credits can assist new attorneys in earning these credits.

Please note: (Those attorneys who have completed at least the first full year's requirements of the prior Skills and Methods Course are considered to have met the additional requirements for a newly admitted attorney.)