New Attorney Compliance Chart

Your New Admit Requirements:
Earn 15 Credits by Attending at Least 5 Required Programs
As a new attorney, you are required to earn 15 of your first 24 credits by attending at least 5 programs out of 9 core subject areas. Specifically, those core subject are programs are:
- New Jersey Estate Administration
- New Jersey Estate Planning
- New Jersey Civil Trial Preparation OR
    New Jersey Criminal Trial Preparation
- New Jersey Family Law Practice 		- New Jersey Real Estate Closing    Procedures
- New Jersey Trust & Business Accounting
- New Jersey Landlord-Tenant Practice
- New Jersey Municipal Court Practice
- New Jersey Law Office Management


- Compliance Group 1: Individuals with Birthdays from Jan 1 - June 30
- Compliance Group 2: Individuals with Birthdays from July 1 - Dec 31


New Requirement
The new diversity, inclusion and elimination of bias requirement applies to the following groups.
 
Year of
Admission
Requirement
Begins
Your 1st Compliance Reporting
Period Requirements
All Following 2-Year
Compliance Reporting
Cycle Requirements
Group 1
2019
1/1/20
24 credits by 12/31/21
at least 5 credits in Ethics and Professionalism including 2 in Diversity
Must complete new admit requirement**
24 credits by 12/31/23
at least 5 credits in Ethics and Professionalism including 2 in Diversity
Group 2
2019
1/1/20
12 credits by 12/31/20
at least 2.5 credits in Ethics and Professionalism including 1 in Diversity
Transitional reporting period+
24 credits by 12/31/22
at least 5 credits in Ethics and Professionalism including 2 in Diversity
Must complete new admit requirement**
Group 1
2020
1/1/21
12 credits by 12/31/21
at least 2.5 credits
in Ethics and Professionalism including 1 in Diversity
Transitional reporting period+
24 credits by 12/31/23
at least 5 credits in Ethics and Professionalism including 2 in Diversity
Must complete new admit requirement**
Group 2
2020
1/1/21
24 credits by 12/31/22
at least 5 credits in Ethics and Professionalism including 2 in Diversity
Must complete new admit requirement**
24 credits by 12/31/24
at least 5 credits in Ethics and Professionalism including 2 in Diversity
Group 1
2021
1/1/22
24 credits by 12/31/23
at least 5 credits in Ethics and Professionalism including 2 in Diversity
Must complete new admit requirement**
24 credits by 12/31/25
at least 5 credits in Ethics and Professionalism including 2 in Diversity
Group 2
2021
1/1/22
12 credits by 12/31/22
at least 2.5 credits
in Ethics and Professionalism including 1 in Diversity
Transitional reporting period+
24 credits by 12/31/24
at least 5 credits in Ethics and Professionalism including 2 in Diversity
Must complete new admit requirement**
Group 1
2022
1/1/23
12 credits by 12/31/23
at least 2.5 credits
in Ethics and Professionalism including 1 in Diversity
Transitional reporting period+
24 credits by 12/31/25
at least 5 credits in Ethics and Professionalism including 2 in Diversity
Must complete new admit requirement**
Group 2
2022
1/1/23
24 credits by 12/31/24
at least 5 credits in Ethics and Professionalism including 2 in Diversity
Must complete new admit requirement**
24 credits by 12/31/26
at least 5 credits in Ethics and Professionalism including 2 in Diversity
Group 1
2023
1/1/24
24 credits by 12/31/25
at least 5 credits
in Ethics and Professionalism including 1 in Diversity
Must complete new admit requirement**
24 credits by 12/31/27
at least 5 credits in Ethics and Professionalism including 2 in Diversity
Group 2
2023
1/1/24
12 credits by 12/31/24
at least 2.5 credits
in Ethics and Professionalism including 1 in Diversity
Transitional reporting period+
24 credits by 12/31/26
at least 5 credits in Ethics and Professionalism including 2 in Diversity
 Must complete new admit requirement**

New Attorneys