The D.C. Bar administers the Mandatory Course on the D.C. Rules of Professional
Conduct and District of Columbia Practice for new admittees to the District
of Columbia Bar and certain other individuals. For questions or for more information,
call 202-626-1315 or 1-877-33-DCBAR, ext. 315.
Special Accommodations
The District of Columbia Bar will provide reasonable accommodations
to persons with disabilities as required by individual circumstances. Requests
for accommodations shall be made in writing to D.C. Bar, ATTN: Mandatory Course
Accommodations, 1250 H Street NW, Sixth Floor, Washington, DC 20005-5937. Deadline for receipt of request is at least one week before
the course date.
MCLE Credit
The D.C. Bar is an accredited or approved sponsor in Alabama, Arkansas,
California, Colorado, Delaware, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Louisiana,
Maine, Mississippi, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Mexico, North Carolina,
North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina,
Texas Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, and Wisconsin. All Mandatory
Course sessions qualify for credit in New York.
The D.C. Bar will apply for credit for individual
courses in other states, including Florida, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota,
Nevada, Oregon, Tennessee, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming. The D.C.
Bar will assist with applications to Arizona, Idaho, Kentucky, and
Montana, but attorneys must apply individually for credit for courses
and submit payment directly to these states, if required.
This course has been approved for 5.0 total CLE credit hours, including
3.0 legal ethics credits. These hours are calculated on a 60-minute hour.
Breaks have already been deducted from the time. However, some states (such
as Pennsylvania) round down to the nearest half hour.
If you are also seeking MCLE credit in another jurisdiction, please have
your state(s) attorney registration number(s)/bar number(s) available.
Alternative Compliance
Attorneys may, in cases of extreme hardship only, request that the requirement
that they complete the mandatory course on the D.C. Rules of Professional
Conduct and D.C. Practice be met by use of an audio-taped session provided
by the D.C. Bar, instead of attending one of the regularly scheduled sessions
of the course. However, the Bar's procedures contemplate that in-person
attendance of the course is the preferred method of compliance.
An attorney requesting alternative compliance to the course must provide
evidence in writing of his or her claim of extreme hardship. Extreme hardship
may include a severe, prolonged illness that makes physical attendance inordinately
difficult, or such other cause as may be determined. Although travel requirements
and work and personal schedules may pose an inconvenience for attorneys
who do not reside in close proximity to the District of Columbia, extreme
hardship shall not include absence from the District of Columbia except
under extraordinary circumstances.
An individual requesting alternative compliance shall attest to and furnish
such substantiation of his or her extreme hardship as the D.C. Bar may require.
The determination of the D.C. Bar shall be final.
A request for alternative compliance shall be made in writing to D.C.
Bar, ATTN: Mandatory Course Alternative Compliance, 1250 H Street NW, Sixth
Floor, Washington, DC 20005-5937.
For more information on alternative compliance,
call 202-737-4700, ext. 234; for registration and other general information,
call 202-626-1315.