13 credit hours per year, reported every year (mar 1). Verified against the NV bar or court authority.
| Total CLE required | 13 credit hours per year |
|---|---|
| Ethics requirement | 2 hrs |
| Reporting cycle | Every year (Mar 1) |
| Wellness / mental health credit | 1 hr substance abuse / addictive disorders / mental health EVERY YEAR |
| Online CLE accepted | Yes |
| Accreditation route | Approved (Board of CLE) |
Note: Nevada is the only state requiring the MH/substance hour ANNUALLY, not per cycle.
Annualised, that is 13 hours per year, above the national median of 12 hours per year, placing Nevada 15th of the 46 jurisdictions that mandate CLE.
Nevada recognises wellness or mental health credit. 1 hr substance abuse / addictive disorders / mental health EVERY YEAR This is the most direct route to satisfying part of your requirement with substantive training rather than a box-ticking exercise. AWP programmes are built for exactly this category: live, taught by physicians, judges, and practising attorneys, and grounded in the neurobiology of cumulative stress rather than general wellness advice.
Nevada requires 13 hours each year, of which 2 are earmarked for ethics. That leaves roughly 11 hours each year that you choose the content for. Those are the hours in question.
Research into lawyer suicidality found perceived stress to be the single strongest predictor, with lawyers reporting high stress 22 times more likely to contemplate suicide than those reporting low stress. The same body of work found that lawyers in environments valuing professionalism and humanity over productivity and constant availability were measurably healthier.
Exposure is not evenly distributed across a bar. It follows the material. Judges absorb the same material from the bench without the advocate's protective sense of acting for someone. One study found 63 percent reporting at least one vicarious trauma symptom. Firms and offices in Nevada doing the judiciary carry more of this than a general commercial practice does, and their training needs differ accordingly.
These are competence issues, not comfort issues. They surface as missed deadlines, degraded judgment on live matters, ethics complaints, and the departure of lawyers a firm has already paid to train. If Nevada is going to require the time anyway, it can be spent on the thing that is measurably breaking.
Nevada requires 13 credit hours per year. Of that, the ethics requirement is 2 hrs. The reporting cycle runs every year (mar 1).
Yes. Rules on self-study versus live or interactive formats vary, and newly admitted attorneys are often held to stricter requirements than experienced ones. Confirm with the accrediting authority before enrolling.
Yes. Nevada recognises wellness or mental health credit: 1 hr substance abuse / addictive disorders / mental health EVERY YEAR Attorney Wellness Project delivers live, accredited programming in this category, taught by attorneys, judges, physicians, and psychologists.
Approved (Board of CLE). Requirements change, so verify directly with the issuing authority before relying on any summary, including this one.
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