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.
Nevada requires 13 hours every year. That is on the heavier end. 31 of the 46 mandating jurisdictions ask for less, and only fourteen ask for more.
Nevada recognizes 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 programs 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 follows the material rather than the job title, and it is not only the attorneys and advocates who carry it. Judges are not insulated by seniority. They absorb the same material from the bench without the advocate's protective sense of acting for someone, and one study found 63 percent reporting at least one vicarious trauma symptom. Firms, offices, and courts in Nevada whose work runs through material like this carry more of it 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 recognizes 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, psychologists, and coaches.
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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