Each newly admitted attorney shall complete a minimum of 32 credit hours of accredited transitional education within the first two years of the date of admission to the Bar. Sixteen accredited hours shall be completed in each of the first two years of admission to the Bar as follows:

Ethics and professionalism, skills, law practice management and areas of professional practice are defined in section 1500.2 of this Part. The ethics and professionalism and skills components may be intertwined with other courses.

Except as provided in section 1500.13(b)(2) of this Part, a newly admitted attorney who accumulates more than the 16 hours of credit required in the first year of admission to the Bar may carry over to the second year of admission to the Bar a maximum of eight credits. Six credits in excess of the 16-hour requirement in the second year of admission to the Bar may be carried over to the following biennial reporting cycle to fulfill the requirements of subpart C of this Part. Ethics and professionalism credit may not be carried over.

Transitional continuing legal education credit will be granted only for courses and programs approved as such by the CLE board, except as provided in subdivision (d) of this section. No transitional continuing legal education course or program consisting of nontraditional formats, such as self-study, correspondence work, videotapes, audiotapes, motion picture presentations or on-line programs may be accepted for credit without prior permission from the CLE board, except as provided in the regulations and guidelines.

Transitional continuing legal education courses approved by another state, the District of Columbia, any territory of the United States or any foreign jurisdiction with requirements meeting the standards adopted by the CLE board shall count toward the newly admitted attorney's compliance with New York's transitional CLE program requirements in accordance with the regulations and guidelines established by the CLE board and this Part.

A maximum of 16 credit hours of approved transitional CLE courses taken from the date of graduation from law school up through the date of admission to the New York Bar may be applied toward a newly admitted attorney's first-year CLE program requirements. Credit hours in excess of 16 may not be carried over and applied toward the second-year CLE requirement.