Pursuant to rule 2.2(c) of the Rules of the State Bar of California, you are required to verify the information in your State Bar record during the annual license renewal process by February 1 of each year.
Note: You will be required to verify the information in your Attorney Record when you first log in to your My State Bar Profile before you can access other sections. Additionally, if you have not reported your practice sector and law firm size information or other required information is missing, you will be required to update your attorney record before you can access your My State Bar Profile. View more information on attorney record reporting requirements.
If the information in your attorney record is accurate and all required information is provided, click the "Confirm and Complete Annual Check" button to proceed in to your My State Bar Profile.
If required information is missing from your attorney record or you need to update the information in your attorney record, click the "Update" button to proceed with providing required information or updating your information.
Note: If required information is missing from your attorney record, the "Confirm and Complete Annual Check" button will not be available. You will be required to update your attorney record.
When updating your attorney record information you must:
Review your address, make updates if required. If you make changes, update the required Address Change Effective Date.
Review your work, fax, and private phone numbers and update as required. The effective date is required for any work or private number updates. However, if you remove your work or private number, you must also remove the corresponding effective date.
Review your email for State Bar communications, email for public record, and website address and update as required. The effective date is required for any email for State Bar communications or website updates. However, if you remove your website address, you must also remove the website effective date.
Review your practice sector, law firm size, area(s) or practice, and languages and update as required. An effective date is required for any practice sector and law firm size updates.
Review your reported additional jurisdiction information and update as required.
View detailed instructions on adding additional jurisdictions, updating reported jurisdictions, or removing reported jurisdictions.
Once you have updated all required items, to save any edits, you must check the box acknowledging you have read the Terms of Use in order to enable the "Save" button.
After clicking the "Save" button, you will be given the opportunity to review your changes before finalizing.
If all your changes are correct, click the "Save my updated information and Complete Annual Check" button to proceed to your My State Bar Profile.
If the address you entered did not successfully validate, you may see the below warning message. However, if the address you entered is accurate, simply click the "Save my updated information as-is and Complete Annual Check" button to proceed.
Or, if the zip code, city, and state do not validate, you may see the below warning message. If the address you entered is accurate, simply click the "Save my City, State, and Zip information as-is" button to proceed.
If upon reviewing your updates additional edits are required, simply scroll down on the same review page to enter your additional edits.
Note: To save any additional edits, you must check the box acknowledging you have read the Terms of Use in order to enable the "Save these additional revisions" button.
Need more help? Contact us at AttorneyRegulation@calbar.ca.gov.