CPD for Me is a recognised “best practice” lawyer CPD provider

The following summary below is based on information available on each law society’s website on 27/01/2021

Disclaimer

Our CPD on-demand sessions are prepared in accordance with the CLE/CPD schemes including Mandatory categories:

• Practice Management and Business Skills
• Professional Skills
• Ethics and Professional Responsibility
• Substantive Law

CPD for Me presenters are legal industry experts, barristers and accredited specialists who provide 1 hour exclusive webinars, which are edited into engaging online courses with any associated handouts.

If particular educational activities are relevant to your immediate or long term needs in relation to your professional development and practice of the law or profession, then you should claim one “unit/point” for each hour of online viewing, listening, and private study completing relevant downloads, available for ongoing, Ask the Expert Q&A.

The statements, analyses, opinions and conclusions in these materials are those of the author and not CPD for Me or CPD-LIVE which act only in the capacity as convener of education courses.

No part of any seminar or legal update can be regarded as legal advice.

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Compliance

The Legal Profession Uniform Law Application Act 2014 (NSW) commenced on 1 July 2015 and replaced the current Legal Profession Act 2004 (NSW) regulatory regime.

The following information is a summary only, of each State or Territory’s CPD Compliance requirements, providing a guide to the requirements relevant to content provided by CPD for Me. It is essential that you consult your relevant Law Society to ensure your CPD Compliance requirements are met.

Australian Capital Territory

CPD Year: 1 April to 31 March the following year

CPD Units to be completed: 10

At least one unit must be completed in each of four core areas:

• Core Area 1 — Legal Ethics and Professional Responsibility
• Core Area 2 — Practice Management and Business Skills
• Core Area 3 — Professional Skills
• Core Area 4 — Substantive Law and Procedural Law

The Law Society of the ACT

CPD Guidelines

You can get unlimited units per CPD year via attending or participating in a seminar, workshop, lecture, conference, tutorial, discussion group, audio/ video/online presentation or other educational activity > Click here for our CPD-LIVE Webinars  or via our > CPD for Me on-demand 24/7 any device

Or have access to both CPD for Me on-demand and CPD-LIVE Webinars with a subscription to CPD for Me

You can receive up to 5 CPD units by preparing and/or presenting a CPD seminar or other form of educational activity > Speak for Us

New South Wales

CPD Year: 1 April to 31 March the following year

CPD Units to be completed: 10

Practitioners must include at least one (1) CPD unit every year in each of the following compulsory fields:

• Ethics and Professional Responsibility
• Practice Management and Business Skills
• Professional Skills
• Substantive Law

The Law Society of NSW

Your Practising Certificate – Continuing Professional Development

You can get unlimited units per CPD year via Attending or participating in a seminar, lecture,  multimedia or web-based program > Click here for our CPD-LIVE Webinars   

And right now because of COVID for the 2020-21 CPD year, the Law Society of NSW will not be enforcing the five-unit cap on the private study of audio/visual material which you can access through our > CPD for Me on-demand

Or have access to both CPD for Me on-demand and CPD-LIVE Webinars with a subscription to CPD for Me

Northern Territory

CPD Year: 1 April to 31 March the following year

CPD Units to be completed: 10

Practitioners must accrue at least one CPD point in a substantive law competency and one CPD point in each of the three prescribed core competencies. The three core competencies are:

• Professional Ethics and Responsibility
• Practice Management and Business Skills
• Professional Skills in legal practice

Law Society Northern Territory

CPD a guide for practitioners

You can get unlimited units per CPD year via Attending or participating in a seminar, lecture,  multimedia or web-based program > Click here for our CPD-LIVE Webinars   

You can get a maximum of 5 units per CPD year via private study of audio/visual material though our > CPD for Me on-demand

Or have access to both CPD for Me on-demand and CPD-LIVE Webinars with a subscription to CPD for Me

Queensland

CPD Year: 1 April to 31 March the following year

CPD Units to be completed: 10

Each CPD year you must complete at least one CPD unit in each of the following mandatory core areas:

• Practical Legal Ethics
• Practice Management and Business Skills
• Professional Skills

Queensland Law Society

CPD Guide

You can get unlimited units per CPD year via Attending or participating in a seminar, lecture,  multimedia or web-based program, private study of audio/visual material via > CPD for Me on-demand  or > Click here for our CPD-LIVE Webinars 

Or have access to both CPD for Me on-demand and CPD-LIVE Webinars with a subscription to CPD for Me

South Australia

CPD Year: 1 April to 31 March the following year

CPD Units to be completed: 10

Practitioners must complete, at least 1 (one) unit of each of the following required CPD activities must be completed each CPD year:

• Practical Legal Ethics
• Practice Management and Business Skills
• Professional Skills

The Law Society of South Australia

You can get unlimited units per CPD year via Attending or participating in a seminar, lecture,  multimedia or web-based program > Click here for our CPD-LIVE Webinars   

You can get a maximum of 5 units per CPD year via private study of audio/visual material though our > CPD for Me on-demand

Or have access to both CPD for Me on-demand and CPD-LIVE Webinars with a subscription to CPD for Me

Tasmania

CPD Year: 1 April to 31 March the following year

CPD Units to be completed: 10

The points acquired by a practitioners in a CPD year must include at least:

• one CPD point relating to Practical Legal Ethics
• one CPD point relating to Practice Management or Business Skills
• one CPD point relating to Professional Skills
• one CPD point relating to Substantive Law

The Law Society of Tasmania

Practice Guideline 4 – Continuing Professional Development Scheme

You can get a maximum of 5 units per CPD year via Attending or participating in a seminar, lecture,  multimedia or web-based program > Click here for our CPD-LIVE Webinars   

You can get a maximum of 5 units per CPD year via viewing or listening to, or preparing material for, a multi-media or web-based program
or recorded material though our > CPD for Me on-demand

Or have access to both CPD for Me on-demand and CPD-LIVE Webinars with a subscription to CPD for Me

Victoria

CPD Year: 1 April to 31 March the following year

CPD Units to be completed: 10

You must complete at least 1 CPD unit in each of the four compulsory fields:

• Ethics and Professional Responsibility
• Practice Management and Business Skills
• Professional Skills
• Substantive Law

Law Institute of Victoria

Legal Profession Uniform Continuing Professional Development (Solicitors) Rules 2015

You can get unlimited units per CPD year via Attending or participating in a seminar, workshop, lecture, conference, discussion group, multimedia or web-based program > Click here for our CPD-LIVE Webinars   

You can get a maximum of 5 units per CPD year via private study of audio/visual material though our > CPD for Me on-demand

Or have access to both CPD for Me on-demand and CPD-LIVE Webinars with a subscription to CPD for Me

Western Australia

*CPD for Me content is no longer accredited in WA

1st April 2015, CPD rules require all WA lawyers to complete a minimum of one CPD point in each of the four mandatory CPD competencies:

• Competency Area 1: Practice Management;
• Competency Area 2: Professional Skills;
• Competency Area 3: Ethics and Professional Responsibility; and
• Competency Area 4: Substantive Law.

You must complete a minimum of 10 appropriate hours of CPD activities each year

Legal Practice Board of Western Australia

CPD requirements and guidelines

Legal Practice Board Guideline of topics

New Zealand

CPD Year: 1 April to 31 March the following year

CPD Hours to be completed: 10 (minimum)

You must complete a minimum of 10 appropriate hours of CPD activities each year 
Activities means learning which:

• is structured with identifiable aims and with outcomes relevant to a lawyer’s identified learning needs
• provides an opportunity for interaction and feedback
• is verifiable by documentation
• is not part of a lawyer’s usual day-to-day work

New Zealand Law Society

Lawyers and Conveyancers Act (Lawyers: Ongoing Legal Education—Continuing Professional Development) Rules 2013New Zealand Law Society

Lawyers and Conveyancers Act (Lawyers: Ongoing Legal Education—Continuing Professional Development) Rules 2013

You can get unlimited units per CPD year via Attending or participating in a seminar, lecture,  multimedia or web-based program > Click here for our CPD-LIVE Webinars   

or via > CPD for Me on-demand

You can have access to both CPD for Me on-demand and CPD-LIVE Webinars with a subscription to CPD for Me