Southern Law Association
CPD
Continuing Professional Development (CPD) is further education or training or both.
What is CPD?What Is Continuing Professional Development?CPD is defined in the Regulations as “the provision of further education or training (or both) to a solicitor, whether relating to law or to management and professional development skills, intended to develop the solicitor in his or her professional knowledge, skills and abilities, and may be referred to in common usage as ‘CPD’”. Please note all information is linked from the Law Society website New CPD Regulations (Solicitors (Continuing Professional Development) Regulations 2015) (S.I No. 480 of 2015) come into effect on 1 January 2016. 2016 CPD Requirement - 18 hoursSolicitor who is NOT a sole practitioner or a compliance partner and/or an anti-money laundering compliance partner: the CPD requirement for the 2016 cycle is 18 hours, to include a minimum of 3 hours management and professional development skills and a minimum of 2 hours regulatory matters. Solicitor who IS a sole practitioner or a compliance partner and/or an anti-money laundering compliance partner: the CPD requirement for the 2016 cycle is 18 hours, to include a minimum of 3 hours management and professional development skills and a minimum of 3 hours regulatory matters, of which at least 2 hours shall be accounting and anti-money laundering compliance. Scheme BookletSolicitors are advised to familiarise themselves with these new Regulations which introduce a number of changes to the CPD Scheme, all of which are detailed in the new Scheme booklet. The Regulations introduce a new requirement for a solicitor (including a senior practitioner) who is a sole practitioner or a compliance partner and/or an anti-money laundering compliance partner to undertake in each CPD cycle to which the regulations relate, a minimum of 3 hours of regulatory matters, of which at least 2 hours shall be accounting and anti-money laundering compliance.
CPD Scheme Record CardThe record card is available as a pdf that you can make changes to electronically. Just download and save the file to your computer, then edit as required to record your hours and personal details. Alternatively, you can print the file to fill it in by hand.
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