CPD activity
2 CPD activity
A CPD activity is:
(a) preparing a presentation for giving (including by videoconference) at a seminar; or
(b) giving (including by videoconference) a presentation at a seminar; or
(c) attending (including by videoconference) a seminar or multimedia or website based program conducted by a person who is qualified by practical or academic experience in the subject covered; or
(d) private study involving the use of audio or video material specifically aimed at increasing or updating the substantive law or core competencies of legal practitioners; or
preparing or giving (including by videoconference) a lecture:
(i) on a subject for a Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice, Bachelor of Laws or Master of Laws; or
(ii) on a subject for another university course that is covered in a course mentioned in subparagraph (i); or
(f) writing an article that is published in a legal publication, or a legal article that is published in a non-legal publication, or refereeing or structural editing of such a published article; or
participating in a committee; or
(h) completing a specialist accreditation examination approved by the Law Society; or
(i) attending lectures or writing assignments or a thesis as part of post‑graduate studies.
A CPD activity must:
be of significant intellectual or practical content; and
(b) deal primarily with matters related to the practice of law or a matter mentioned in clause 1, definition core competencies, paragraph (d); and
(c) be relevant to the practitioner's immediate or long‑term professional development needs.
(3) Private study is not a CPD activity unless it is covered by subclause (1)(d).
Engaging in legal practice is not a CPD activity.
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