CPD Requirements

Your state-by-state guide to Legal CPD requirements

Your state-by-state guide to Legal CPD requirements

New South Wales

CPD Year

1 April - 31 March

CPD Points

10 points (10 hours)

Mandatory CPD Fields

Lawyers must earn a minimum of one CPD points from each of the four mandatory fields each CPD year:

  1. Ethics and professional responsibility
  2. Practice management and business skills
  3. Professional Skills
  4. Substantive law

Queensland

CPD Year

1 April - 31 March

CPD Points

10 points (10 hours)

Mandatory CPD Fields

Lawyers must earn a minimum of one CPD points from each of the three mandatory fields each CPD year:

  1. Practical legal ethics
  2. Practice management and business skills
  3. Professional Skills

Victoria

CPD Year

1 April - 31 March

CPD Points

10 points (10 hours)

Mandatory CPD Fields

Lawyers must earn a minimum of one CPD points from each of the four mandatory fields each CPD year:

  1. Ethics and professional responsibility
  2. Practice management and business skills
  3. Professional Skills
  4. Substantive law

Australian Capital Territory

CPD Year

1 April - 31 March

CPD Points

10 points (10 hours)

Mandatory CPD Fields

Lawyers must earn a minimum of one CPD points from each of the four mandatory fields each CPD year:

  1. Ethics and professional responsibility
  2. Practice management and business skills
  3. Professional Skills
  4. Substantive law

South Australia

CPD Year

1 April - 31 March

CPD Points

10 points (10 hours)

Mandatory CPD Fields

Lawyers must earn a minimum of one CPD points from each of the four mandatory fields each CPD year:

  1. Practical legal ethics
  2. Practice management and business skills
  3. Professional Skills
  4. Bullying, discrimination and harassment

Northern Territory

CPD Year

1 April - 31 March

CPD Points

10 points (10 hours)

Mandatory CPD Fields

Lawyers must earn a minimum of one CPD points from each of the four mandatory fields each CPD year:

  1. Ethics and professional responsibility
  2. Practice management and business skills
  3. Professional Skills
  4. Bullying, discrimination and harassment

Tasmania

CPD Year

1 May - 30 April

CPD Points

10 points (10 hours)

Mandatory CPD Fields

Lawyers must earn a minimum of one CPD points from each of the four mandatory fields each CPD year:

  1. Ethics and professional responsibility
  2. Practice management and business skills
  3. Professional Skills
  4. Substantive law 
  5. Equality and Wellbeing

Western Australia

Coming soon!

To our legal community in Western Australia, we're working hard to bring CPD to you. While we're not quite there yet, rest assured it's a top priority for us post-launch in 2024.

Stay tuned for updates!