QLD CPD requirements

Solicitors' CPD is administered by the Queensland Law Society, and barristers have a separate scheme. Both need 10 points a year (1 April – 31 March), with three compulsory areas for solicitors and four for barristers.

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Solicitors

10 points

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Queensland Law Society1 April to 31 MarchOfficial source
Regulator
Queensland Law Society
CPD year
1 April to 31 March
Mandatory categories
  • Practical Legal Ethics: 1 minimum
  • Practice Management and Business Skills: 1 minimum
  • Professional Skills: 1 minimum
Caps
  • Research, preparation or editing of legal articles: 5 maximum
  • Preparation of CPD activities: 5 maximum
  • Presentation of CPD activities: 5 maximum
  • Legal committee participation: 3 maximum
Carry-over
Points earned between 1 January and 31 March may be counted in either the current or the following CPD year, but only once.
Notes
  • Queensland has no substantive law minimum, but substantive law activities still count towards the 10 points.
  • Private study of an audio or visual recording has no annual cap under the Queensland scheme.
  • Engaging in ordinary legal practice is not a CPD activity.
  • Committee participation can only be claimed in a CPD year in which you do not also claim for preparing or presenting CPD material, or for a published article.
  • Completing every assessment for a specialist accreditation program, or for the practice management course, is treated as 10 points for that CPD year.

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Barristers

10 points

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Bar Association of Queensland1 April to 31 MarchOfficial source
Regulator
Bar Association of Queensland
CPD year
1 April to 31 March
Mandatory categories
  • Ethics and Professional Responsibility: 1 minimum
  • Practice Management and Business Skills: 1 minimum
  • Substantive Law, Practice and Procedure and Evidence: 1 minimum
  • Barristers' Skills: 1 minimum
Caps
  • Legal journal publication per year: 6 maximum
  • Approved Hearsay article per year: 3 maximum
  • Law-reform submission per year: 4 maximum
  • University moot judging per year: 6 maximum
  • Lecturing at undergraduate level or above per year: 6 maximum
  • Marking Bar Practice exams per year: 4 maximum
Carry-over
Points earned between 1 January and 31 March may be carried into the following CPD year, but can only be counted once; a conference or seminar must stay in one CPD year.
Notes
  • Barristers must submit their Schedule 5 CPD record to the Bar Association by 14 April each year.
  • The current BAQ policy caps live or recorded online viewing at 5 points per year, with a rural/regional exemption available under the policy.
  • Readers must complete the Essential Learning Program and compulsory Reader CPD; these count toward, but do not replace, the ordinary 10-point requirement.
  • Paid presentations and other paid attendance do not attract CPD points under the current BAQ policy.
  • Attendance, chairing/facilitating and presenting use different point rates; do not double count the same session.
  • Preparing a presentation earns no points under the current BAQ policy.

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