TAS CPD requirements

Solicitors' CPD is administered by the Law Society of Tasmania, and barristers have a separate scheme. Both need 10 points a year (1 May – 30 April), with five compulsory areas for solicitors and four for barristers.

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Solicitors

10 points

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Law Society of Tasmania1 May to 30 AprilOfficial source
Regulator
Law Society of Tasmania
CPD year
1 May to 30 April
Mandatory categories
  • Practical Legal Ethics: 1 minimum
  • Practice Management or Business Skills: 1 minimum
  • Professional Skills: 1 minimum
  • Substantive Law: 1 minimum
  • Equality and Wellbeing: 1 minimum
Caps
  • Preparing material for seminars, live webinars, workshops, lectures, conferences, courses or discussion groups: 4 maximum
  • Viewing, listening to or preparing multimedia, web-based or recorded material: 5 maximum
  • Non-award tertiary courses per year: 5 maximum
  • Publishing, committee participation and attendance/preparation/presentation conducted within a legal practice, combined: 3 maximum
  • CPD points in any single day: 6 maximum
Carry-over
Points accrued in February, March or April above the current year's 10-point minimum may be assigned to the following CPD year, but only once.
Notes
  • Tasmania's CPD year runs 1 May to 30 April. It is the only jurisdiction that differs from the standard 1 April to 31 March year.
  • Tasmania uses one CPD guideline for all practitioners, but barristers do not need the Practice Management point. Their Professional Skills point must concern advocacy, alternative dispute resolution, research or other barristers' work.

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Barristers

10 points

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Law Society of Tasmania1 May to 30 AprilOfficial source
Regulator
Law Society of Tasmania
CPD year
1 May to 30 April
Mandatory categories
  • Practical Legal Ethics: 1 minimum
  • Professional Skills for Barristers: 1 minimum
  • Substantive Law: 1 minimum
  • Equality and Wellbeing: 1 minimum
Caps
  • Preparing material for seminars, live webinars, workshops, lectures, conferences, courses or discussion groups: 4 maximum
  • Viewing, listening to or preparing multimedia, web-based or recorded material: 5 maximum
  • Non-award tertiary courses per year: 5 maximum
  • Publishing, committee participation and attendance/preparation/presentation conducted within a legal practice, combined: 3 maximum
  • CPD points in any single day: 6 maximum
Carry-over
Points accrued in February, March or April above the current year's 10-point minimum may be assigned to the following CPD year, but only once.
Notes
  • Tasmania's CPD year runs 1 May to 30 April. It is the only jurisdiction that differs from the standard 1 April to 31 March year.
  • Tasmania uses one CPD guideline for all practitioners, but barristers do not need the Practice Management point. Their Professional Skills point must concern advocacy, alternative dispute resolution, research or other barristers' work.

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