CPD RULES for lawyers of Australian Capital Territory


ACT practitioners must complete 10 CPD units per CPD year.

The CPD year runs from 1 April to 31 March in the following year.

Legal practitioner must complete, at least 1 (one) unit of each of the following required CPD compulsory subjects each CPD year:

  1. practical legal ethics
  2. practice management or business skills
  3. professional skills
  4. substantive law

To find out more about the CPD rules, visit the website of the ACT Law Society:
https://www.actlawsociety.asn.au/public-information/questions-about-mandatory-cpd