CPD
CPD and continuing competence for 2018 – do it online now!
We can (again) help you complete your continuing competence requirements this year. Our Internet for Lawyers CPD 2018 competence service guides you, via online articles and exercises, through the legal resources and tools available, helps you understand the internet and the legal issues it raises and assists you in the practical application of internet services […]
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Not much more time for barristers to complete their 2017 CPD
Barristers who have still to complete their 2017 CPD requirements and records can quickly and easily complete their CPD with our CPD 2017 service. Our Internet for Lawyers CPD competence courses guide you, via online articles and exercises, through the legal resources and tools available, help you understand the internet and the legal issues it […]
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Guidance for barristers on the new CPD requirements
Barristers must soon complete their CPD for 2017 and be able to declare that they have done so. Are you in a position to do so? Review the following précis of the Bar Standards Board (BSB) CPD requirements and make sure you have complied. If you feel that you have not yet complied, we can […]
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Solicitors: stay competent to practise!
Solicitors must soon attest, in respect of the practice year to 31 October 2017: “I have reflected on my practice and addressed any identified learning and development needs.” Are you in a position to do so? Review the following précis of the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) continuing competence requirements and make sure you have complied. […]
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How’s your CPD competence planning going?
Very soon you are going to have to account for how you have assessed and met your learning and development needs to remain competent to practice in 2017. How’s it going? Using our Internet for Lawyers CPD 2017 competence service you can quickly and easily create a Plan and keep the appropriate Records for SRA […]
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Solicitors’ continuing competence – a reminder
Solicitors no longer need to count CPD hours. Instead you should now reflect on the quality of your practice and identify any learning and development needs. You can then address these needs to make sure your knowledge and skills are up to date and that you are competent to practice. The new regime requires you, […]
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CPD and continuing competence in 2017
This article first appeared in Legal Web Watch April 2017. Legal Web Watch is a free email service which complements the Internet Newsletter for Lawyers. To receive Legal Web Watch regularly sign up here. It’s now nearly 6 months since the mandatory introduction of the new Continuing Competence regime for solicitors and 4 months since […]
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Internet for Lawyers CPD 2016 competence courses online now
Thanks to those who have already completed our new Internet for Lawyers CPD 2016 courses and a reminder to those who have not that you can earn all the CPD you need with us online now. Barristers. You have a month to complete your 2016 CPD. You may undertake any of our courses and claim […]
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Barristers CPD for 2017
The Bar Standards Board has finally come up with draft guidelines for their new CPD scheme, commencing 1 January 2017. For 2017 there will be no requirement to complete a set number of CPD hours. You will have individual responsibility for what training you require and you will have increased flexibility in the types of […]
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Changes to CPD
The era of traditional CPD “points” requirements for both solicitors and barristers is drawing to a close, with new continuing practice development regimes being introduced for the next practice year. Whilst there has been plenty of notice of this (for solicitors, not so much for barristers), it’s understandable that many practitioners, particularly those operating without […]
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Legal Web Watch: CPD/competence special
Legal Web Watch is a free monthly email service which complements the Internet Newsletter for Lawyers. To receive Legal Web Watch regularly sign up here. Changes to CPD for solicitors All solicitors should by now be aware that changes are afoot with CPD! But there is no need to panic as we are now within […]
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Legal Web Watch March 2015
Legal Web Watch is a free monthly email service which complements the Internet Newsletter for Lawyers. To receive Legal Web Watch regularly sign up here. Follow Nick Holmes on Twitter @nickholmes. Continuing competence after 1 April In the March issue of the Newsletter, Ruth Bird and Natasha Choolhun consider the role digital literacy skills should […]
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