Lawyers and Conveyancers Act (Lawyers: Ongoing Legal Education—Continuing Professional Development) Rules 2013

5 Continuing professional development plan and record

5.1

The CPDPR of a lawyer who provides regulated services for all or part of a yearly period must include:

(a)

a description of the lawyer’s current learning needs;

(b)

a description of the lawyer’s proposed actions to be undertaken to meet the learning needs;

(c)

a description and details of the activities undertaken by the lawyer to meet the learning needs, including:

(i)

a record of the hours involved and undertaken in respect of each activity;

(ii)

a reflection on each activity; and

(iii)

documentation verifying attendance at each activity;

(d)

in accordance with rule 6, or as modified by the Law Society under rule 7.4, a statement of the number of hours required within each yearly period; and

(e)

a record of any period of time greater than three months during which the lawyer did not provide regulated services.

5.2

The CPDPR of a lawyer who does not provide regulated services may include the matters referred to in rule 5.1(a) to (c).

5.3

A CPDPR must be retained for 3 years.