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Practising barristers are required to undertake Continuing Professional Development throughout their careers. The requirement is for 12 hours of CPD per calendar year. At least 4 hours of these have to be through accredited activities such as preparing, delivering, or undertaking courses, lectures, or conferences accredited by the Bar Council for CPD purposes. Delivering a course counts for double the length of the course (to account for preparation time), although credit cannot be obtained for a repeat delivery of the course in the same calendar year. |
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The remaining hours can be obtained by other activities such as attending or contributing to unaccredited courses directly relevant to practice as a barrister, including BVC and compulsory pupillage courses; teaching law on undergraduate law or CPE courses; writing law books, articles or practice notes for publication (up to a maximum of 4 hours per calendar year); other activities must be approved in advance by the Education and Training Department of the General Council of the Bar. | |
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We are planning to run master class workshops at NPP/CPD level on cross-examining medical experts and on advocacy in mediation. Further details to be announced. | |
