Law Society of Ireland bumps up CPD requirement
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Solicitors will have to complete a minimum of 25 hours’ CPD next year, an increase of five hours on the current requirement, the Law Society of Ireland has said.
The new CPD scheme requires 25 hours of CPD during 2024, of which at least five hours must focus on professional development and solicitor wellbeing and at least three hours must focus on client care and professional standards.
This represents an increase on the current requirement to complete 20 hours of CPD, of which three hours must focus on management and professional development and two hours on regulatory matters.
The increase also applies to senior practitioners, who will have to complete at least eight hours of CPD in 2024, up from just three hours under current regulations.
Solicitors in the role of a sole practitioner, compliance partner and/or anti-money laundering compliance partner are required to undertake at least one hour of accounting and anti-money laundering compliance as part of the three hours of client care and professional standards component.
More information is available from the Law Society website.
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