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CPD hours accrued.
Criminal Law Week runs CPD Courses for both barristers and solicitors. Registrants gain CPD hours by answering regular sets of multiple-choice questions based solely on content published in issues of Criminal Law Week. The purpose of each set of questions is to ensure that registrants have a thorough understanding of recent developments in the criminal law and a proper understanding of the impact of those developments in relation to his or her area of practice.
Barristers
Course overview
Continuing Professional Development (CPD) applies to all barristers, regardless of their year of call.
Criminal Law Week’s CPD Distance Learning Course has been accredited by the Bar Council for both the New Practitioners’ and Established Practitioners’ Programmes. We provide a distance learning course offering 100% of the total CPD requirement (except for the advocacy and ethics training requirements of the New Practitioners’ Programme).
The CPD questions are set by James Richardson who is a barrister with over 30 years’ experience in all areas of criminal law, both prosecuting and defence. He is the Editor of Archbold – Criminal Pleading, Evidence and Procedure and Criminal Law Week.
Course details
The course is run over a period of 12 months from the commencement of the Bar Council’s CPD year on January 1 through to the end of December.
During this period there are 46 issues of Criminal Law Week. A set of straightforward multiple-choice questions, usually based on the previous three issues and requiring no other knowledge, is sent to registrants by email or by post. There are 15 sets of questions each year. Registrants normally have two weeks in which to complete their questionnaires and return them to Criminal Law Week for marking. If eight out of the 12 questions are answered correctly one CPD hour is awarded.
Registrants are informed by letter halfway through the course and again at the end of the course as to how many CPD hours they have accrued.
Price
- £64.63 (£55 + £9.63 VAT)
A subscription to Criminal Law Week is not essential although it is recommended as it will be necessary to refer to the issues in order to complete the questions.
Payment in full must be made at the time of registration, or within 14 days of the date of invoice.
Registration
You can choose to receive the CPD papers either in print by post or in PDF by email.
Please click below to register on the CPD Course for Barristers.
Solicitors
Course overview
Criminal Law Week’s CPD Course for Solicitors enables its registrants to acquire up to 75% of their CPD hours by answering regular sets of multiple choice questions. The course is fully accredited by the Law Society.
The questions are intended as an update for the criminal practitioner. They are therefore set at a level suitable for completion by all specialist criminal practitioners or indeed any solicitor with an interest in the criminal law, from the newly qualified to the senior partner.
The purpose of each set of questions is to ensure that registrants have a thorough understanding of recent developments in the criminal law and a proper understanding of the impact of those developments in relation to his or her area of practice. Furthermore as registrants are required to read Criminal Law Week in order to answer the questions, this ensures that they are kept fully up to date with the law relating to his/her area of practice in accordance with the 1990 Solicitors’ Practice Rules (as amended).
The CPD questions are set by James Richardson who is a barrister with over 30 years’ experience in all areas of criminal law, both prosecuting and defence. He is the Editor of Archbold – Criminal Pleading, Evidence and Procedure and Criminal Law Week.
Course details
The course is run over a period of 12 months from the commencement of the Law Society’s CPD year on November 1 to October 31.
During this period there are 46 issues of Criminal Law Week. A set of straightforward multiple-choice questions, usually based on the previous three issues and requiring no other knowledge, is sent to registrants by email or by post. There are 15 sets of questions each year. Registrants normally have two weeks in which to complete their questionnaires and return them to Criminal Law Week for marking. The answers are published together with the following set of questions. If eight out of the 12 questions are answered correctly one CPD hour is awarded.
Registrants are informed by letter halfway through the course and again at the end of the course as to how many CPD hours they have accrued.
Price
- £92.83 (£79 + £13.83 VAT)
Payment in full must be made at the time of registration, or within 14 days of the date of invoice. At least one person at the registrant’s address must subscribe to Criminal Law Week. There is no maximum number of registrants per subscription but we recommend not more than five.
Registration
You can choose to receive the CPD papers either in print by post or in PDF by email.
Please click below to register on the CPD Course for Solicitors.
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