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Lawyers go online as CPD deadline looms
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AS the deadline for gaining compulsory continuing
online professional development points looms,
a growing number of lawyers are turning to their
online options.
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The 31 March marks the deadline for lawyers to get their CPD
points, which makes this the busiest time of year for online
providers of CPD points. But some law firms and lawyers still turn
to the traditional models of seminars, classes, and out-of-date
videos.
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In the Australian legal profession there remains some
resistance to the adoption of online legal training, while a
growing number is slowly looking at online options.
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Lawyers face ever-increasing demands upon their time, says
Natalie Wieland, a lawyer who started CPD Interactive while
on maternity leave in 2007.
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Any continuing resistance to online training may suggest a
need for a cultural shift in the way many lawyers think about
learning. Wieland says having online training as an option
means lawyers who are "geographically challenged" still get to
do interesting things.
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The first major shock for Wieland when she launched CPD
Interactive was that the legal industry didn't know what online
learning was, not that you could get a point online.
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The other great benefit of online CPD Courses is the
opportunity to gain the points while overseas, says Wieland.
"We just had a partner in Vietnam do a course."
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