- Credit hours required: 12 CPD credits per reporting period, including a minimum of 3 professionalism hours and up to 9 substantive hours
- Specialty credits required: Between January 1, 2018 and December 31, 2020, lawyers and paralegals must complete a total of 3 Professionalism Hours that focus on advancing equality, diversity and inclusion in the lawyer and paralegal professions. Each year thereafter, lawyers and paralegals must complete 1 Professionalism Hour that addresses equality, diversity and inclusion principles. These hours count towards the 3 Professionalism Hours required each year.
- Length of reporting period: 1 year
- Compliance date: December 31
- Compliance group: All attorneys
- Reporting date: December 31
- Compliance group: All attorneys
- Minutes per credit hour: 60 minutes, rounded down to the nearest quarter hour.
- Limit on credit hours for recorded programs: No limit. Attorneys can earn all CPD hours via recorded programs so long as the program formats have an interactive component.
- Attendance Reporting Procedure: Only Professionalism Hours, including EDI Professionalism Hours, must be accredited by the Law Society.
Attorneys must self-report completion of CPD requirements each reporting period through the online LSO Portal. Neither the ABA nor attorneys send certificates of attendance to the Law Society of Ontario.
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