Legal Courses Online, CPD Courses, Online Lawyers

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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and out-of-date videos.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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