CPD Service


Make the most of your NLJ subscription and earn CPD points—FREE!

If you find training too expensive or time-consuming, then NLJ's CPD service could be just what you need. You don’t have to leave the office and you don’t have to pay anything on top of your NLJ subscription—the service is completely free!

Accredited by the Law Society and the Bar Council.


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How the CPD Online Scheme Works 

  • Each month 16 multiple-choice questions are published on www.new-law-journal.co.uk, based on eight selected articles published in New Law Journal over the preceding month.

  • The questions are designed to ensure that you have read and understood a broad range of issues in relation to the law.

  • Answer the questions by clicking the box next to the answer you believe to be correct and pressing the "submit" button to send your answers for marking.

  • Successful completion of the exercise will gain you two CPD hours. You will be notified on-screen immediately.

  • You must answer all questions correctly to be awarded CPD hours. You will only be able to submit answers once.

  • The questions remain on the website for one month.

  • You will be able to access your own personal CPD record, which will give details of the number of CPD hours you have been awarded. You can simply print out and submit this record to the Law Society or the Bar Council.

  • The CPD service is completely secure, so you will need to register before you begin to use it. New users may register here.


Law Society Requirements

All solicitors and registered European lawyers who are in legal practice or employment in England and Wales and work 32 hours or more per week are required to complete a minimum of 16 hours of CPD per year; at least 25% must consist of participation in accredited training courses. For those who work fewer than 32 hours per week, the requirements are reduced.

The New Law Journal online CPD service is a quick and user-friendly way for solicitors to earn up to 75% of their annual CPD requirement—up to 12 hours. Please note that the Law Society requires that at least four hours of CPD be obtained through accredited training courses. Users of the scheme should print out their personal record of CPD hours gained and submit to the Law Society.

The Law Society CPD year runs from 1 November to 31 October. For more information about the Law Society’s CPD requirements, see www.cpd.lawsociety.org.uk.


Bar Council Requirements

Under the CPD Regulations of the General Council of the Bar, newly qualified barristers are required to complete a minimum of 45 hours of accredited CPD in their first three years of practice, and on completion of the New Practitioners' Programme, barristers are required to undertake 12 hours of CPD each year, four hours of which must be through accredited activities.

The New Law Journal online CPD service is a quick and user-friendly way for barristers to gain up to 100% of their annual CPD requirement. Users of the scheme should print out their personal record of CPD hours gained and submit to the Bar Council.

The Bar Council’s CPD year runs from 1 January to 31 December. See www.legaleducation.org.uk, the Bar Council's Education and Training website, for more information about the Bar’s CPD requirements.


Articles for July

•  Giving sick workers a break Vol 158 No 7324 p 809

•  Family trouble Vol 158 No 7324 pp 815–816

•  Unsettling questions Vol 158 No 7324 p 810

•  Getting it back! Vol 158 No 7325 p 8455

•  All in the mind? Vol 158 No 7325 pp 848-849

•  Bursting the mortgage bubble Vol 158 No 7326 pp 882–883

•  A human right to smoke? Vol 158 No 7326 p 886

•  Party like it’s 1984? Vol 158 No 7327 p 911

•  An insider’s view Vol 158 No 7327 pp 912–913

CPD Access

1. NLJ back issues can be ordered individually through our bookshop. Please email the bookshop or phone 020 7400 2868.

2. Alternatively, individual articles can be ordered in the same way.

3. Back issues can also be ordered through the NLJ website.

4. To subscribe to NLJ please email customer services or phone 0845 370 1234.

5. Alternatively, a subscription to NLJ can be taken out online through our online catalogue.