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CPD Requirements for LSBC

Legal professionals in Canada require Continuing Professional Development to maintain their professional designation. Browse courses that meet your requirements, even find your Ethics/EDI hours, or choose one of our course packages, specially curated to contain all the hours and credits you need, in one place. The courses on LearnFormula may be counted towards professionally relevant, verifiable learning activities. It is the student's responsibility to validate whether an activity is an eligible educational activity for their professional development requirements based on their own learning needs.

Requirements Overview

Last updatedAug 21, 2026
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12/ year
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December 31
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Annual
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2 CPD hours of Professional responsibility and ethics and practice management
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10 CPD hours of Substantive

Simplifying Regulations for 2026

British Columbia practising lawyers, both full-time and part-time, must complete 12.0 hours of accredited CPD within the calendar year. At least 2.0 of the 12.0 hours must pertain to any combination of professional responsibility and ethics and practice management.

The Law Society's continuing professional development program allows lawyers to meet the requirement in a way that matches their own professional goals and learning preferences. Recommended topics include Professional ethics, Practice management, Lawyering skills, Professional wellness, Substantive law, Procedural law and Non-legal topics sufficiently connected to the practice of law. LearnFormula is a Pre-approved provider by the Law Society of British Columbia.

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Do Legal Education courses count toward LSBC CPD?

Legal Education courses are built around relevant, verifiable content that can be applied toward LSBC CPD hours. As with any provider, it remains the member's responsibility to confirm an activity fits their own professional development needs before claiming it.

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