WHAT IS CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT? CPD is defined in the Regulations as “the provision of further education or training (or both) to a solicitor, whether relating to law or to management and professional development skills, intended to develop the solicitor in his or her professional knowledge, skills and abilities, and may be referred to in common usage as ‘CPD...
The SLA is a voluntary association of its members and is not legally incorporated. It does not have regulatory powers and duties akin to the Law Society of Ireland. However, the SLA has gained official status and recognition over the years. In particular, the SLA is, by law, entitled to nominate five of its members to sit on the council of the Law Society of Ireland.
Dating from the 1870s, The Southern Law Association (SLA) is an association of solicitors whose members consist of practitioners working in Cork City and County. Every solicitor practising in the City and County of Cork is entitled to apply to the SLA to be admitted as a member, subject to being proposed and approved by the council of the SLA. The SLA is a voluntary associ...
WAYS OF COMPLETING CPD There are three different ways of undertaking the minimum CPD requirement, that is, by way of undertaking general CPD, by way of undertaking at least three hours of management and professional development skills and by way of undertaking at least one hour of regulatory matters. Each way must be completed in group study format and/or by eLearning...
The draft Legal Services Bill 2011 with explanatory memorandum has now been published on the Oireachtas website. A copy of the Legal Services Bill can be accessed below. Follow the link to the website and document below: http://www.oireachtas.ie/documents/bills28/bills/2011/5811/document2.pdf The Bill is the subject of a Special Law Society Council meeting on Friday 1...
Below are a selection of the nearest
in date court lists. For further lists please
see the Court Lists section.
Email from County Registrar Re Family List in Jan/Feb Postponed
Consent Family January 2012
March Family Law 2012
Cork Contested Motions Change of Date 19th to the 23rd of January 2012
Tax Clearance Cert Reminder
Go to CPD Notices for further information
New SLA Event
Discussion Forum
Re Legal Services Bill 2011
Taking place Tuesday 10th January
2012, from 4pm to 6pm in the former
Cork Law School.