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CPD Requirements for LSNB

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
scheduleCPD Requirement
12/ year
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December 31
cycleRequirements Cycle
Annual
balanceEthics Requirement
2 CPD hours of Professional Responsibility and Ethics

Simplifying Regulations for 2026

All practising members of the Law Society of New Brunswick, whether they work full-time or part-time, must complete, report and certify a minimum of twelve (12) hours of Continuing Professional Development annually (January 1st - December 31st) that consists of:

a. a minimum of two (2) Professional Responsibility and Ethics hours (see Appendix A for a description of qualifying topics, with examples); AND

b. a minimum of ten (10) additional hours of qualifying Continuing Professional Development either in the form of additional Professional Responsibility and Ethics hours, or in the following categories (see Appendix B for a detailed description of additional qualifying topics/activities, with examples): i. Substantive Law ii. Procedural Law iii. Lawyering Skills

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