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CPD Requirements for NSBS

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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May 31
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Annual

Simplifying Regulations for 2026

All practising lawyers are expected to complete a minimum of 12 hours of professional development in each reporting year. The Nova Scotia Barristers’ Society does not formally accredit providers or pre-approve any programs for CPD reporting purposes. Instead, it is up to practising members to determine that the specific CPD activity meets the Nova Scotia Barristers’ Society’s requirements. If so, practising members can claim the CPD activity in their annual CPD Plan.

According to the Nova Scotia Barristers’ Society’s guidelines, eligible CPD activities must be relevant to the professional needs of a lawyer and preserves and enhances a lawyer’s knowledge or skills in the areas of:

substantive legal education and skills development; risk and practice management; and professionalism.

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CPDPrograms courses are built around relevant, verifiable content that can be applied toward NSBS 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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