AGS provides a range of free and paid training that attract continuing professional development (CPD) points; below is information on how CPD requirements are managed.
Participating in AGS training sessions
AGS training sessions are designed for Australian Government departments and agencies to assist their employees (both lawyers and non-lawyers) in acquiring or boosting the legal knowledge and skills required to undertake their roles efficiently.
If you are not an employee of an Australian Government department or agency, please contact us before registering for training sessions as we may not be able to accept your registration.
Register for your CPD points
To ensure we can certify your CPD points please register/check-in at the commencement of any in-person training. For online training, if you cannot use your work email address to login, please email us from your work email confirming which email address or phone number you will use to attend.
Responsibility for CPD records
For client-specific customised training (i.e. for an individual department/agency) where participation occurs from the department/agency premises – either in-person or online – it is the responsibility of the department/agency to collect and retain records of attendance of staff for their CPD records (in-line with law society evidence requirements).
Calculation of CPD points
Our core areas for CPD points are based on ACT, NSW and Victorian Law Society requirements. Please contact your law society if you are unsure how the points or core areas align with your state’s requirements. Core areas and links to state law societies are listed below.
Our calculation of points is based on ACT Law Society requirements, including the calculation of fractional points. If your state’s law society doesn’t permit the use of fractional points you will need to round down to the nearest full point.
WA participants
If participants in AGS training sessions are based in WA, please forward contact details to us and ensure this includes a practitioner ID for each participant.
State | Core areas | Reference |
ACT | ||
| 1. Legal ethics and professional responsibility | |
| 2. Practice management and business skills |
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| 3. Professional skills |
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| 4. Substantive law and procedural law |
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NSW | ||
| 1. Ethics and professional responsibility | Continuing Professional Development | The Law Society of NSW |
| 2. Practice management and business skills |
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| 3. Professional skills |
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| 4. Substantive law |
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VIC | ||
| 1. Ethics and professional responsibility | |
| 2. Practice management and business skills |
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| 3. Professional skills |
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| 4. Substantive law |
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QLD | ||
| 1. Practical legal ethics | Continuing Professional Development - Queensland Law Society (qls.com.au) |
| 2. Practice management and business skills |
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| 3. Professional skills |
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SA | ||
| 1. Practical legal ethics | |
| 2. Practice management and business skills |
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| 3. Professional skills |
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| 4. Bullying, discrimination and harassment |
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WA | ||
| 1: Practice management | Continuing Professional Development | Law Society of Western Australia (lawsocietywa.asn.au) |
| 2: Professional skills |
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| 3: Ethics and professional responsibility |
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| 4: Substantive law |
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TAS | ||
| 1. Practical legal ethics | |
| 2. Practice management or business skills |
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| 3. Professional skills |
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| 4. Substantive law |
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| 5. Equality and wellbeing |
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NT | ||
| 1. Professional skills in legal practice | |
| 2. Practice management and business skills |
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| 3. Professional ethics and responsibilities |
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| 4. Substantive law |
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| 5. Bullying, discrimination and harassment |
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