The Bar Council Continuing Professional Development Scheme
From 1st December 2004 the CPD Scheme applied to all practising barristers.
The CPD requirement:
The Mandatory Continuing Professional Development Requirements are as follows:
(a) All barristers who have completed pupillage shall complete a minimum of 12 hours of continuing professional development in the 12 month period commencing on the 1st day of December of each year of practise following completion of pupillage
(b) All barristers called to the Bar of Northern Ireland after September 1st 2004 shall complete within the first 12 months from the date of their call:
(i) A Northern Ireland Bar Advocacy Training Course; and
(ii) A Northern Ireland Bar Ethics Course.