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With lawyers having to manage an increasingly busy schedule, many may find obtaining their compulsory requirements a bit of a headache. However one CPD provider says it doesn’t need to be.
Emma Musgrave
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Sarah Mateljan, lawyer and co-founder of LawCPD, said a push towards on-demand services has become increasingly popular, forcing the provider to adapt its offering.
“LawCPD was the first company in Australia to deliver continuing professional development to lawyers online, on any device. At the time we launched, the only option lawyers had for completing their CPD was face-to-face events held during office hours in major cities. This created significant challenges for lawyers working in regional and remote areas, and for lawyers who worked part-time. It also meant that lawyers had to sacrifice billable hours to complete their CPD, which isn’t ideal for any busy lawyer,” Ms Mateljan said.
“The co-founders of LawCPD are all passionate about using technology to improve access to education and training. With no ready made solution available, we developed the entire ecosystem for delivering online CPD training to lawyers, making LawCPD a pioneer in both education technology and legal CPD delivery.”
Ms Mateljan said LawCPD’s goal for 2021 is to continue simplifying CPD compliance for lawyers, whilst offering the best learning experience.
“We have just released a brand new learner dashboard to make it significantly easier for lawyers to track their CPD compliance, and will be rolling out more new features this year. We will also be modernising our course delivery platform, and exploring new ideas to improve the learning experience for lawyers,” Ms Mateljan said.
“...When we launched in 2008, the only available option for lawyers was to complete their CPD by attending face-to-face events like seminars and conferences. The first cohort of lawyers who chose to complete their CPD online with LawCPD were motivated to find an alternative to these in-person events – mainly due to their location or work situation. But as the years have progressed, we have found an increasing number of lawyers are now choosing to complete their CPD online because of the added flexibility it offers.
“We have also seen a significant increase in the number of CPD providers with online offerings – particularly in the past year due to the need to respond to COVID-19 restrictions. Most of these are live webinars which require lawyers to be in front of their computer for a particular period of time, or audiovisual recordings which lawyers can usually only claim limited CPD points for watching.
“We find lawyers continue to choose our courses because they are both interactive and available on-demand – which means lawyers can claim unlimited CPD points and complete the courses when and where it suits them. The feedback we receive from lawyers shows this is a key reason they come back year after year.”
Emma Musgrave
Emma Musgrave (née Ryan) is the managing editor, professional services at Momentum Media.
Emma has worked for Momentum Media since 2015, including five years spent as the editor of the company's legal brand - Lawyers Weekly. Throughout her time at Momentum, she has been responsible for breaking some of the biggest stories in corporate Australia. In addition, she has produced exclusive multimedia and event content related to the company's respective brands and audiences.
Prior to joining Momentum Media, Emma worked in breakfast radio, delivering news to the Central West region of NSW, before taking on a radio journalist role at Southern Cross Austereo, based in Townsville, North Queensland.
She holds a Bachelor of Communications (Journalism) degree from Charles Sturt University.
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