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CPD Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Requirement

CPD Requirement now includes three EDI Hours to be completed by the end of 2020

Licensees subject to the CPD Requirement must complete three Professionalism Hours of accredited programming focused on equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI Hours), by the end of 2020.  Licensees will be required to complete one EDI Hour per year of accredited programming thereafter.  EDI Hours count towards the licensee’s Professionalism Hours for the year in which they are completed. See FAQs for more information.

Accredited Programs

The Law Society has produced a 3 Hour eCourse on advancing Equality, Diversity and Inclusion in the legal professions, available at no charge.

In addition, the Law Society has developed a toolkit to assist legal workplaces in designing and delivering their own program focussed on advancing Equality, Diversity and Inclusion in the legal professions. The toolkit consists of a Facilitator’s Guide, Participant’s Guide and Bibliography  to allow workplaces to present their own program, pre-accredited for EDI Professionalism hours.

The following Law Society Equity Legal Education programs have been accredited and webcasts are available for viewing:

  • 2024

    Program

    Format

    EDI hours
    Day of the Endangered Lawyer (2024) archived webcast 1 hour and 30 minutes
    Black History Month (2024) archived webcast 2 hours
    International Women's Day (2024) archived webcast 2 hours 
    International Francophonie Day (2024) archived webcast

    30 minutes

    (and 1 hour professionalism)
  • 2023

    Program

    Format

    EDI hours

    International Francophonie Day (2023)

    archived webcast

    1 hour and
    30 minutes

    Holocaust Remembrance Day (2023)

    archived webcast

    1 hour and
    45 minutes

    Asian and South Asian Heritage Month (2023)

    archived webcast

    1 hour and 
    45 minutes 

    National AccessAbility Week (2023)

    archived webcast

    1 hour and 
    45 minutes 

    National Indigenous History Month and Solidarity Day (2023)

    archived webcast

    1 hour and
    15 minutes

    National Day for Truth and Reconciliation and Orange Shirt Day (2023)
         		 archived webcast 1 hour and 
    15 minutes

    Hispanic and Latin American Heritage Month (2023)
         		 archived webcast 1 hour and
    30 minutes

    Treaties Recognition Week and International Inuit Day (2023)
         		 archived webcast 1 hour

    Louis Riel Day (2023)
         		 archived webcast 2 hours
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The following programs produced by external organizations have also been accredited for EDI hours:
But I was Wearing a Suit  – A grassroots project of a group of Indigenous Lawyers supported by CLEBC and the Law Society of BC. archived webcast 25 minutes
Not Just Another Case: When Your Loved One Has Gone Missing or Been Murdered– A collaboration between No More Silence and Aboriginal Legal Services, and Don't Need Saving: Aboriginal Women and Access to Justice – Produced by METRAC. Please note that these two programs must be viewed together in order to qualify for EDI hours. Video

Video


 		 35 minutes

See list of Law Society Continuing Professional Development programs with EDI Hours

The Action Group on Access to Justice (TAG) also offers Continuing Professional Development programs as part of Access to Justice Week.

Frequently asked questions about the CPD Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Requirement
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