CPD Points by Teaching

Apart from the CPD Activities listed at Public CPD points and Private CPD points, lawyers will be able to obtain CPD Points for speaking, teaching or participating in a panel discussion in any conference, lecture, seminar or workshop which deals primarily with matters relating to the practice of law.

A lawyer will obtain Public CPD Points for speaking/teaching at an Accredited CPD Activity, and Private CPD Points for speaking/teaching at a non-accredited CPD Activity which deals primarily with matters relating to the practice of law.

Lawyers will not obtain CPD Points for teaching non-legal learning activities e.g. financial literacy, office productivity and computer literacy.

CPD Points may only be obtained for speaking at a ‘live’ learning activity only. No CPD Points may be obtained for time or effort expended in making a video recording of a learning activity or preparing the materials for a learning activity. 

Calculation of CPD Points obtained by teaching

In general, subject to the cap on teaching for Group 1 Lawyers and Group 2 Lawyers, a lawyer will obtain 2 CPD Points for each hour in which he/she is engaged as a speaker, trainer or member of a panel discussion. (This is in contrast to 1 CPD point for each hour for which a lawyer attends a CPD activity as a learner.) The minimum engagement period shall be 30 minutes (excluding breaks) out of a minimum activity duration of 1 hour (excluding breaks), for which the lawyer shall obtain 1 CPD Point. For a panel discussion, the duration of the entire discussion shall last at least 30 minutes and the total activity duration shall be at least 1 hour. Each panellist will obtain CPD Points corresponding to the duration of the entire discussion.

Cap on teaching Group 1 Lawyers and Group 2 Lawyers

With effect from CPD Year 2025, Group 1 Lawyers and Group 2 Lawyers may only obtain up to half of the standard number of CPD Points required for the CPD Year by speaking activities under rule 3(1)(g) of the CPD Rules.

In CPD Year 2025, this means that Group 1 Lawyers may obtain up to 8 CPD Points (whether Public or Private CPD Points) from teaching, and that Group 2 Lawyers may obtain up to 5 CPD Points (whether Public or Private CPD Points) from teaching. This applies regardless of the number of months over which the Group 1 Lawyer or Group 2 Lawyer holds their PCs.

The cap on the number of CPD Points which may be obtained from teaching does not apply to Group 3 Lawyers or s36B Foreign Lawyers.

How to update CPD Points for teaching in ePortfolio

If you are a Group 1 Lawyer or a Group 2 Lawyer and you have obtained Public CPD Points from teaching an Accredited CPD Activity, note that the Public CPD Points will no longer be automatically reflected in your SILE ePortfolio Learning History.

Instead, the Public CPD Points will be updated in the Teaching Cap tab in your SILE ePortfolio account. You will need to select the CPD Points you wish to rely on and save your submission in order for the CPD Points to appear in your SILE ePortfolio Learning History.

Similarly, if you obtained Private CPD Points and created an entry for the same in your SILE ePortfolio account, the Private CPD Points will be reflected in the Teaching Cap tab, and will need to be selected and submitted before they appear in your SILE ePortfolio Learning History.

This is to enable you to change which CPD Points you wish to rely on throughout the CPD Year.