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Trainee CPD

Edinburgh Law School is accredited by the Law Society of Scotland to provide mandatory ethics to trainees.

Trainee continuing professional development (TCPD) is a requirement, by the Law Society of Scotland, for the professional qualification of trainee solicitors during your traineeship. During your two-year traineeship you are required to undertake a minimum of 60 hours (of which 40 hours must be from a licensed provider and include at least four hours on ethics).

A lecturer in discussion with students

The mandatory ethics course takes 4 hours and is taught by way of presentation, exercises and group discussion.

The course costs £200 per trainee.

Contact us

Please contact us at law.cpd@ed.ac.uk if you have any questions about our trainee CPD courses.