Continuing Professional
Development (CPD)
Enhance your legal professional skills while earning CPD points.
Tap into our expertise across diverse legal topics with our Continuing Professional Development (CPD) program.
You'll join small seminar-style teaching groups and receive one-on-one interaction with leading academics and industry experts.
Our courses suit law graduates and professionals interested in contemporary legal issues and practice. Most courses run intensively over 4 days and some are offered on a semester-long basis.
You'll gain Queensland Law Society CPD points if you can demonstrate relevance to your legal practice.
You don't need to take assessments and can't use the course for credit towards a degree program.
1. Choose your course
Explore the range of courses available below.
3. Pay
You'll receive an email with instructions for payment.
Each course costs $895 incl GST.
4. Attend
Our CPD courses are delivered in state-of-the-art learning facilities at UQ's St Lucia campus.
Upcoming courses
Registration closes two weeks before the start of the course. Offerings are subject to change and availability. Contact pglaw@law.uq.edu.au for enquiries.
Course name | Course Code | Teaching Mode |
|---|---|---|
| Principles of International Law | LAWS7710 | TBC |
| Law of Armed Conflict | LAWS7711 | TBC |
| Protecting Human Rights in the Public Sector | LAWS7722 | TBC |
| International Disability Law | LAWS7724 | TBC |
| International and Comparative Competition Law | LAWS7728 | TBC |
| AI and Internet Law | LAWS7777 | TBC |
| Advanced Issues in Intellectual Property | LAWS7814 | TBC |
| Mediation and Conflict Management | LAWS7851 | TBC |
| International Admiralty and Maritime Law | LAWS7865 | TBC |
| International Maritime Trade Law | LAWS7876 | TBC |
* Intensive courses are taught across four full days (9am-5pm).
To view the specific teaching dates for a course, search for the course code in the UQ Public Timetabler: https://timetable.my.uq.edu.au/aplus/timetable/#subjects
Register now
Registration closes two weeks before the start of the course. Offerings are subject to change and availability. Contact pglaw@law.uq.edu.au for enquiries.
Course name | Course Code | Teaching Mode |
|---|---|---|
| International Human Rights Law | LAWS7156 | TBC |
| Intellectual Property Law | LAWS7708 | TBC |
| Interpretation of Statutes and Instruments | LAWS7709 | TBC |
| Refugees, Asylum Seekers and the Law: Rights and Realities | LAWS7714 | TBC |
| Advanced Employment Law | LAWS7721 | TBC |
| Advanced Competition Law | LAWS7722 | TBC |
| Law of the Sea | LAWS7724 | TBC |
| Doing Business Internationally (China and Australia) | LAWS7725 | TBC |
| Theories in Dispute Resolution | LAWS7841 | TBC |
| Mediation and Conflict Management | LAWS7851 | TBC |
| Law, Technology and Global Business | LAWS7855 | TBC |
* Intensive courses are taught across four full days (9am-5pm).
To view the specific teaching dates for a course, search for the course code in the UQ Public Timetabler: https://timetable.my.uq.edu.au/aplus/timetable/#subjects
Terms and conditions
IT and library facilities
You are not entitled to use the University’s facilities, apart from individual electronic course Blackboard sites and 'in-library' use of resources.
Refunds
You must notify the Dean in writing if you wish to cancel your enrollment. The Dean may approve a substitution.
You will not get a refund if you cancel after your course has started.
Cancellation
If your course is canceled due to insufficient enrolments or other unforeseen circumstances, we'll refund the full course fee. We are not responsible for any expenses (e.g. books, travel, accommodation charges) which you may have incurred.