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CPD status: Mandatory ยท Reviewed 2026-08-02

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9 results ยท all of Canada

Money Laundering and Financial Crimes

OsgoodePD (Osgoode Hall Law School, York University)

A program examining lawyers' anti-money-laundering obligations, which aspects of required record-keeping (general ledgers, dockets, payor identity) are privileged, and the ethical tension between confidentiality and acting as an AML gatekeeper, featuring regulators, Crown counsel and law-enforcement

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Anti-Money Laundering and Financial Crime

The Canadian Institute

A multi-day conference on AML and financial-crime compliance that has been accredited for CPD hours (including professionalism/ethics hours) by several Canadian law societies, covering regulatory, investigative and ethical dimensions of anti-money-laundering practice for legal professionals.

๐Ÿ CanadianDirect course linkPaidRegulatoryEthicsLink checked 2026-08-04

Trust Accounting 1: Fundamentals

Legal Education Society of Alberta (LESA)

An on-demand video course explaining why trust funds must be protected, how a law society's trust-safety initiatives work, and the practical steps lawyers and staff should take to safely handle trust-account activities and minimize firm risk.

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Anti Money Laundering Training (Canada)

ABM Digital Training

A CPD-certified online course teaching how to identify and report money laundering and terrorist-financing activity under Canadian rules, including risk-based customer due diligence, with quizzes leading to a certificate.

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Legal Ethics

Quimbee

A video-lesson course surveying the rules of professional responsibility governing lawyer conduct, including admission to the profession, conflicts of interest, confidentiality versus disclosure, supervising subordinate lawyers, and disciplinary process.

Direct course linkFree to auditEthicsProfessional practiceLink checked 2026-08-04

Introduction to Sustainability

University of Illinois on Coursera ยท ~25 h

Population, ecosystems, energy and water โ€” the science behind sustainable decisions.

Direct course linkFree to auditFree to audit; certificate extraTechnicalProfessional practiceLink checked 2026-08-04

Construction Project Management

Columbia University on Coursera ยท ~25 h

Project initiation, planning, scheduling and delivery methods for construction projects, taught by Columbia University.

Direct course linkFree to auditFree to audit; certificate extraTechnicalManagementLink checked 2026-08-04

AI For Everyone

DeepLearning.AI on Coursera ยท ~6 h

Andrew Ng's non-technical AI course โ€” what AI can do and how to bring it into your organization.

Direct course linkFree to auditFree to audit; certificate extraManagementTechnicalLink checked 2026-08-04

PMI โ€” Project Management Training

Project Management Institute

Project management courses and the PMP pathway. Management learning generally counts toward CPD for most regulated professionals.

Course libraryPaidVaries by courseManagementProfessional practiceLink checked 2026-08-04
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Annual, set by each law society
Hours / credits
Each law society sets its own annual CPD requirement โ€” for example, the Law Society of Ontario requires 12 hours per year, and several western societies require 12 hours with carry-over rules.
Ethics & professional responsibility
Most societies require a minimum number of professionalism/ethics hours within the annual total (e.g., 3 of Ontario's 12).
Notes
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