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Twelve hours a year, three of them professionalism and one of those EDI. Every course here states what it counts for, taught live by practising paralegals, lawyers and a sitting Deputy Judge of the Small Claims Court, and recorded every time.
Every licensed Ontario paralegal owes the same three things each calendar year. The rest of this page is about covering them without spending December hunting for an accredited hour.
Any format. Live sessions, recorded sessions, reading and study all count, as long as the content is relevant to your practice.
At least 1 hour of those three has to address equity, diversity and inclusion. The EDI hour sits inside the three, it is not a fourth requirement.
Hours are counted by calendar year and reported to the Law Society in the first quarter of the year after. Nothing carries forward.
Substantive hours do not need Law Society accreditation. Professionalism and EDI hours do. Every professionalism and EDI hour listed on this page is accredited, and each course page states its own accreditation in full.
Every figure on this page was read from the Law Society of Ontario on 23 August 2026. Your own record is the one that counts, and hours are reported in LSO Connects. The requirement and how to report it, at lso.ca.
The 8 courses in the 2026 programme, and 5 courses from 2025 still on sale as recordings. Every card states the total CPD hours, how many of them are accredited professionalism and how many are EDI, so you can see what a course covers before you open it.
Open, run and close a file to a standard that survives an audit.
Taught by John Paul Rodrigues and Justin Rochester
Law Society accreditation
Take an LTB matter through Bill 60 without guessing at procedure.
Taught by Sarah Teal
Law Society accreditation
Judge whether a defamation claim belongs in Small Claims at all.
Taught by Caryma Sa’d
Law Society accreditation
Prepare a summary conviction matter from first meeting to sentencing.
Taught by Justin Rochester and John Paul Rodrigues
Law Society accreditation
Run a Human Rights Tribunal application on discrimination or accommodation.
Taught by Caryma Sa’d
Law Society accreditation
Handle a Small Claims file end to end, from pleadings to trial.
Taught by John Paul Rodrigues, Robert Besunder and Stephanie Bent
Law Society accreditation
Take instructions from a traumatised client without losing the file.
Taught by Caryma Sa’d
Law Society accreditation
Defend Highway Traffic Act charges from minor tickets up.
Taught by John Paul Rodrigues and Justin Rochester
Law Society accreditation
Bring a Charter application and make the sentencing submission.
Taught by John Paul Rodrigues and Justin Rochester
Law Society accreditation
Recording, yours to watch until December 31, 2027
Argue a human rights point inside a landlord and tenant matter.
Taught by Caryma Sa’d
Law Society accreditation
Recording, yours to watch until December 31, 2027
Take a Provincial Offences matter to trial knowing the procedure.
Taught by John Paul Rodrigues and Justin Rochester
Law Society accreditation
Recording, yours to watch until December 31, 2027
Draft a claim and a defence that will not be struck.
Taught by John Paul Rodrigues and Dante Spadacini
Law Society accreditation
Recording, yours to watch until December 31, 2027
See where bias enters a file, and cover the EDI hour.
Taught by Antonio Urdaneta
Law Society accreditation
Recording, yours to watch until December 31, 2027
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Hours shown are the Law Society accreditation each course page states, read on 23 August 2026. EDI hours count inside the three professionalism hours, they are not a fourth requirement. Your Law Society record is the one that counts.
Four courses carrying 14 hours, 4.5 of them accredited professionalism and 1 of that EDI. That is the entire Law Society minimum, cleared in one purchase, with room to spare on every line.
The other four courses in the 2026 programme, and the 2025 recordings, are sold individually. If you want the whole 2026 catalogue, the annual membership below is the way in.
Canadian dollars, for all four courses.
The 2026 Annual Membership covers every 2026 regular immigration course and every 2026 Ontario paralegal course. For a paralegal who also runs immigration files, it is the only option that does not mean buying twice.
The 5 courses from 2025 are not in the membership. They are bought individually and stay watchable until December 31, 2027.
Six practitioners, every one of them still in practice. Between them they cover the Landlord and Tenant Board, Small Claims Court, the Human Rights Tribunal, Provincial Offences and the Highway Traffic Act.
Lawyer and legal instructor
Teaches 7 courses on this page.
Paralegal and legal instructor
Teaches 5 courses on this page.
Lawyer. Founder, Law Office of Caryma Sa’d
Teaches 4 courses on this page.
Paralegal. Lead Paralegal, Sarah Teal Legal Services
Teaches one course on this page.
Lawyer, mediator and Deputy Judge of the Ontario Small Claims Court
Teaches one course on this page.
Paralegal. Founder, Bent Law Legal Services
Teaches one course on this page.
Two more instructors teach one 2025 recording each: Dante Spadacini and Antonio Urdaneta.
Every course runs as a live online session with the instructor. The recording lands in your account afterwards at no extra cost, so a booking you cannot attend is not a booking you lose.
Your certificate is generated once every lesson in the course is marked complete. It carries the course title and the duration, and downloads from your account.
Each course page carries its own CPD Credits block saying exactly how the Law Society has accredited it, and how it counts for the CICC and other law societies where it applies.
Recordings and course materials stay in your account for the access window stated on the course page, so a course you took in April is still there when a file needs it in November.
Four short pieces from LPEN on how the Ontario paralegal requirement actually works.
The requirement in full: what counts, what has to be accredited, and how reporting works.
Which of your hours need Law Society accreditation and which do not.
The one hour paralegals most often reach December without, and what qualifies for it.
Options that still work in the last weeks before the December deadline.
Twelve hours of CPD in each calendar year, to keep your licence in good standing with the Law Society of Ontario. Three of those hours must be accredited professionalism, and at least one of the three must address equity, diversity and inclusion. The remaining nine are substantive and do not need accreditation.
Hours must be completed by December 31 and reported through LSO Connects by March 31 of the following year. Fail to report by March 31 and you are in default.
Yes. Watching a recorded or on demand session on your own is an eligible CPD activity under the Law Society requirement, and there is no annual cap on how many of your hours come that way, as long as the content is relevant to your practice.
Every LPEN course is recorded, so a course whose live date has passed is still available and still counts.
Professionalism and EDI hours must be accredited by the Law Society. Substantive hours do not. Each LPEN course page states its own accreditation, and the split for every course on this page is on its card above.
Trauma-Informed Advocacy: Ethical Advocacy, Client Dignity, and Effective Practice, October 20, 2026. One hour, $30, and the whole hour is accredited EDI. It is also included in the Ontario Paralegal Pass. See the course.
Your certificate is generated once the course recording has been added to your account and every lesson is marked complete. It carries the course title and the duration, and downloads from your dashboard. A step by step guide sits under My courses in your account.
Four of the eight 2026 courses are in the Ontario Paralegal Pass, and between them they clear the full Law Society minimum. All eight are included in the 2026 Annual Membership, along with every 2026 regular immigration course.
The 5 courses from 2025 are outside both. They are bought individually and stay watchable until December 31, 2027.
Every 2025 paralegal course on this page is yours to watch until December 31, 2027. The recording and the course materials stay in your account until then, so a course you take now still counts for this reporting year and is still there next year when a file needs it.
Yes. The course stays on sale and you get the recording and the materials in your account. What you lose is the chance to ask the instructor a question on the day.
Any course on this page can be taken as a recording, so the constraint is your time rather than the calendar. If the gap is the EDI hour, that is one hour and $30. If the gap is larger, the pass covers 14 hours in four courses.
Take the four course pass, which covers the whole minimum on its own, or pick the courses that fill your own gaps.
