Continuing Professional Development (CPD) is work undertaken over and above the normal commitments of barristers with the purpose of developing their skills, knowledge and professional standards in areas relevant to their present or proposed area of practice, and in order to keep themselves up to date and maintain the highest standards of professional practice.
Practising barristers are required to undertake CPD throughout their careers. For the most up to date information please visit the Bar Standards Board website.
CPD can be obtained by undertaking activities such as attending or contributing to courses directly relevant to practice as a barrister, including Bar course and compulsory pupillage courses, teaching law on undergraduate law or GDL courses or writing law books, articles or practice notes for publication.
The Middle Temple offers a variety of lectures and talks each year, which practising barristers may be able to attend for their CPD needs. These can be found on the Events page labelled 'CPD – Might be suitable for inclusion in an individual practitioner’s CPD plan'.
From 2026, Middle Temple will offer a CPD Programme for Established Practitioners, most of which will be held in the Sherrard Room, and live-streamed in the evenings. These session will be called 'Sherrard Practitioner Sessions', the programme for 2026 is below, please follow the links below for further information and to book -
- Sherrard Practitioner Session | Ethics - Real Life Problems and Realistic Solutions - 23 March 2026
In Person and Online - Sherrard Practitioner Session | Appellate Advocacy - 25 April 2026
In Person Only - Sherrard Practitioner Session | Client Care - 20 July 2026
In Person and Online - Sherrard Practitioner Session | Mediation - 21 September 2026
In Person and Online - Sherrard Practitioner Session | Expert Witnesses - 16 November 2026
In Person and Online