Past CPD sessions
Clarence CPD sessions are presented by practitioners who have done the work they teach. They run in our Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne workspaces, and every session is streamed online.
Sessions already run
Recordings from past sessions are added here as they become available.
Thursday 24 September 2026
Immigration Risk in Everyday Matters: How to spot the visa issue before it changes your client’s outcome
SpeakerJessica Williamson, Managing Partner and Director, Kindra Migration Lawyers
95 North Quay, Brisbane, 12:00pm to 1:30pm AEST, and online (Zoom)
How a client’s visa status can change your advice, where immigration risk hides in everyday matters, and when bringing in a specialist gets a better outcome.
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Thursday 17 September 2026
Trust Accounting Traps: How to avoid the trust money mistakes that bring lawyers unstuck
SpeakerJennie Pakula, Principal, The Lawyer's Friend
Lonsdale Street, Melbourne, and online (Zoom)
What is and is not trust money, where the common errors happen, what VLSB looks for in an investigation or compliance audit, and how to course correct.
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Thursday 27 August 2026, 12:00 to 1:30pm
Taking Your Law Firm to the Next Level
SpeakerAmy Soong, Founder, Ashworth Lawyers
95 North Quay, Brisbane, and online
Amy Soong built Ashworth Lawyers from scratch into one of Queensland's few private-only criminal defence firms. She shares ten lessons from that decade: building a high-performing team, systems that support growth, using technology well, and standing out on quality in a crowded market.
Thursday 13 August 2026
Cyber Risk for Lawyers
SpeakerSam Giorgatzis, Praden Insurance Broking and Advisory
133 Castlereagh Street, Sydney, and online
Real claim scenarios, the safeguards that actually move the needle, and what cyber insurance does and does not cover for a law firm. Members received a complimentary cyber risk assessment for their practice.
Wednesday 22 July 2026
Practical Risk Management in Complex Conveyancing
SpeakerMeldon D’Cruz, Principal, Cruz Legal
Lonsdale Street, Melbourne, and online
Where complex property transactions go wrong and how to catch it early. Meldon worked through real case examples: trusts, companies and SMSFs, non-standard contract terms, identity and fraud risk, and the SRO, FIRB and ATO issues that surface late.
Thursday 4 June 2026
Who is a Parent?
SpeakerStephen Page, fertility lawyer, adviser on more than 2,000 surrogacy journeys across Australia and 39 other countries
95 North Quay, Brisbane, and online
How Australian law decides who is a parent now that IVF and donor conception are commonplace, and what Masson v Parsons changed for family, estate and migration lawyers. Recent cases and case studies included.
Wednesday 3 June 2026
Tranche 2 Unpacked: How to be Compliant by 1 July
SpeakerSimon Giles, Instant Compliance
Online
The new AUSTRAC regulations, unpacked: which legal services are captured, what AUSTRAC expects from legal practices, and the seven pillars every compliant practice has in place.
Thursday 14 May 2026
Utilising Investigators in Civil and Criminal Investigations
SpeakersProfessor Dion Accoto, barrister and accredited mediator, and Anthony Macklin, former Detective Inspector, NSW Police Force
Castlereagh Street, Sydney, and online
What external investigators actually do, and how to engage them well in civil and criminal litigation and in non-litigious matters such as employment law.
Thursday 19 March 2026
Managing Costs and Contracts Seminar
SpeakersJoe Rose and Sebastian Campbell
Lonsdale Street, Melbourne, and online
A double session on managing solicitor and client costs under the Uniform Law, and the law on Heads of Agreement and other agreements to agree. Two CPD points, including Ethics.
Upcoming sessions
The next sessions in the series, free to attend in person or online.