Over the past year or so the law society has instituted a group discount for their CPD programs. There are various discounts based on the amount of people signing up together but can be as high as 50% off if 11 or more people register. The LSUC expects one payment for the entire group. I have already put three groups together for various programs including the solo and small firm expo, the search warrant program, and the recent six-minute criminal court Judge program.
The one issue with these discounts is that they tend to favour those practicing in larger firms and those working in larger centers. With the assistance of the Criminal Lawyer’s Association Listserv I have had no problem putting groups of people together. Without this resource, however, it would have been much harder. Additionally it can become a fair amount of work to gather people’s sign-up information and collect money. Larger firms have the support resources available to get this work done, not to mention many lawyers who may be interested in attending the program.
When I put together a group for the solo and small firm expo a few of those who signed-up pointed out the irony. The expo is meant to focus on those practicing as solo-practitioners or in small firms but the law society was providing a discount to those who signed-up in larger groups.
When push comes to shove, however, I don’t really mind putting the groups together. I like getting the air miles.
This blog post was written by Toronto Criminal Lawyer Adam Goodman. Adam can be reached at 416-477-6793 or by email at adam@aglaw.ca.
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