William Binchy
Barrister at Law
Annual CPD Package 2026 | Complete CPD Cycle | 25 Hours
Complete your 2026 CPD with one comprehensive package, combining 20 hours of eLearning with 5 hours of in-person group study.
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In-Person & Online
25 CPD Hours
Online: 25 Nov 2026 | In-Person: Galway Dec 2nd OR Dublin Dec 8th 2026
About this course
Complete your 2026 CPD with La Touche Training's comprehensive 25-hour package, bringing together high-quality, practical and topical learning across online and in-person formats.
The package combines 20 hours of eLearning, through our live online CPD conference and extensive programme of on-demand webinars, supported with a 5-hour in-person group study conference in either Galway or Dublin.
Designed around the 2026 CPD cycle, the programme includes presentations across General CPD, Professional Development & Solicitor Wellbeing, and Client Care & Professional Standards, including dedicated AML content.
With a wide range of topics and expert presenters, the package gives you the flexibility to complete your CPD through a combination of live conferences, on-demand learning and supporting resources.
Why choose this course
Complete your 2026 CPD efficiently and conveniently with one comprehensive package.
25 CPD hours:
A complete programme of 25 CPD hours, combining 20 hours of eLearning with 5 hours of in-person Group Study.
5 hours group study:
Choose from our Galway conference on December 2nd or Dublin conference on December 8th for your 5 hours of in-person Group Study.
20 hours eLearning:
Access our Online CPD Conference on November 25th, together with a wide range of practical on-demand CPD webinars.
Professional Development & Solicitor Wellbeing:
A range of presentations covering professional development, legal technology, AI, negotiation, workplace performance and the challenges of modern legal practice.
Client Care & Professional Standards:
Dedicated content covering professional conduct, risk and compliance, including ethics, IT governance and risk, and anti-money laundering.
General CPD:
Stay up to date across a broad range of areas including conveyancing, tort law, commercial contracts, taxation, litigation and the ADMCA.
Course syllabus
Your complete 2026 CPD programme
The 25-hour package brings together three elements of our end-of-year CPD programme:
Online CPD Conference – Wednesday, November 25th 2026
Join us live via Zoom for a programme of practical presentations from our expert panel.
Presentations include:
- Daniel Yim: IT Governance, Risk & Compliance for Lawyers
- David Soden: Residential Tenancies Update
- Katie da Gama: Living Law Better: Practical Tools for Solicitors in Practice
- Michelle McLoughlin: Tax & Investment
- Margaret Horan: Overseas Transactions
- Steven Bradley aka “Tech Cowboy”: Legal Technology
Can’t attend live? No problem. A full recording of the Online CPD Conference will be available to delegates afterwards.
On-demand CPD webinar programme
Complete your eLearning at a time that suits you through our extensive programme of on-demand CPD webinars.
On-demand webinars – available now
- Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015: Conference Highlights
- Coaching & Mentoring in an Age of AI: Supporting People & Development
- Commercial Contracts in Practice: Key Terms, Risks & Drafting Essentials
- Conveyancing Conference 2026: Key Developments
- Ethics & Professional Conduct: Managing Risk in Everyday Legal Practice
- First Registration in the Land Registry
- High Standards, High Pressure: The Demands of Legal Practice
- Negotiation Skills for Lawyers
- Technology, AI and the Delivery of Legal Services
New webinars – being added to your package
- Unconscious Bias in Legal Practice
- Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Update
The presentations listed above as being added to the package are currently being recorded and prepared for release. They will be automatically added to delegates’ Learning Hub access as they become available.
In-person group study conference – choose Galway or Dublin
Complete your 5 hours of group study at one of our end-of-year in-person conferences:
- Galway
The Clayton Hotel
Wednesday, December 2nd, 2026 - Dublin
Radisson Blu Royal Hotel
Tuesday, December 8th, 2026
Our in-person conference programme will feature:
- Cormac Ó Culáin: Legal AI
- William Binchy BL: Tort Law Update
- Patricia Rickard-Clarke & Martina Clarke: Assisted Decision-Making
- Gareth Thomas: Crisis Management for Solicitors
- James Nerney BL: Delay and Want of Prosecution Applications post-Kirwan v Connors
Proudly sponsored by
Our 2026 end-of-year CPD programme is proudly sponsored by:
We are also proud to support SAGE Advocacy – National Advocacy Service for Older People and look forward to welcoming their colleagues to our in-person conferences in Galway and Dublin.
Book the complete 25-hour package and enjoy the flexibility of online and on-demand learning, together with your choice of our Galway or Dublin in-person conference.
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FAQs
The Annual CPD Package 2026 provides 25 CPD hours through a combination of 20 hours of eLearning and 5 hours of in-person group study. The eLearning element includes a live online CPD conference and on-demand webinars, while the group study requirement can be completed at an in-person conference in Galway or Dublin.
For the 2026 CPD cycle, solicitors to whom the standard Law Society of Ireland requirement applies must complete at least 25 hours of CPD. This must include at least 5 hours of professional development and solicitor wellbeing and at least 3 hours of client care and professional standards. Different requirements can apply to senior practitioners or solicitors with modified requirements.
Yes. The package includes a 5-hour in-person group study conference, with delegates choosing either Galway on 2 December 2026 or Dublin on 8 December 2026. The Law Society requires at least 5 hours, or 20% of the annual CPD requirement, to be completed through group study for a solicitor with the standard 25-hour requirement.
Yes. Under the Law Society of Ireland’s 2026 CPD framework, a solicitor with the standard 25-hour requirement may claim a maximum of 20 hours, or 80%, through relevant eLearning. La Touche Training’s package combines 20 eLearning hours with 5 hours of physical group study, reflecting these limits for the standard CPD requirement.
The programme covers a broad range of legal and professional topics. These include conveyancing, residential tenancies, tort law, commercial contracts, taxation, assisted decision-making, anti-money laundering, professional conduct and risk. The programme also addresses legal technology, artificial intelligence, negotiation, psychological safety, mentoring and other aspects of professional development relevant to modern legal practice.
Yes. The programme includes presentations dealing with professional development, solicitor wellbeing and workplace issues alongside substantive legal subjects. Topics listed for 2026 include coaching and mentoring, negotiation skills, psychological safety, high-pressure legal practice, unconscious bias, legal technology and artificial intelligence. Solicitors should record individual sessions under the appropriate CPD category when maintaining their CPD records.
Yes. The programme contains material on client care and professional standards, including ethics and professional conduct, IT governance, risk and compliance, and anti-money laundering. Under the 2026 Law Society scheme, solicitors with the standard requirement need at least 3 hours in client care and professional standards. Additional AML and accounting requirements apply to certain sole practitioners and compliance partners.
Several parts of the programme address technology and AI in legal practice. Listed topics include Legal AI, Legal Technology, Technology, AI and the Delivery of Legal Services, coaching and mentoring in an age of AI, and IT governance, risk and compliance for lawyers. These sessions consider both practical technology use and the professional issues arising from technology within legal services.
Yes. The 2026 programme includes conveyancing and property-related material such as first registration in the Land Registry and a Conveyancing Conference update. It also includes assisted decision-making content and a litigation session addressing delay and want of prosecution applications following Kirwan v Connors, together with a separate tort law update at the in-person conference.
The live online CPD conference takes place on 25 November 2026. Delegates completing the 5-hour group study element can attend the Clayton Hotel in Galway on 2 December 2026 or the Radisson Blu Royal Hotel in Dublin on 8 December 2026. On-demand webinars are also included as part of the eLearning programme.
