The dates and booking details for our advocacy and ethics courses can be found below. Our advocacy course provides nine full advocacy hours of CPD, and eight ‘general’ hours of CPD and the ethics course provides three full ethics hours of CPD.
It is not possible to mix and match between sessions from advocacy Course A and Course B.
The NPP is also available to practitioners on Circuit. Details of all Circuits can be found on The Bar Council website.
Course A takes place in April each year, focusing on a forensic accountancy case and is comprised of the following:
The online case conference provides an opportunity to pose questions to your expert.
The weekend involves a series of advocacy exercises using the Advanced Hampel Method.
Course B takes place in June each year, focusing on a medical negligence case and is comprised of the following:
The online case conference provides an opportunity to pose questions to your expert.
The weekend involves a series of advocacy exercises using the Advanced Hampel Method.
The Ethics Course is divided into four stages and is taught using a combination of independent learning and interactive group sessions. The course is run entirely online.
NPs will be allocated to one of the following interactive group sessions based on their practice area:
NPs need to be available for all the above dates as we cannot guarantee specific allocations at this stage.
Advocacy Course A & B
The cost of each Advocacy Course is £274.50. This includes accommodation and meals at the residential weekend.
Ethics Course
There is no additional charge for the Ethics Course for those undertaking the Advocacy Course. A £10.80 registration fee applies for all those only requiring the Ethics Course.
There are limited spaces on the course. Priority will be given to Inner Temple members and those in their final year of the NPP, or whose final year was 2026 or earlier.