Welcome to our website.

Please find below some tips to help you navigate your way around and answers to frequently asked questions.

HOW DO I LOGIN TO THE WEBSITE?

Any login details before 1 March 2020 will no longer work on the website.

Access emails were sent out on the 2nd and 3rd of March and 22nd of April explaining how to set up your new password, you may need to check your junk inbox for this email.

If you cannot find or haven't received this email, please contact our helpdesk team who will be able to assist you in setting this up.

For any other login queries please contact cpd@adls.org.nz

MY DASHBOARD IS HAVING DISPLAY ISSUES, WHAT COULD THE PROBLEM BE?

The dashboard may have display issues if you are using Internet Explorer as your browser.

If this is the case, close Internet Explorer and try again using Google Chrome or another preferred internet browser.

ADLS recommends an alternative browser to Internet Explorer with all our products.

HOW DO I FIND AND COMPLETE MY BOOKED ADLS ON DEMAND ACTIVITIES?

Please see this guide for detailed steps and information.

HOW DO I CARRY OVER HOURS FROM THE PREVIOUS CPD YEAR?

Hours to be carried over from the previous CPD year can be added as a non-ADLS activity on your CPDPR here under the 'My Activities' heading.

To obtain a copy of your previous years' record, to see if there are any available hours to carry over, please contact the helpdesk.

HOW DO I FIND AND DOWNLOAD A RECORD OF MY CPD?

Please contact our helpdesk who will be able to email you a PDF copy of your CPD records.

The automatic function will be available soon.

HOW DO I SEE MY FIRM/ORGANISATIONS LIST OF CPD RECORDS FOR STAFF?

Please contact our helpdesk with a list of the staff that you would like CPD records for, our helpdesk team will be able to assist and email through PDF copies of CPD records.

The automatic function will be available soon.

HOW DO I ADD AN ADLS CPD ITEM TO MY CPD RECORD?

When you purchase an ADLS session or On Demand item, your hours will be recorded by us.

• In person sessions:
  Your CPD hours will be verified by your registration on arrival, and will appear on your CPDPR (CPD Plan & Record) within 2-3 working days.
• Live streams and webinars:
  Your attendance is recorded upon login to the stream and will appear on your CPDPR within 2-3 working days.
  
• CPD On Demand
  Once you have completed the Q&A, your hours will be automatically registered on your CPDPR.

HOW DO I ADD A NON-ADLS CPD ITEM TO MY RECORD?

Step 1: On your Dashboard select ‘manage my CPD progress’ as circled in the picture below

Step 2: Select option 3 ‘Completed Activities’

Step 3: Underneath the heading ‘My Activities’, select Add a Non-ADLS activity’

Step 4: In the pop up box fill in your details of the non-ADLS activity and select ‘Save Changes’

HOW DO I ADD OR EDIT MY LEARNING OUTCOMES/REFLECTIONS?

Learning outcomes/reflections can be found or added on your CPDPR here under the 'My Activities' heading.

ADLS CPD suggested learning outcomes/reflections will be automatically added to your record and can be edited by selecting the 'Edit a reflection/learning outcome' option

Non-ADLS learning outcomes/reflections can be added by selecting the 'Add a reflection/learning outcome' option once the activity has been added to your record, and then edited
by selecting the 'Edit a reflection/learning outcome' option.

CAN ON DEMAND WEBINARS BE COUNTED TOWARDS CPD HOURS?

All ADLS CPD activities (including On Demand sessions) are tailored to comply fully with the CPD Rules.

Care is needed to ensure that on demand items from other providers are CPD compliant.

HOW CAN I PARTICIPATE IN ADLS CPD 'IN-HOUSE' WITHOUT INFRINGING COPYRIGHT?

A common approach to CPD by law firms is to send one lawyer to an external (e.g. an ADLS) seminar and then have that lawyer present an in-house follow up session for other lawyers of that firm who did not attend.

Ordinarily, provided that the lawyer who attended the seminar does not copy and circulate the ADLS materials s/he received at it, then this practice does not breach copyright. It is therefore an acceptable practice.

CAN MORE THAN ONE PERSON VIEW A WEBINAR?

Yes, group bookings are available.

If, however, only one lawyer from a law firm is registered for a webinar, but other lawyers also watch the webinar, this is a clear infringement of ADLS copyright.

WHY DO PRESENTERS' MATERIALS SOMETIMES ARRIVE ONLY SHORTLY BEFORE A CPD ACTIVITY BEGINS?

As soon as we receive the presenter's materials for a CPD activity, we review and format them and then circulate them to attendees as quickly as we can.

We understand that many of you would like to receive the materials the day before. However, our carefully chosen presenters are also very busy professionals. So, while we do understand your needs, we also have to respect our presenters' existing commitments. We greatly appreciate your patience. Rest assured that we will continue to get the materials to you as quickly as we can.

We always ask our presenters to provide a paper and a set of slides to support their presentation. Occasionally our presenters decide that a paper is not appropriate, and they then provide more extensive slides. If we know in advance that a paper will not be provided, we will note that in our advertising synopsis.

CAN ADLS' AUCKLAND EVENTS BE ACCESSED BY PEOPLE AROUND NZ AND OVERSEAS?

Almost all ADLS CPD in person activities are available for viewing in high definition (720p) via our custom, CPD compliant, New Zealand hosted live stream platform. As a result, legal professionals from throughout New Zealand and overseas are able to participate in ADLS' high quality in person CPD events.

WHAT HAPPENS IF I MISS A LIVE SEMINAR OR WEBINAR?

If you are registered to attend a seminar or webinar and are likely to miss the event on the day due to work or other commitments, we may be able to help.

Seminars: If you find that you are unable to attend a seminar, we suggest that you send someone from your office in your place. We will then transfer the booking and earned CPD hour(s) to that person.

Webinars: Again, if you find that you are unable to attend a seminar, we suggest that you send someone from your office in your place. We will then transfer the booking and earned CPD hour(s) to that person.

If the event is recorded, we can provide you with the recording. Please note that this is unedited and does not reflect the quality of our On Demand service. Nor will you earn CPD hours simply by watching the unedited recording, as there will be no interactive component.

If we make the recording available as an On Demand item, then you can wait for the edited recording to become available, watch it and complete the questions. You will then earn the appropriate CPD hour(s).

Contact cpd@adls.org.nz to request an On Demand version of a missed session.

I'M BOOKING ONLINE AND CAN'T FIND A STAFF MEMBER IN THE STAFF LIST

Please email membership@adls.org.nz or call (09) 303 5278 with the key details (name, email address, title and firm) of the staff who are missing.