CPD Compulsory Units for Personal Injury Lawyers
Hone your skills in running an effective, efficient and paperless practice. Gain practical guidance for working with clients who have experienced trauma. Explore ethical issues for personal injury lawyers. Designed specifically for personal injury lawyers, attend this webinar to earn all the mandatory ethics, professional skills and practice management points before the end of the calendar year.
Description
Attend and earn 3 CPD units including:
1 unit in Ethics and Professional Responsibility
1 unit in Practice Management & Business Skills
1 unit in Professional Skills
This program is applicable to practitioners from all States & Territories
Chair: Genna Angelowitsch, Special Counsel, Adviceline Injury Lawyers; Accredited Specialist in Personal Injury Law
Ethics and Professional Responsibility
Ethical Issues for Personal Injury Lawyers
- Ethical issues in the cyber age
- Ethical issues in obtaining client’s instructions & how to minimize the risk of complaint
- Expert codes of conduct
- Certification of reasonable prospects of success in common law proceedings
Presented by Dennis Epstein, Barrister, Second Floor Selborne Chambers
Professional Skills
A Guide to Running a Paperless Personal Injury Practice
- What does it mean to go paperless?
- Essential concepts
- Essential equipment
- Tips and traps
Presented by Philippe Doyle Gray, Barrister, 8 Wentworth Chambers
Practice Management and Business Skills
Helping Lawyers Manage Secondary PTSD and Advice for Personal Injury Lawyers Working with Clients Who Have Experienced Trauma
- Understanding resilience and how to foster it
- What is secondary trauma and you do we get it?
- How can you prevent secondary trauma?
- How can you help our clients through their trauma?
Presented by Adam Blanch, Psychologist, Nexus Psychology
Presenters
Genna Angelowitsch
Genna Angelowitsch is a Special Counsel at Adviceline Injury Lawyers and is an LIV accredited specialist in personal injury litigation. In 2020 Genna assumed leadership of the TAC division at Adviceline, dedicating her practice to assisting injured Victorians achieve their proper entitlements from the Transport Accident Commission. Prior to this role, Genna managed compensation claims for individuals injured in a variety of circumstances, including through transport accidents, in the workplace and as a result of medical negligence. She also assists families who have lost loved ones navigate the Coronial system and access dependency entitlements.
Dennis Epstein
Dennis Epstein is a Barrister at 2nd Floor, Selborne Chambers, Sydney. Dennis has been practicing in the personal injury field for over 30 years. He initially practised as a Solicitor for over 13 years including 7 years at GIO. He was admitted as a Barrister in 1995 and since that time has practice exclusively in the personal injury field, especially in workers' compensation, CTP and public liability claims. He was also appointed for several years as both a District Court and Local Court Arbitrator and has undergone mediation accreditation training.
Philippe Doyle Gray
Philippe is a barrister at 8 Wentworth Chambers in Sydney. Since 2010, he has done his chamber work without paper and since 2013, his trial work without paper. Since 2014, he and his executive assistant have usually worked remotely from their homes. He has advised in conference, and conducted mediations, with participants hundreds of kilometres away using videoconference software since 2017. Between 2014–2018, Philippe was the first-ever lawyer practising outside North America to be elected to the governing council of the Law Practice Division, American Bar Association, responsible for helping American attorneys use technology better.
Adam Blanch
Adam Blanch is an Australian registered psychologist with over thirty years’ experience treating trauma and PTSD. He trains professionals in trauma prevention and trauma resolution around Australia. Adam is passionate about helping people to become trauma competent practitioners, because healthy people don't hurt people.