CPD Compulsory Units Over Lunch, Over 3 Weeks
Need to square your CPD compulsory units for the year but can’t seem to find the time? Take advantage of this convenient and practical lunchtime web series where you can acquire your CPD units and bolster your practice once a week at lunchtime and online. Hear from engaging experts on the latest disciplinary issues and cases, how to manage conflicts of interests, the skills you need to successfully negotiate a deal, and how to protect your practice from cyber threats which have increased over the last year.
Description
Attend and earn 3 CPD units including:
1 unit in Ethics & Professional Responsibility
1 unit in Practice Management & Business Skills
1 unit in Professional Skills
This program is applicable to practitioners from all States & Territories
If you register for the full series as a live online product after the date of an individual session, you will be sent the recording for the sessions that have passed. Alternatively, you can register for individual sessions by following the links below.
Session 1
Monday, 15 February 2021
Chair: Lisa Gooneratne, Special Counsel, HWL Ebsworth Lawyers
Ethics and Professional Responsibility
1.00pm to 2.00pm Latest Disciplinary Issues and Lawyers Acting in Conflict of Interest
- Latest ethical principles and disciplinary actions: recent cases and lessons to be learnt
- Conflict of interest for trustees, executors and directors: When should you take up the role? Why should solicitors consider taking up the role?
- Conflict of interest for solicitors concerning former clients
- Common scenarios and possible options to apply
Presented by Chris Ryall, Barrister, Maritime Chambers
Register here for Session 1 only
Session 2
Monday, 22 February 2021
Chair: Lisa Gooneratne, Special Counsel, HWL Ebsworth Lawyers
Professional Skills
1.00pm to 2.00pm Making a Deal: Negotiation Skills
- Tips, tricks or a strategic approach: planning your next negotiation
- Tell her she is dreaming! Communication that works to achieve best outcomes
- Whose side are you on anyway? Can a collaborative approach work?
- Ballroom or disco: understanding and making the most of the bargaining ‘dance’
- More or less, what does success look like when negotiating a deal
Presented by Steve Lancken, Mediator and Managing Director, Negocio Resolutions; Leading Mediator, Doyle’s Guide 2019
Register here for Session 2 only
Session 3
Monday, 1 March 2021
Chair: Lisa Gooneratne, Special Counsel, HWL Ebsworth Lawyers
Practice Management and Business Skills
1.00pm to 2.00pm Cyber Resilience for Your Practice: Practical Strategies to Prevent and Mitigate Cyber Attacks
Cybercrime is predicted to lead to the biggest transfer of wealth in human history, and in Australia cyber security incidents have been estimated to cost businesses up to $29 billion per year. Your legal practice could be a target because you act on high value funds transfers, or hold confidential and sensitive information.
In this session you will step through a five pronged approach to increasing your practice’s cyber resilience by focusing on both prevention and mitigation strategies.
Presented by Simone Herbert-Lowe, Director, Law & Cyber
Register here for Session 3 only
Presenters
Lisa Gooneratne, Special Counsel, HWL Ebsworth Lawyers
Lisa has extensive experience in personal injury insurance law, in a variety of areas. Lisa acts for both private insurers and Government agencies, in the areas of public liability, workers compensation, medical negligence, coronial inquests, medical disciplinary matters and motor vehicle accidents. Lisa also acts for a self-insurers, including a national airline and national banks, in relation to personal injury claims. Lisa is actively involved in the ACT legal community, being a former chair of the Young Lawyers Committee and currently a Commissioner and Board member of the ACT Legal Aid Commission.
Chris Ryall, Barrister, Maritime Chambers
Chris Ryall has practised as a member of the private bar in Cairns since 1999. His practice as a barrister has been principally in the areas of commercial litigation, personal injuries, and estates. Chris has appeared in disciplinary matters involving solicitors and other professionals before various tribunals. In addition, he has experience in dealing with ethical and regulatory issues while a member of the Council of the Bar Association of Queensland.
Steve Lancken, Mediator and Managing Director, Negocio Resolutions
Stephen Lancken is an internationally regarded mediator, trainer, coach and commentator about dispute resolution. He has a special interest in the way in which lawyers negotiate. He has taught negotiation for a number of universities including the Australian Graduate School of Management, UTS and Sydney University. Notable areas of mediation speciality include major property and lease disputes, sports law, insolvency, telecommunications, native title, construction, insurance, and personal injury litigation. Steve is a Costs Assessor, Review Panellist and member of the Coats Assessors Rules committee. He sits on ACAT, the National Sports Tribunal and is a Workers Compensation Commission mediator.
Simone Herbert-Lowe, Director, Law & Cyber
Simone Herbert-Lowe is the founding director of Law & Cyber, which provides legal services and risk mitigation advice to professional firms and other businesses. Simone provides cyber risk education seminars and advises companies impacted by cyber events, including acting as insurance claims advocate and in dispute resolution. Simone has written extensively in the area of cyber risk and professional responsibility, with articles featured in the Law Society of NSW Journal, the Australasian Law Management Journal and numerous Lawcover publications.