CPD Compulsory Units for All Lawyers
Watch live online or view the recording at your convenience to square away your core CPD points with a trio of practical sessions that will all have a positive impact on your practice. Master the art of dealing with a difficult practitioner on the other side of a transaction or dispute. Stay on top of the latest disruptors in the profession that will impact your practice. Dedicate time to consider mental health, stress, & how they impact your ability to meet your professional obligations. WEB2111N35
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
Chair: Lisa Gooneratne, Special Counsel, HWL Ebsworth Lawyers
Ethics & Professional Responsibility
2.00pm to 3.00pm Mental Health, Your Wellbeing, and Meeting Your Responsibilities
- A guide to managing optimum mental health, including when working flexibly
- Emotional regulation
- Managing your stress levels
- Mediating the stress levels of your managers and their clients
- Burnout
- Early warning signs
- The impact on productivity & your ability to meet your professional obligations
- Exposure to distressing content: risks and protective factors
- Mental health & wellbeing issues in colleagues or clients
- Do you have an obligation to do something? What should you do?
- Developing personal resiliency
Presented by Emma Howard, Psychologist and National Mental Health Manager, Clayton Utz
Practice Management & Business Skills
3.00pm to 4.00pm How to Negotiate and Progress with a Difficult Practitioner on the Other Side
- Maintaining professionalism by understanding who you are as a lawyer and who you’re dealing with
- Effective communications strategies and techniques
- Being creative within the legal process to bring about settlements
- What to do when a practitioner refuses to agree to anything
- Setting timelines, diarising for the response, taking action
- Practical tips to ensure you stay focused on the work and move towards a successful outcome
Presented by Rose Cocchiaro, Director, Resolve Divorce Lawyers; Accredited Specialist in Family Law; Recommended Family & Divorce Lawyer, Doyle’s Guide 2021
4.00pm to 4.10pm Afternoon Tea
Professional Skills
4.10pm to 5.10pm The Top Disruptors in the Legal Profession, How They’ll Impact Your Practice and How to Navigate the Changes
- Dealing with the drivers for change in the legal industry
- Impact of COVID-19; technology; changing client value, sophistication & perceptions; globalisation; workplace demands & preferences; regulation
- Beyond technology: skills needed to deal with the changes impacting every law practice
- Evolving nature of legal work: Who does the work, how is it done, and where do your skills fit in?
- Business models: innovation, creativity & what law can learn from other games
- How you can respond to the changing legal profession: evolution, not extinction
- What’s coming next?
Presented by Giles Watson, Legal Practice Management Consultant, Giles Watson Consulting
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 has extensive experience in managing un-litigated and litigated claims and takes a practical and commercial approach to matters to assist clients to achieve a satisfactory resolution. Lisa’s experience includes appearing in the ACT Magistrates and Supreme Courts, the ACT Civil and Administrative Tribunal, the Administrative Appeals Tribunal, and the Federal Circuit Court.
Rose Cocchiaro, Director, Resolve Divorce Lawyers
Rose Cocchiaro is the director of Resolve Divorce Lawyers and is an accredited specialist in family law. Resolve practices family law in a unique way that promotes out of court negotiations to sensibly and respectfully find solutions that suit each individual family's circumstances. Rose has studied the practice of alternative dispute resolution options nationally and internationally and has drawn on this experience to create methods and practices within the firm to give clients advice.
Giles Watson, Legal Practice Management Consultant, Giles Watson Consulting
Giles Watson helps law practices realise their potential through coaching consultancy and tailored professional development. He specialises in client-facing challenges such as positioning and strategy, pricing, marketing & business development, customer experience and client service. prior to setting up his own consultancy, he managed the practice management course at Queensland Law Society and was a business development manager for three London law firms.
Emma Howard, Psychologist and National Mental Health Manager, Clayton Utz
Emma Howard is the National Mental Health Manager at Clayton Utz. Emma provides clinical expertise and direction in the development of educational programs, policies and procedures relating to mental health and wellbeing at the firm. As a Senior Consultant Psychologist, Emma has provided psychological consultancy, including training on mental health, personal resilience, leadership and organisational change. Emma has extensive experience in providing counselling, coaching, and psychological rehabilitation services from graduates to executives. Emma has worked with a range of clients, specialising in assisting employees in professional services, including banking, finance, law and consulting across corporate Australia.