Virtue Ethics for Legal Practitioners
Featuring timely topics hand-picked to cover some of the most crucial areas for all lawyers. OND223V25A_3
Description
Attend and earn 1 CPD hour in Ethics & Professional Responsibility
This program is based on VIC legislation
Ethics & Professional Responsibility
Virtue Ethics for Legal Practitioners
- Beyond rules and codes, why rules have limits
- Headship vs leadership: honour, courage and wisdom
- Practical guide to establishing an honour culture
- Ethical decision making through a virtuous lens; from the mundane to the dilemma
- The flourishing legal community; success, respect and professionalism
Presented by Diana Blackburn B.A. Law (Hons), Dr Cosimo Chiera PhD and Dr Tom Edwards PhD
Presenters
Diana Blackburn
Diana’s working life prior to migrating to Australia, included practising law at the English Bar. In Australia, Diana worked as a solicitor and after, worked in the TAFE sector before moving into Higher Education. These two careers have provided a smorgasbord of opportunity to study and teach in a wide range of social sciences, while developing modules in philosophy, ethics, law, behavioural science as well as specialised modules in family violence and mental health, to name a few. During this time Diana was a guest lecturer in business ethics at La Trobe University and presented the ethics module to solicitors for their mandatory professional development in Melbourne in 2019.
Dr Cosimo Chiera PhD
Cosimo holds a PhD in Mathematics from RMIT University, Australia, and continues to provide tutoring services as an Associate of RMIT for both mathematics and engineering courses. He has lectured at multiple higher education institutions across Victoria. In the late 1990s through to the early 2010s, Cos took time out from academia to work in the corporate world. Starting as a project manager in Y2K projects he worked his way up to Chief Operations Officer (COO), specialising in start-up companies and business triage. Nowadays Cos splits his time between consultancy work, academia, lifesaving (during the summer season) and his family. He co-author of The Freedom of Virtue: Navigating excellence in the art of living amongst a world of instant gratification, published by Australian Academic Press.
Dr Tom Edwards PhD
Tom has a PhD in Behavioural Neuroscience from Monash University, where for several years post his doctorate he lectured. Upon realising that learning about the brain says little about our shared humanity, Tom went back to further study, gained a Master degree in counselling and shifted his research interests. He has since divided his time between teaching, seeing clients and research. He is currently an accredited supervisor with the Australian Counselling Association. Tom has published in respected international journals and spoken at multiple national and international conferences. He also teaches professionals how to use virtue-based insights to optimise individual and corporate outcomes. He co-author of The Freedom of Virtue: Navigating excellence in the art of living amongst a world of instant gratification, published by Australian Academic Press.