CPD Compulsory Units for All Lawyers on 12 March
Issues covered include: privilege, PR issues, media training, managing difficult colleagues
Description
Wary of traps in your obligations regarding privilege? Struggling with a difficult colleague? Grappling with PR issues and media training or a client getting attention for all the wrong reasons? Don’t let these challenges side-track your career path. Master the skills needed to quickly and effectively deal with each of these issues all while gaining your CPD core units for the year.
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 seminar was recorded in NSW on 12 March 2019
Chair: Elizabeth Devine, Principal, Devine Law at Work
Ethics & Professional Responsibility
2.00pm to 3.00pm: Privilege: A Fresh Look
- A brief refresher of the law
- Some important recent developments
- Traps to be aware of
- Hints: How to use the privilege to great effect
Presented by Peter Butler AM RFD, Partner, Herbert Smith Freehills; Best Lawyers 2019, Alternative Dispute Resolution, Class Action Litigation, Litigation, Product Liability Litigation
Practice Management & Business Skills
3.00pm to 4.00pm: Managing Difficult Colleagues or Bosses
- Bullying in the legal profession
- Colleagues who won’t cooperate
- Managing conflict at work
Presented by Christa Ludlow, Principal Consultant, Weir Consulting
4.00pm to 4.15pm Afternoon Tea
Professional Skills
4.15pm to 5.15pm: From Profile to Profit: Media Training for Lawyers
- How to become the go-to legal spokesperson in the media
- How to prepare your client for media interest in their case
- The journalist’s agenda and how to work it to your advantage
Presented by Monica Rosenfeld, Founder, WordStorm PR