CPD Compulsory Units - Recorded in September 2019, NSW
Issues covered include: managing client expectations, legal professional privilege, communication skills and managing high conflict matters
Description
We get it – you’re busy. But you also need your CPD compulsory units, and it never hurts to spend time elevating your practice and bringing it up to speed in the modern legal market. So we’ve put together a convenient, efficient and practical lunchtime web series where you can get your CPD compulsory units out of the way and bolster your practice all from the comfort of your home or office.
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
1.00pm to 2.00pm Friday, 30 August 2019
Practice Management & Business Skills
Managing Client Expectations
- First impressions: how to be honest, realistic, and still get the business
- What to document at the engagement’s outset
- Does what you’re doing match what your client thinks you’re doing?
- How to break bad news without overly discouraging the client
- Handling client disappointment
- War stories and real-world examples
Presented by Glenn Fredericks, Barrister, State Chambers; Recommended Employment Law Junior Counsel, Doyle’s Guide 2019
1.00pm to 2.00pm Friday, 6 September 2019
Ethics & Professional Responsibility
Legal Professional Privilege: A Refresher and Some Current Issues
- Refresher on elements of client legal privilege
- Some particular issues for in-house counsel
- Practical tips to assist privilege claims
- Avoiding waiver: don’t blow it
Presented by Andrew Eastwood, Partner, Herbert Smith Freehills; Best Lawyers 2019, Litigation and Tax Law
1.00pm to 2.00pm Friday, 13 September 2019
Professional Skills
Communication Skills and Managing High Conflict Matters
- Taking charge of volatile situations
- Managing stressful parties to an action
- How to make the client more presentable to the court and third-parties
- When to involve a third-party
Presented by Marina Dulhunty, Barrister, William Deane Chambers