CPD Mandatory Core Areas for All Lawyers on 19 March
Issues covered include: Negotiation and Mediation, Improving IT Security, Ethical Behaviour Outside of the
Description
Fail to negotiate effectively? Are you not 100% on top of your IT security? Make a mistake leaving you stuck at the bottom of an ethical sinkhole? Master how to avoid these pitfalls in the first place or deal with them when they occur so you’re not a case study at next year’s CPD seminar.
Attend and earn 3 CPD units including:
1 unit in Practical Legal Ethics
1 unit in Practice Management & Business Skills
1 unit in Professional Skills
Chair: Guy Waterman, Barrister, Inns of Court
Professional Skills
2.00pm to 3.00pm: Negotiation and Mediation
- Enduring negotiation falsehoods
- Dealing with difficult parties
- Techniques to strengthen your negotiating position
- Tactics for reviving stalled talks
- Some ethical issues
Presented by Mike Emerson, Principal, Brisbane Mediations and Principal, Advice Only Family Law
Practice Management & Business Skills
3.00pm to 4.00pm: Improving IT Security: Legal Practices at a Substantial Risk as Prime Targets
- Why are law practices now prime targets?
- Legal obligations imposed upon data collection
- Privacy laws and data breach notification obligations
- Law society rules
- Federal criminal code
- What type of security threats exist?
- Ransomware
- Unauthorised access
- The enemy within: accidental actions, disgruntled employees
- External attacks: rational attackers, irrational attackers, third party supplier
- How can a Law firm reduce its risk profile?
- Size counts: major law firms
- Security officer
- Engagement of tiger teams and red teams
- Small to medium firms
- Cloud environments
Presented by Dr. Adrian McCullagh, ODMOB Lawyers
4.00pm to 4.15pm: Afternoon Tea
Practical Legal Ethics
4.15pm to 5.15pm: Ethical Behaviour Outside of the Workplace
Too many lawyers are unacquainted with various ethics rules and what to do in particular circumstances outside of the workplace. Decisions are made which should have been avoided. Responsibilities towards clients, fellow practitioners and to prosecutors and the courts are lost and overlooked by many lawyers. Explore these issues and better understand the ethics and responsibilities that you must observe as a lawyer in your private life.
Presented by Dominic Nguyen, Barrister, Inns of Court
Venue
Mercure Brisbane
Level 2, 85-87 North Quay
Brisbane 4000
QLD
Australia
Parking Information
Parking is not included in you registration. Here are some options below. Secure Parking at Mercure Hotel offers a discounted daily rate from $36 by validating tickets at Mercure Reception prior to departure. Click here to view rates .
Directions
Nearby Public Transport:Train Stations - Roma Street StationBus Interchange - George Square Bus Station