CPD Core Competency Areas for Government Lawyers
Issues covered include: Ethical Challenges, communication, probity
Description
With increasing expectations on lawyers in the public sector it is even more important to ensure you meet your annual CPD requirements in ethics, professional skills and practice management. Gain insights on current ethical issues impacting the public sector, learn how to negotiate and draft risk free tenders and procurement agreements, and be clear on current obligations on government to maintain strong probity processes.
Attend and earn 3 CPD points including:
1 CPD point in Competency Area 1: Practice Management
1 CPD point in Competency Area 2: Professional Skills
1 CPD point in Competency Area 3: Ethics & Professional Responsibility
Chair: Dirk Feinauer, Director, Feinauer Commercial Lawyers
Competency Area 3: Ethics & Professional Responsibility
2.00pm to 3.00pm: The Situations that Create Ethical Challenges for Government Lawyers
Discuss the common elements and themes behind the ethical challenges faced by lawyers in government.
Presented by Dr David Cox, Barrister, Francis Burt Chambers
Competency Area 2: Professional Skills
3.00pm to 4.00pm: What Does it Take to be a Highly Effective Communicator?
- Understanding the different communication styles and needs of others
- Communicating effectively with non-legal professionals
- Conveying complex information to your client and others
- Communicating with diversity in mind
- How to be understood by colleagues: key strategies and action plans
- Tips, tricks and traps to avoid with a communication strategies
Presented by Dirk Feinauer, Director, Feinauer Commercial Lawyers
4.00pm to 4.15pm: Afternoon Tea
Competency Area 1: Practice Management
4.15pm to 5.15pm: Managing and Maintaining Probity in Your Government Department
Recent high profile WA investigations has put the spotlight on conflicts of interest, corruption and the importance of maintaining effective probity processes within government practice. Understanding the fundamental probity principles is key to running defensible procurement processes.
- Clarifying the roles of the various players, including the Probity Auditor
- How should a probity plan be developed and what should it include
- Usual probity protection mechanisms
- What is your obligation to prevent a contravention
- Processes to avoid it happening in your department
- Steps to take when a contravention is discovered
Presented by Donna Charlesworth, Special Counsel, Clayton Utz
Venue
Mercure Perth
Level 1, 10 Irwin St
Perth 6000
WA
Australia