CPD Compulsory Units for All Lawyers on 17 March
Issues covered include: Ethics, Client’s Money, Time, Illegal Requests, Practice Management & Business Skills, Negotiation, Mediation Skills, Polarised Disputes, Capacity, Integrity
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Description
In order to thrive as a lawyer and run a successful practice, you also need to know how to deal ethically with clients, negotiate and mediate disputes and understand how to handle clients with questionable capacity. We’ve mixed all those elements into one seminar where you’ll gain skills and strategies in each of these areas while checking off your compulsory CPD units.
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
Chair: Dr Angela O’Brien, Barrister, Howell’s List
Ethics & Professional Responsibility
2.00pm to 3.00pm: Dealing Ethically with Your Client’s Money, Time and Illegal Requests
- Common complaints against solicitors
- Dipping into the client’s cookie jar without authority, lessons learnt from the case law
- Time, file notes and solicitor/client costs
Presented by Joseph Carney, Barristers, Svenson Barristers
Practice Management & Business Skills
3.00pm to 4.00pm: Negotiation and Mediation Skills for Polarised Disputes: A Practice Guide for Lawyers
- Effective preparation for mediations and negotiations
- Tools for diffusing high conflict situations
- Working with your mediator; how, why and when
Presented by Tim Connard, Barrister, Dever’s List; Leading Mediator, Doyle’s Guide 2019
4.00pm to 4.15pm Afternoon Tea
Professional Skills
4.15pm to 5.15pm: Dealing with a Client of Questionable Capacity or Integrity
- How neuropsychologists assess feigning or suboptimal effort
- How neuropsychologists assess capacity
- Real case examples of client who have presented with questionable capacity or integrity
- What should be done after our formulation?
Presented by Dr Judy Tang, Clinic Director and Head Clinical Neuropsychologist, Jurmaine Health
Venue
RACV City Club
Level 2, 501 Bourke St
Melbourne 3000
VIC
Australia
Parking Information
Parking is not included in your registration. Here are some options below. RACV City Club Car Park.
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