Professional skills component of Mandatory rule 6.1 including the following topics:

• What are legal costs?
• What are your options with a bad debt?
• Failure to disclose costs
• Cost assessment 

This recording was the Practice management and business skills component of Mandatory rule 6.1 on 5 December 2019 including the following topics:

• Systemising prioritisation
• Productivity skills
• Benefits of delegating
• Practice management systems

Ethics and professional responsibility component of Mandatory rule 6.1 on 5 December 2019 including the following topics:

• Regulatory environment
• Duties and obligations
• Dealing with Court, other solicitors and parties
• Examples: conflicts, witnesses, instructions, problems, complaints

Hear from legal experts as they discuss some of the current issues faced by legal practitioners while earning three CPD units. Topics include:

• Costs & disclosures before settlement
• Legal ethics
• Productivity & delegation skills for lawyers

This program complies with the Rule 6.1 of the Legal Profession Uniform Continuing Professional Development (Solicitors) Rules 2015 under the Legal Profession Uniform Law requirements of Ethics and Professional Responsibility, Practice Management and Business Skills, and Professional Skills.

• Branding your practice
• Legal ethics
• Building client relationships

Glenda Carry, Regulatory Compliance Solicitor, The Law Society of NSW

Hear from industry experts as they discuss a range of issues that affect property lawyers.

Topics include:

• Legal update on leases
• Latest reforms and cases relating to strata
• Cyber-security issues for property transactions
• Electronic contracts
• Legal ethics for property lawyers
• How to create good Business Development habits

Overview: 

Legal experts discuss some of the current issues faced by government legal practitioners. 

Topics include:

• Legal ethics for government lawyers
• Legal professional privilege 
• Statutory interpretation
• Productivity & delegation

Topics covered include:

• Electronic Lodgement of Leases
• A summary of the two new Law Society leases
• The main differences between the 2007 edition and the Law Society leases
• The main differences between the two new versions retail lease and commercial lease
• Some recent cases involving the Law Society lease
• Retail leasing timeline
• Recent commercial and retail lease cases 
• Retail leasing Law Reform that commenced 1 July 2017
• Ipso Facto

Hear from legal experts as they discuss some of the current issues faced by civil litigators, while earning CPD units.

Topics include:

• Legal costs
• Legal ethics 
• Building client relationships 
• Case law update 

This program complies with the Rule 6.1 of the Legal Profession Uniform Continuing Professional Development (Solicitors) Rules 2015 under the Legal Profession Uniform Law requirements of Ethics and Professional Responsibility, Practice Management and Business Skills, Professional Skills, and Substantive Law.

• Glenda Carry, Regulatory Compliance Solicitor, The Law Society of New South Wales
• Commissioner John McKenzie, Legal Services Commissioner for NSW 
  
• John Fleming, Costs Solicitor, The Law Society of NSW
• Talitha Fishburn, Barrister, Wardell Chambers

Hear from legal experts as they discuss some of the current issues faced by personal injury lawyers, while earning CPD units.

Topics include:

• Compliance driving profit
• Legal ethics in personal injury matters
• Productivity and delegation skills 
• Latest cases and developments across personal injury law

This program complies with the Rule 6.1 of the Legal Profession Uniform Continuing Professional Development (Solicitors) Rules 2015 under the Legal Profession Uniform Law requirements of Ethics and Professional Responsibility, Practice Management and Business Skills, Professional Skills, and Substantive Law.

• Frances Moffitt, Regulatory Compliance Solicitor, The Law Society of NSW 
• Paul Monaghan, Senior Ethics Solicitor, The Law Society of NSW 
  
• Glenda Carry, Regulatory Compliance Solicitor, The Law Society of NSW 
• Con Ktenas, Lawyer, Stacks Goudkamp

Overview:

• What is strata
• The ever changing landscape of strata
• Regulatory reform
• Six reform pillars
• Residential off the plan contracts
• Contract for sale of land 2019
• Strata tips - for vendors, purchasers and strata property developers
• Strata renewal update

Overview:

• Email scams
• Cyber fraud
• Insurance
• Cybercrime resources
• Cybercrime and eConveyancing
• Priority notices

Overview:

• What is an electronic signature?
• Sale of land and e-signatures
• e-signatures, guarantees and deeds
• Savings and limitations
• Preventing emails forming a binding contract
• Cases

Update on legal ethics for property lawyers

• Regulatory framework
• NSW Legal Profession Uniform Law
• Professional conduct & practice rules
• Dealing with the court & other lawyers
• Inadvertent disclosure
• Undertakings
• Dealing with the media

In this videocast, Duncan Young examines different leadership styles, including their strengths, blind spots, and how each style can impact the performance and culture of the teams that they lead.

In this videocast, communication expert Duncan Young will show you how to make verbal presentations and messaging persuasive.  Duncan will explain what makes communication engaging and compelling, what can detract from your message, and how to use storytelling to enliven your presentations.

This pre-recorded webinar explores how legal professionals can manage and prevent burnout in their practice.