Legal Practice Management - Community Legal Sector November '24
This Legal Practice Management Course will be conducted entirely online.
If you have any questions, please contact our Customer Engagement team on Tel 02 9965 7111 or email cpd@collaw.edu.au.
This course is a sector-specific version of the Practice Management Course, designed for those who are or wish to act in the role of supervising legal practitioner of a community legal centre or similar NFP organisation. Many of the presenters in the course either come from or work closely with this sector.
In addition to covering basic practice management core subjects, this course provides insight on the unique challenges faced by community legal sector practitioners, such as managing difficult clients and trauma-informed practice.
As well as entitling solicitors who complete the course to have Condition 3 removed from their practising certificate, the course provides CPD units including professional skills, practice management and ethics.
Additionally, many solicitors in the private, in-house and community sectors choose to do the course for career and personal development reasons, as a useful short management fundamentals program.
Workshop details: these workshops will be delivered via video conferencing on:
- Monday 4 November 2024 – 9.00am to 5.15pm AEDT
- Wednesday 6 November 2024 – 9.00am to 5.15pm AEDT
- Friday 8 November 2024 – 9.00am to 5.15pm AEDT
Please note that:
- there will be regular breaks in the program, including 1 hour for lunch each day; and
- the end time of 5.15pm is approximate; some sessions may end earlier or later.
All components of the course, as set forth below, must be undertaken for satisfactory completion. The Law Society of NSW is notified of satisfactory completion approximately 4 weeks after the workshop.
Please read below for course requirements.
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Course Outline
Topics include:
- strategic planning and communications
- work and people management
- management systems and technology
- understanding governance and management
- financial management – budgets and balance sheets
- ethics and professional responsibility
- trust money – responsibility, pitfalls and problems
- risk management and professional negligence
- managing difficult clients
- stress management
| Component | Activity Name | Format |
| Pre workshop online interactive activities | Preliminary participation | Online, short answer and multiple-choice quizzes (self-test) |
| Attendance and participation | Workshop | A series of online workshops held over three days - attendance and satisfactory participation |
| Assessment | Online post workshop assessment | Short answer questions - 50% pass mark in each section |
All three components must be undertaken for satisfactory completion. The Law Society of NSW is notified of satisfactory completion approximately 4 weeks after the workshop.
This course designed for legal practitioners who are or wish to act in the role of supervising legal practitioner of a community legal centre or similar NFP organisation.
Live attendance at the online workshop sessions is mandatory for this course. Workshop sessions may be recorded for later viewing by those who are unable to participate in the live-streamed sessions due to extenuating and/or urgent circumstances. The focus of the recordings will be on the presenter, but you may incidentally appear. These recordings will only be shared with students enrolled in this specific course. The recordings will not be made available commercially or publicly, nor will they be used for marketing or publicity purposes.
AEDT: Australian Eastern Daylight Time
If you intend to claim CPD units for this educational activity, please note that CPD activities are not accredited by the Law Society of NSW or any other equivalent local authority, with the exception of Western Australia. If you hold a practising certificate in a state or territory other than Western Australia and this educational activity extends your knowledge and skills in areas that are relevant to your practice needs or professional development, then you should claim one (1) "unit” for each hour of attendance, refreshment breaks not included. The annual requirement is ten (10) CPD units each year from 1 April to 31 March. Some practitioners, such as accredited specialists are required to complete more than ten (10) units each CPD year.
The program covers the mandatory requirements of Ethics and Professional Responsibility, Practice Management and Business Skills and Professional Skills.