This exciting new Ethic’s module by Ronwyn North provides a number of scenarios where the behaviour of a solicitor is questionable. It provides an opportunity to explore your knowledge of what ethical boundaries have been crossed and what rules and regulations have been breached.

The aims of this module are to provide you with:

• A professional ethics update
• The opportunity to reflect on your understanding of the paramount duty to administration of justice and the Court
• Obligations of courtesy to third parties
• When not to invite or follow a client’s instructions and how robustly can you communicate on behalf of clients
• And to ensure that you have a better understanding of the acceptable conduct of a solicitor and are better able to protect your reputation.

Target audience: All lawyers could benefit from this reminder of when you can get into trouble.

Price $99 inc GST

This course explores the different conflicts they may arise as a lawyer and how you can deal with these conflicts. It presents scenarios that place you in different situations and challenges you as to how you would deal with them.

Price $99 inc GST

Given the increasing use of mediation prior to litigation it is important to ensure any agreements reached in such mediations are carefully drafted. This course provides some key points in relation to these agreements, called “terms of settlement”.

Price $99 inc GST

This course looks at the advantages and disadvantages of using email in negotiation.  It recognises the increased use of email in negotiations and questions how effective email really is in the negotiation process. It provides an interesting opportunity to reflect on how you are currently using email and what are the traps you need to avoid.

The is course is designed to:

• establish some of the limitations when using email in any negotiation and what are the risks involved
• what are the benefits and when can email be an effective tool for a negotiation
• provide a checklist of things to remember when using email in business

Price $99 inc GST

This course, Equal Opportunity, Discrimination and Harassment, OH&S and employment law – best practice for law firms, is a broad guide to the scope and content of the Federal and NSW equal opportunity, discrimination, occupational health and safety and employment laws, with particular focus on employment.

The course is very rich in content and links to relevant cases, legislation and other reading material.  Last updated Sept 2011.

Price $199 inc GST

This module was written by Tony Coburn of Freehills for and on behalf of LexisNexis.

This course identifies and discusses  a number of practical issues which will arise for existing contracts, and for designing security agreements that are more suited to the legal environment after the PPSA  comes into effect.

It looks at some frequently used financial products, and in particular:

• all assets securities (which will be granted under general security agreements);
• specific asset securities (which will be granted under specific security agreements);
• leases of goods; and
• invoice finance (as an example of ‘deemed security interest’)

It also looks at some contract practices in the construction industry which may give rise to some issues under the PPSA.

Price $145 inc GST

This course considers the ethical issues that commonly arise for lawyers when acting on behalf of and advising clients, and considering conflicts of interest. It also looks at the way relevant professional conduct rules apply to shape the responsibilities that lawyers have, not only to zealously advocate their clients’ interests, but also to be fair, to seek the truth, and at times to limit the adversarial process.

Aims and Objectives
The aims of this module are to ensure you:

• understand how a mediation works
• know what ethical issues may arise and what professional conduct rules you need to be familiar with
• be familiar with the Australian National Mediator Standards.

Price $99 inc GST

This course will give you a framework for reviewing and describing your business as it currently stands, and establishing a Personal Business Development Plan.

The module, The ‘What’  is the first of a two part course, that describes the ‘What’ and the ‘How’ of building a more sustainable legal practice.

Key aims and objectives
By the end of this course you will have created two documents to help you begin the business development process within your practice.  We provide you with simple tools to get started.  It is critical that you perform the business anaylsis exercises, as directed.

It is important that you are able to put yourself in the shoes of your client, understand their commercial reality, and use your own expertise to improve your client’s ability to increase their revenue and value the advise that you are giving.

Target audience
Anyone who wants to understand how to improve their business revenue by working on business development strategy.

The course is delivered using both video and text, and requires the participant to complete a series of exercises to develop your personal business development plan.

Price $99 inc GST

This module is the second in a two part course by Paul McAllister.  It will give you a framework for ongoing execution of the Personal Business Development plan created in Module 1 – The What.

This module, The How, will help you to better plan for, and execute, face-face client meetings using a specific meeting planning template provided.

Key aims and objectives
By the end of this course you will have a document that will help you prepare for the initial meeting.  We provide you with a simple tool to get started.  It is critical that you perform the exercises, as directed.

The objective of this course is to ensure you will be fully prepared before you walk into a meeting with your prospective client.  You will have clear objectives for the meeting, decide beforehand what questions you will ask, and anticipate the questions the client may raise with you.

Target audience
Anyone who wants to understand how to improve their business revenue by working on business development execution.

Price $99 inc GST

This course provides an introduction to the UK legal system and then introduces the key resources used for researching cases and legislation. It makes references to both free and paid services for research.

Key aims and objectives
To understand:
the legal system and institutions in the UK
know the key resources available for research

Target audience
Anyone interested in the UK legal system and how to research the law effectively.

Price $99 inc GST

This course is designed to introduce the American Legal system.  It is the author’s belief that without a sound knowledge of a country’s legal system it is impossible to complete effective legal research.

The course will introduce some key resources available both free online and susbcription that would be useful when researching US law.  In the age of the internet and “google” it is critical that when conducting research online the resources used are well regarded and reliable.

Key aims and objectives

• to provide an overview of the US legal system
• to provide an introduction to the key resources that are well regarded when conducting legal research

Target audience: Any non USA lawyer who is interested in researching USA law.

Price $99 inc GST

This course provides an overview of the law of privilege and how it effects in-house lawyers.

Key aims and objectives

For the participant to:

• understand the law of privilege at common law and in the Evidence Act
• understand the “dominant purpose” test
• understand the importance of providing independent advice when acting as in-house lawyer
• be made aware of recent cases that have reviewed privilege.

Target audience
All lawyers, with a particular focus on in-house lawyers.

How long should this course take? 1 hour

Price $99 inc GST

This course is designed to introduce some of the many social media and networking tools that are available online. Further, it explores how these resources can be used to market you and your business and why you need to understand these tools and how they may affect your brand.

Price $99 inc GST

This course allows you to reflect on the complex ethical issues presented. It deals with how you feel in certain situations rather than presenting rules and regulations. The course is designed for junior lawyers. Right v.right dilemmas, matters of duty, responsibility, character, and consequence are offered for reflection. Ethical issues pervade professional life, and the moral distress they can create requires thoughtful reflection that moves beyond knee-jerk intuitions and gut reactions. This course presents a practical framework for assessing and resolving ethical dilemmas in a sophisticated manner guided by a circumspect and reflective analysis able to withstand the scrutiny of others and minimize the potential for personal regrets.

Target audience: Junior lawyers

Price $99 inc GST

It is important to keep up to date with recent judgments in cases dealing with wills and estates.  The Wills and Estates course cites a number of recent cases, describes the issues relating to them and the judgments handed down.  It highlights the obligations of the solicitor/executor and reviews the important distinctions between charging commission and professional fees for service to the estate.

Target audience? Victorian lawyers who draft and administer Wills

How long should this course take? 1 hour

Price $99 inc GST