Natalie is a lawyer with a graduate diploma in Management Information Systems. She has 20 years of experience teaching legal and other professionals. She runs her own business, Bliss Consulting (visit Bliss), and teaches at Melbourne Law School
Over the next few months at CPD Interactive, we will be shining a light on the digital revolution. From Bitcoin to e-trial process to online legal research we will give you a little taste of the legal landscape in the context of digital change. As lawyers building online learning we feel we are right in […]
Need An Extra Million? Try an Initial Coin Offering. If you don’t understand how to raise funds through an initial coin offering (“ICO”), you should begin by forgetting everything you know about securities law. The ICO does have some resemblance to an IPO, an initial public offering, in that it is a statement of optimism […]
Research tips – finding Australian legislation https://www.facebook.com/cpdinteractive/videos/1690055014372838/
Lawyers Weekly Women in Law Awards I was honoured to be attend the Lawyers Weekly Women in Law Awards last week, where Lawyers Weekly recognises the achievements of women who have challenged, influenced or changed the practice of law in Australia. It was a well attended event and I was privileged to be amongst such amazing […]
We’ve recently released two new CPD courses focusing on the McCabe case. The author of both courses is Camille Cameron, Dean of Law, University of Windsor (read more about the author here). Procedural issues raised in the McCabe case – Part 1 This course looks at the advantages and disadvantages of using email in negotiation. It recognises […]
Helping you bridge the gap between studying law and practicing law CPD Interactive is thrilled to introduce a new video blog series aimed at law students and lawyers who have recently graduated. When you really have to be a lawyer, you will find the real world is very different to law school. Through this video […]
As part of the ‘How to really be a lawyer’ video blog series, Natalie gives a brief summary of the legal publishers and how they have changed their names over time. Why is this important? The legal publishers have evolved and lawyers may refer to them differently. In this video Natalie reviews the current legal […]
In this latest video blog Natalie gives a brief overview of some of the differences between databases on the market and in particular the case citators including CaseBase, FirstPoint, LawCite and Jade Barnet. A case citator provides a summary of the case, and importantly tells us what has happened since the case. Specifically, have the courts continued to follow the […]
Find Australian cases using Jade, Jade is a case database published by the NSW Bar Association. It’s free and it does some really amazing things. You’ll find it here – https://jade.barnet.com.au. Up until about 1957, the Bar Association have scanned the Commonwealth Law Reports for the High Court cases. So if you need to cite earlier […]
Keep these steps handy by downloading – Tip Sheet 2 – How to find obscure legal cases in Australia. This video shows you how to find Supreme Court cases you can’t find elsewhere. These are often old, unreported decisions that haven’t been made widely available. There will often be no other place you’ll find these cases, unless […]
Natalie shares some more inspiring tips and trends for professional development for Lawyers. Natalie originally put this video together for the CLEAA (Continuing Legal Education Association of Australia) conference. Tip Summary Consider How We ‘Package’ Training We need to consider how we package our message: how to deliver our training and sell it so people want to […]
After attending DevLearn (one of the largest eLearning conferences in the world) in Las Vegas, Natalie shares some inspiring tips and trends for improving learning in the context of professional development for Lawyers. Natalie originally put this video together for the CLEAA (Continuing Legal Education Association of Australia) conference. Find out more about eLearning: What’s hot for […]
Watch a short video from Natalie about how to find Commonwealth Legislation. You need to use the official version of legislation – at a Commonwealth level, this is produce by CommLaw. Watch out for more hints and tips from Natalie about legal research and whatever else takes her fancy.
Face to face learning continues to be the primary method of professional development in the legal sector but what is the future for the delivery of online learning? Changes in employee demographics, costs pressures and changes in technology create both challenges and opportunities for new ways of delivering learning and development to lawyers. All industries […]
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