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Law Practice Management Course

Law Practice Management Course
Date: 17 August - 7 September 2023
Cost: Members: $1,575 | Non-Members: $1,775

The Society’s Law Practice Management Course was accredited by LPEAC on 27/05/2021.
  
Our course has been specifically designed for legal practitioners taking the step to becoming law practice principals, whether as sole practitioners, partners or directors of law practices. 

The course will provide instruction and guidance on a range of law practice management issues from regulatory requirements to financial and risk management. The Course presenters are all experts in their fields. Trust accounting, ethics and risk management modules are presented by Law Society staff who have first-hand experience in the obligations and the needs of the South Australian legal profession. The course also covers business planning, marketing and leadership. 

For more information about the course structure and content, please click here. 

Delivery:

This course will be taught via a mixture of in-person and online sessions, over several days at the Law Society offices and via Zoom. There are also three online modules that can be completed prior to the formal commencement of the course.

There are several marked assessments throughout the course where participants must demonstrate competency, as per LPEAC requirements.

Once you have registered, you will be contacted and provided with information the course materials.
  
Places in each course are limited, so please register as soon as possible. 



Schedule for Live Classes:

Thursday, 17 August 2023
9am to 1pm- Developing your Business (4 hours) 
Facilitator: Steven Nayda
Presented in-person at the Law Society Offices.


Tuesday, 22 August 2023
9am to 11am - Marketing your Practice (2 hours) 
Facilitator: Steven Nayda
Presented online via Zoom.


Thursday, 24 August 2023
9am to 1pm -  Financial Management (4 hours) 
Facilitator: Henry Botha - Higgins Botha
Presented in-person at the Law Society Offices.


Tuesday, 29 August 2023
9am to 11am – Managing Technology (2 hours) 
Facilitator: Matt Fabri - OpSys.
Presented online via Zoom. 


Thursday, 31 August 2023
9am to 1pm - Principles of Human Resource Management (4 hours)
Facilitator: Jodie Cole - Business SA
Presented in-person at the Law Society Offices.


Tuesday, 5 September 2023
9am to 12pm - Principles of Human Resource Management (3 hours) 
Facilitator: Evelyn Pollard – Business SA
Presented online via Zoom. 


Thursday, 7 September 2023
9am to 1pm -  Principles of Leadership (4 hours) 
Facilitator: Diarmid Lee - Leed Consulting
Presented in-person at the Law Society Offices.






Cancellation Policy
A $500 cancellation fee will apply where access has already been provided to the online course content and/or the request to cancel is made within 10 working days prior to the course commencement. 

 
When
17/08/2023 - 7/09/2023
Where
Level 10 178 North Terrace Adelaide ADELAIDE SA 5000 AUSTRALIA

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Program

   

Wednesday, 16 August 2023

Description
Professional Ethics Online Module

Risk Management Online Module

Trust Accounting Online Module

Thursday, 17 August 2023

Description
Developing Your Business
Time
9:00 AM - 1:00 PM
9:00 AM

Tuesday, 22 August 2023

Description
Marketing Your Practice
Time
9:00 AM - 11:00 AM
9:00 AM

Thursday, 24 August 2023

Description
Financial Management
Time
9:00 AM - 1:00 PM
9:00 AM

Tuesday, 29 August 2023

Description
Managing Technology
Time
9:00 AM - 11:00 AM
9:00 AM

Thursday, 31 August 2023

Description
Principles of HR Management - Recruitment and Selection
Time
9:00 AM - 1:00 PM
9:00 AM

Tuesday, 05 September 2023

Description
Principles of HR Management
Time
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
9:00 AM

Principles of HR Management - BDH Units
Time
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
9:00 AM

Thursday, 07 September 2023

Description
Principles of Leadership
Time
9:00 AM - 1:00 PM
9:00 AM

 

Terms and Conditions:

Cancellation and Payment Terms: Registration fee payment is required in full at the time of registration. Previously paid registrations are transferable subject to the alternate attendee being eligible to register at the same registration fee (that is a practitioner who is not a Society member is not eligible to attend in place of a member without the price differential having been paid. Any person who has registered and paid to attend an event but is subsequently unable to do so and does not wish to transfer the registration is able to apply to the Society for a refund, however such refunds (in whole or in part) will be at the discretion of the Law Society subject to the circumstances and any external costs paid by the Society which cannot be recovered by us. Where there are event specific cancellation and/or payment terms published, those terms override any conflicting terms specified here.
MCPD Units: Any MCPD Units listed are only provided as a guide and attendees must satisfy themselves about the nature and quantity of MCPD Units they can claim for the activity. Please refer to the MCPD Guidelines for details at www.lawsocietysa.asn.au/mcpd
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