Management Stage 1
Short course
In Cambridge, South Glamorgan, Birmingham and 20 other venues
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The course will bring you the very latest practice management thinking and techniques. It will equip you to make the maximum contribution to your firm: both as a fee earner and as a future partner. Suitable for: This is the compulsory one-day course for all solicitors in their first 3 years after admission.
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Teachers and trainers (1)
John Loosemore
Course Director
Founder of Kaplan Altior, has spoken to thousands of lawyers and advised many law firms both in the UK and abroad and advises many firms on practice management issues. He founded and built a large legal practice which he ran for many years and has been at the forefront of the debate on the future role of lawyers. He is the co-author of ‘Accounting for Success’ (Oxford University Press, 3rd Edition 2002) which explains the mysteries of accounts to lawyers.
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Course Content
Introduction
All solicitors have to attend this course before the end of their 3rd full CPD year after admission. It is also suitable for solicitors and other fee
earners to assist them towards satisfying the supervision skills requirements of the Legal Services Commission's Specialist Quality Mark standard (para D3.3).
Attendance will also count towards the management training requirements under Rule 5 for solicitors supervising and managing a practice or branch office.
7 CPD hours
Topics to be covered
- Vital areas for management
- The qualities of a good manager
- Motivating yourself and your team
- Effective communication
- Performance management
- Creating effective working relationships
- The art of delegation and supervision
- Achieving excellence
- The science (and art) of management
- The need for strategic planning
- How to anticipate and plan for change
- Innovation: the secret of survival
- What solicitors need to know about a law firm’s profit and loss account and balance sheet
- Managing for success
- How to manage your time
- Setting personal goals
- Working effectively under pressure
- Major time wasters
- Making yourself invaluable to your organisation
Trainers (to be drawn from):
- John Loosemore
- MarkManley
- Jon Goodman
- Chris Street
- Adèle Warchester
- Peter Warner
- Richard Gardinar
- and Nick Parker.
Additional information
Management Stage 1