United Kingdom Legal Events Calendar
Jun 4, 2013
Training
Training
Client relationship management for law firms
London, United Kingdom
Choosing the right clients is crucial to your success and there are many aspects to consider not simply who are the biggest and best. Long-term, lucrative client relationships stem from compatibility and the role of the relationship partner within your firm is pivotal in client selection and management. It is critical that you are compatible with your clients in order for strong relationships to ...Ark Group
Jun 5, 2013
Training
Training
Undertaking a risk and compliance audit of your firm
London, United Kingdom
Law firms have witnessed ever-increasing regulation over the last decade, and firms now have to do much more than just pay lip service to risk management and corporate governance. The masterclass recognises that there is a lot of talk about risk management for legal practice, but there is often a lack of practical awareness of what the real risks are and what should be done about them.Ark Group
Jun 5, 2013
Training
Training
COLP & COFA: Identifying and reporting material breaches and patterns of non-compliance
London, United Kingdom
With the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) guidance on Outcomes Focused Regulation (OFR) stating that the nature of systems and controls will vary according to the size of your firm or form of practice; its complexity, the activity that it conducts and your client base, it makes sense for Managing Partner to prepare executive briefings at which COLPs & COFAs representing firms of similar size ...Ark Group
Jun 6, 2013
Training
Training
Senior Law Leadership: Strategies for the new legal services landscape
London, United Kingdom
An intensive 1 hour 45 minute briefing designed to bring you up to speed with all the current movement in the legal services sector, including early indications of future trends. Huron Legal has analysed the marketplace in order to bring you a comprehensive forecast of where the market is headed and what the winners, losers and survivors will look like, in order that you can adapt your firm's busi...Ark Group
Jun 6, 2013
Training
Training
Infographics: Creative and effective delivery of information
London, United Kingdom
Is your message drowning in a sea of information? Information overload cannot be avoided in this day and age. However, clear communication is crucial if you want to get your message across and make it memorable. Creatively delivering the information is essential to this process and an infographic enables the recipient to understand the message with a greater efficiency.Ark Group
Jun 11, 2013
Training
Training
Client care: How to tackle complaints and claims for law firms
London, United Kingdom
You can please some of the people all of the time, you can please all of the people some of the time, but you can't please all of the people all of the time. - John Lydgate But you can develop a strategy to effectively deal with unhappy clients in a way to ensure they don’t take their business to your competitors. Treating clients fairly should be a core value of all authorised SRA firms and get...Ark Group
Jun 11, 2013
Training
Training
E-billing for law firms
London, United Kingdom
This highly successful masterclass, which has received some of the best feedback scores from our delegates, will get you fully updated on e-billing standards in the UK and show you how other firms are successfully implementing e-billing. It will ensure that you are aware of how to operate a maximum efficiency e-billing initiative in your firm.Ark Group
Jun 13, 2013
Training
Training
Developing an information retention and disposition programme for law firms
London, United Kingdom
Discovery and review costs have increased between 50% and 70% and this is in part due to the difficulties of searching through petabytes of data that may not need to be retained. Organisations must ensure that they have the policies and processes in place to retain or dispose of the information they need in a compliant and relatively risk free environment that supports their business needs. The m...Ark Group
Jun 19, 2013
Training
Training
COLP & COFA: Influencing skills for COLPs and COFAs
London, United Kingdom
Update your powers of persuasion during this intensive morning session designed for the multi-faceted COLP and COFA roles. Having your nomination for COLP or COFA approved by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) is one thing but having your name on the official list is no guarantee that you will be able to get what you need to get done. With personal liability at stake, you can’t afford for...Ark Group
Jun 20, 2013
Training
Training
Senior Law Leadership: Running a law firm effectively to adapt quickly to market change
London, United Kingdom
The current, rapidly changing conditions in the legal services market require agility, flexibility and a management structure that is capable of making quick and responsive decisions. To achieve this, you need an effective governance model, as well as talented individuals that you can trust, not only in your core leadership positions but also at the helm of each of your departments. At this second...Ark Group
Jun 20, 2013
Seminar
Seminar
Immigration - next steps for policy
London, United Kingdom
Timed two years on from the introduction of Government's permanent cap on non-EEA migrants, and as policymakers continue to review and reform the working, student and family routes of migration and settlement, this seminar will provide a timely opportunity to assess Government's ongoing strategy to reduce net-migration to tens of thousands by the end of this Parliament. It also comes as Government...Westminster Forum Projects
Jun 20, 2013
Training
Training
Tackling the ABS application process
London, United Kingdom
Currently tackling the ABS application process? "Despite the perception that a changing legal landscape is afoot, only 80 out of 454 firms have completed their alternative business structure (ABS) application and have had licenses granted." Bringing non-lawyer interests into your firm is a credible way to diversify and develop your legal business. In order to provide reserved legal services, you...Ark Group
Jun 20, 2013
Training
Training
Blogs and wikis for law firms
London, United Kingdom
Are you extracting the maximum value from your blogs and wikis? In the current legal market, it is essential for you to maximise the benefit of social tools available to your firm. Effectively sharing your information and knowledge both internally and with clients plays a crucial factor towards your firm's success. Blogs and Wikis are more than just a "nice to have" option. Internally, blogs an...Ark Group
Jun 26, 2013
Training
Training
Lateral hires: Implementing a successful integration process
London, United Kingdom
Has your firm developed a strategy to ensure lateral hires don't fail? A recent study indicates that a third of the 2,763 partner hires made between 2005 and 2012 were no longer with the same firm. The study reveals that areas such as corporate and finance are the toughest to hire partners successfully, while 80% of real estate partners hired in 2005 have since moved on*. In the increasingly com...Ark Group
Jun 27, 2013
Training
Training
Business continuity: Tools to safeguard your organisation in a crisis
London, United Kingdom
What if 75% of your workforce was unable to come into work due to a crisis? Are you prepared? The 2013 Business Continuity Management Survey has indicated that extreme weather was the biggest source of disruption followed by loss of people and loss of IT. Respondents reported an average financial cost of as much as £52,770 due to the disruption caused by snow early in 2013. The survey results in...Ark Group
Jun 27, 2013
Training
Training
Jackson reforms: Preparing your firm for business and financial challenges
London, United Kingdom
Are you prepared for the impact of the Jackson reforms on your firm? Any firm of solicitors with a personal injury department is facing some of the most unprecedented changes to their business model. The impact of these changes, which start to bite from 1st April 2013, could affect the very viability of the firm. It is essential for you to have a comprehensive understanding of the Jackson reform...Ark Group
Jul 1, 2013
Training
Training
Certificate in Marine Claims
By online distance learning, United Kingdom
This essential Certificate in Marine Claims course covers the wide range of legal, technical and managerial aspects of claims and disputes by online distance learning over 12 weeks.Lloyd's Maritime Academy
Jul 2, 2013
Training
Training
Successful rainmaking for lawyers
London, United Kingdom
Would you like to increase your firm's client base? Winning more clients is essential to your firm's profitability. However, it's getting harder to build a strong client following with increasing competition in the legal market. The masterclass is based on 20 years' experience learning what the best rainmakers do. It's a combination of having an organised approach, the right inter-personal skill...Ark Group
Jul 2, 2013
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Training
Measuring partner performance
London, United Kingdom
At one level, the question of assessing partner contribution is a simple one: what value is each partner contributing to the firm in terms of work generation, matter management, associate development and the like? Yet firms routinely struggle to measure and assess contribution in ways which are meaningful, objective and relevant to the firm and its culture.Ark Group
Jul 3, 2013
Training
Training
Content marketing for law firms
London, United Kingdom
Is your business development strategy missing out on the content boost? Content marketing has been practiced for 1,000s of years ever since early caveman/woman paintings were first daubed on walls. This masterclass, however, will not dwell in the past, but will give you the latest tools and techniques to leverage knowledge and content within your law firm and convert it into a powerful marketing ...Ark Group
Jul 4, 2013
Training
Training
Performance appraisals in law firms
London, United Kingdom
Are ineffective performance appraisals hindering your firm's profitability? Talent management plays a crucial part in a law firm's ability of to meet their strategic objectives. Performance appraisals provide a platform to engage employees in the strategic process and to support them in developing their relevant skills. This webinar will explore the elements which make up a successful performanc...Ark Group
Jul 4, 2013
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Training
Legal project management
London, United Kingdom
Are you looking to manage client demands efficiently? Now, more than ever, it is essential for you to equip yourself with effective project management skills. Legal service providers are faced with a multitude of challenges and with clients increasingly demand law firms to 'provide more for less'. Effective project management of legal service delivery is essential to survive and prosper in the c...Ark Group
Jul 9, 2013
Training
Training
Performance management to drive business results in law firms
London, United Kingdom
A law firm is nothing without its people. While the statement above is very true, not effectively managing your people will do your firm more harm than good. Your firm's future competitiveness is directly linked to the ability to apply the skills and know-how of its people. You must ensure that your people are not only highly skilled and trained to meet the needs of clients, but their performanc...Ark Group
Jul 16, 2013
Seminar
Seminar
Family justice - next steps for reform and modernisation
London, United Kingdom
This seminar will bring together key policymakers and stakeholders to assess the future of the family justice system in England and Wales, and will bring out latest thinking on Government's ongoing agenda for reform in this area. It is scheduled as Parliamentarians debate the Children and Families Bill, which is expected to bring about significant reforms to public and private family law next year...Westminster Forum Projects
Jul 17, 2013
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Conflicts and confidentiality for law firms
London, United Kingdom
Never has there been a greater need to nurture and preserve client relationships. One of the most common sources of client dissatisfaction is the way firms handle potential conflicts and confidentiality issues. Getting this wrong can not only destroy client relationships but also lead to regulatory or legal action and loss of reputation. It is essential to consider the rules on conflicts and conf...Ark Group
