Worldwide Law Training Calendar

ICC Training International Contracts, Paris 3-6 June 2013

Paris, France

Negotiating and drafting a contract of quality, which will allow the parties to preserve their relationship in the long term, are skills and techniques that need to be learned, as does managing the “post-contract” and dealing with different kinds of conflict resolution. This training will focus, through the study of a mock case, on these issues and the main problems that arise in international con...

ICC International Chamber of Commerce

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 relationshi...

Ark Group

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

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

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

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

International Commercial Arbitration

Paris, France

This training provides participants with a first-hand experience and understanding of the ICC Arbitration procedure through practical and interactive sessions. Participants will study the arbitration proceedings through the simulation of a mockcase.

ICC International Chamber of Commerce

Justice Sector Reform: Applying Human Rights Based Approaches

Maynooth, Ireland

Programme Title: Justice Sector Reform: Applying Human Rights Based Approaches
Dates: Monday 10th - Friday 14th June 2012
Venue: National University of Ireland, Maynooth, Ireland

This annual IHRN training programme aims at enhancing the skills of justice sector personnel, consultants, managers etc, in applying Human Rights Based Approaches to Justice Sector Reform. The programme is de...

International Human Rights Network

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 f...

Ark Group

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

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.

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Ark Group

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’...

Ark Group

CE Marking: MDD, AIMDD and IVDD

san Francisco, California, USA

Description:
This webinar is intended to help you get familiar with the European Union (EU) Directives governing medical devices including in vitro diagnostic and active implantable medical devices.
This webinar is further intended to provide guidance on the regulatory requirements set out in the applicable Directives, which help assure that medical devices are safe and effective for their i...

online compliance panel

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

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 s...

Ark Group

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.

In...

Ark Group

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 incr...

Ark Group

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 surve...

Ark Group

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 Ja...

Ark Group

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

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

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-pe...

Ark Group

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 mark...

Ark Group

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 successfu...

Ark Group

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 pros...

Ark Group