Worldwide Law Training Calendar

Client retention and growth: Developing the role of the "Client Partner"

London, United Kingdom

Your clients are the key to your profitability.

Yet, there are still too many law firm clients not using a full range of services provided by firms. The saviour to address these failings is an effective key account programme and having effective client partners.

Ark Group

Advanced Training on International Contracts

Paris, France

Objectives

This brand new interactive advanced training will focus in depth on problems that arise in international contracts using a brand new mock case. Participants will work in small groups to negotiate and redraft specific clauses of a multi-party contract riddled with mistakes, the aim being that they come away from the training with a sound-proof contract and various key model clause...

ICC International Chamber of Commerce

Into Africa: Opportunities and risks in the African legal market

London, United Kingdom

Africa's shifting landscape creates opportunities for international law firms that can offer expertise in much needed but currently under-served areas of law.

Can your law firm afford to miss our on the lucrative opportunities Africa has to offer?

However, it is essential for you to have a comprehensive understanding of the risks and opportunities before you enter the African legal m...

Ark Group

Legal project management: Ensure you have the skills to effectively manage client matter

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 clients increasingly demand law firms 'provide more for less'. Effective project management of legal service delivery is essential to survive and prosper in t...

Ark Group

Preparing your firm for international compliance

London, United Kingdom

Does your firm have a global presence?

Are you aware of the issues your firm will face with the changes to international compliance?

It is essential that solicitors working overseas and any law firm manager or compliance personnel understand these requirements and can demonstrate that their firm’s working practices reflect the regulator's requirements. This webinar provides an explan...

Ark Group

Profit management in a variable pricing market

London, United Kingdom

The issue of pricing remains high on the agenda for those responsible for the financial management of law firms, never more so than now, given the increasingly difficult economic environment faced by firms and their clients.

The impact of pricing decisions on profitability is a critical issue and requires a significant change in the way work is managed if profit levels are to be sustained. ...

Ark Group

Environmental Forensics

Sayreville, New Jersey, USA

Environmental forensics is a multidisciplinary field with the goal of understanding how and when contamination occurred, as well as who is responsible for the pollution. Environmental forensics investigations may involve identifying and apportioning responsibility among multiple parties, age-dating releases and/or determining exactly how a release occurred with reference to insurance or other cont...

Rutgers NJAES Office of Continuing Professional Education

Advanced Petroleum Forensics Geochemistry

Sayreville, New Jersey, USA

This course will appeal to LSRPs who regularly deal with oil impacted sites and wish to learn more about the latest in advanced forensics techniques for petroleum releases of gasoline and distillates. Since a majority of our sites are petroleum and many are old and comingled, this course is particularly relevant to practicing LSRPs.

In-class examples and exercises related to on-site assessm...

Rutgers NJAES Office of Continuing Professional Education

Postgraduate Diploma in Maritime Law by distance learning over 16 months

By online distance learning, Massachusetts, United Kingdom

The growing demand for education in International Trade and Maritime Law within shipping, trade and the related industries, led to this distance learning course being created 12 years ago. With current demand possibly even stronger than before this Postgraduate Diploma continues to be the established and respected qualification for the sector.

The course will not only increase your understa...

Lloyd's Maritime Academy

Developing a mobile marketing strategy for law firms: Does your firm really need an app?

London, United Kingdom

4 out of 6 billion people use a mobile phone. Only 3.5 billion use a toothbrush.

Is your firm's website mobile optimised? Your firm could be missing out on potential clients if you haven't.

As mobile has taken over traditional desk top use, it is essential for law firms to keep up with client needs and ensure they maintain their competitive edge. This masterclass will provides you wi...

Ark Group

Effectively implementing a cultural change in your organisation

London, United Kingdom

Is resistance to new processes and tools hindering your organisation's success?

Organisations have found that in order to really maximise the implementation of a new system or to make a transformational improvement, people's behaviours need to change. Creating this cultural shift in behaviours is hard and takes a long time to really embed. Thus, more programmes of business change are being ...

Ark Group

Management Course Stage 2

London, United Kingdom

Essential for those who wish to develop their understanding of how a successful law firm operates, and the tools required to improve your own development and progression. This is the SRA Management Course Stage 2 which looks at some of the concepts considered in the Stage 1 course from a new perspective, and introduces new topics such as negotiation and business writing skills. It will demonstrate...

The City Law School

Management Course Stage 1

London, United Kingdom

Our comprehensive course helps you to understand what constitutes as a successful law firm. Management Course Stage 1 is the compulsory SRA course that all newly qualified solicitors are required to take following qualification and before the end of their third CPD year. By understanding the goals of your organisation, you will be able to communicate your ideas clearly and effectively at every lev...

The City Law School

Using the balanced scorecard to boost your firm's performance

London, United Kingdom

How to effectively measure, monitor and manage the key strategic elements that determine your firm's success.

According to the Bain Management Tools and Trends 2013 survey, the balanced scorecard is one of the top five management tools globally.

Law firm's can no longer afford to lag behind when it comes to execution of management tools. It is essential for lawyers to be actively eng...

Ark Group

Successful rainmaking for lawyers

London, United Kingdom

Can you afford to miss an opportunity 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 appro...

Ark Group

Conducting a compliance audit for your firm

London, United Kingdom

How do you identify risks which arise because of your unique client base, work models etc?

How do you demonstrate both internally to the firm's managers, and externally to the SRA, that risk management is working?

With ever-increasing regulation changes, firms now have to do much more than just pay lip service to risk management. The SRA now demands that every firm provides evidence ...

Ark Group

Business intelligence for law firms

London, United Kingdom

The Finance Director of law firm DMH Stallard recently dubbed his firm's business intelligence system called "BUS" as "bloody useful statistics"*.

What information could you be missing out on by not having an effective business intelligence system?

If you don't have a comprehensive understanding of where your firm is making its money, how can you develop an appropriate strategy for e...

Ark Group

How to conduct a security audit: A non-technical masterclass for law firms

London, United Kingdom

What are the potential costs of a security breach to law firms?

1. Clients moving their business to a competitor that conducts security audits

2. Reputational damage when informing clients about a security breach

3. Tackling the consequences of reporting the breach to the SRA and ICO

4. £450k-£850k, according the Information Security Breaches Survey 2013*

Can you...

Ark Group

Certificate in Maritime Disputes & Arbitration

By distance learning, United Kingdom

Over 75% of respondents in our most recent industry-wide survey asked us to develop this programme - and for a good reason!

Disputes and claims occur all too frequently across the maritime industry. They can be costly, not just financially, but also in terms of reputation and business relationships.

There are several methods which can be used to resolve disputes, each with its partic...

Lloyd's Maritime Academy

Client centric benchmarking for law firms

London, United Kingdom

Is your firm's client strategy competitive enough?

In the current low-growth business environment, you can't afford to lose clients to your competitors. The success of a law firm’s business strategy depends on the effectiveness of its client strategy.

In this briefing, you will gain invaluable insights from the world's first online diagnostic tool, the Client Centric Index, which is ...

Ark Group

Recruitment using social media

London, United Kingdom

Location: tba, London
Save thousands of pounds on recruitment costs!

Social networks have grown to be a powerful recruiting tool for organisations. However, a recent study indicates that less than half of organisations are using it for recruitment purposes* and many of these are not using it well. With billions of individuals signed in, integrating social networks into your recruitment ...

Ark Group

Tackling legal and contractual issues of cloud computing

London, United Kingdom

Are you fully aware of the legal issues the cloud is exposing your organisation to?

The cloud model creates practical challenges in understanding how laws, especially data protection, apply to the different parties under various scenarios. It is essential for you to have a comprehensive understanding in order to mitigate the legal risks and ensure legal and regulatory compliance by your org...

Ark Group

Tackling the changing landscape of data protection

London, United Kingdom

Are you prepared to tackle the upcoming changes to the Data Protection Directive?

This webinar will focus on forthcoming changes to the data protection landscape. The Data Protection Directive 1995 is due to be replaced in 2014 by a new regulation.

The webinar leader, Valerie Taylor, will examine the major changes that are being proposed and how these might impact your organisation. ...

Ark Group

Capitalising on big data for law firms: A non-technical masterclass

London, United Kingdom

Use the data you already own to deliver competitive advantage.

In an information age where data is the new currency, analysis of this data is now possible in an economically-viable way to drive new revenue streams and give your firm a competitive advantage that was never before possible with traditional data warehouse or business intelligence solutions.

Re-use the data in your old ca...

Ark Group

Balanced scorecard: Measure and manage the key strategic elements that determine your firm's success

Amsterdam, Netherlands

You cannot improve what you cannot measure.

Firms must identify, measure and reward the behaviours that underpin larger scale objectives in terms of vision and strategy or nothing will change. Good firms have already a strategy to adapt to market conditions. The balanced scorecard can turn your strategy into a measurable plan. This masterclass shows you how.

How do you know if your s...

Ark Group