Worldwide Law Training Calendar

Supply Chain Optimisation & Analysis - South Africa

Johannesburg, South Africa

In today’s increasingly volatile competitive environment, implementing a long-term strategy for competitive advantage has become next to impossible for organisations. This stand-alone course introduces delegates to techniques that uncover supply chain productivity inefficiencies and then create processes to build towards supply chain optimisation. Critical concepts will be analysed which can be co...

Neoedge Pte Ltd

Structuring Shariah Compliant Derivative Master Class

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Modern Islamic finance remains in its infancy, having emerged only in the mid-1990s. Despite exceptional growth rates, Islamic finance is essentially devoid of derivatives products, in part due to doctrinal constraints and due in part to the infancy of the industry. In March of 2010, after years of effort, the International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) and International Islamic Financi...

Neoedge Pte Ltd

Masterclass on Incoterms® 2010: Overview of fundamentals and learning-by-doing workshops

Paris, France

This 2-day training programme combines theory with learning-by-doing workshops. Its aim is to provide participants with a clear and thorough understanding of the new Incoterms® 2010 rules and their role within the broader context of an international sales transaction.
Starting with an overview of the changes, new provisions, and new classification, the programme moves quickly into five learning...

ICC Events

Understanding and realising the four dimensions of KM

Singapore, Singapore

In this masterclass, Ron Young provides groundbreaking insights and understanding into the inter-relationships between the four critical dimensions of successful knowledge management – personal, team, organisational and inter-organisational. He provides an in-depth understanding and facilitates rich discussions for each dimension.

Ark Group

Negotiating outsourcing contracts

London, United Kingdom

This masterclass will ensure that you fully understand how to identify risk, requirements and deliverables when you are negotiating a first or second generation outsourcing contract. Rebekah Flaherty, senior associate at DLA Piper and veteran of multiple high value outsourcing contract negotiations including the UK's NEST pension scheme and a £300M contract for a UK retail bank, will also show you...

Ark Group

Anti-money laundering compliance for law firms 2012

London, United Kingdom

Our expert speakers will provide you with plenty of opportunities to understand how theory can be applied in practice as they share worked examples and give you the opportunity to interact and discuss your concerns in the significantly more complex areas of anti-money laundering. These practical examples will enable you to refine your understanding of how to approach similar situations within your...

Ark Group

Smartphone apps for business development and marketing

London, United Kingdom

The number of smartphone users is expected to cross the billion mark within three years - fuelled by the growth of the iPhone and Android. With an increasing number of customers on the go and using their phones for more than just calls and texting, businesses are increasingly looking at how they can leverage this accessibility for maximum profit and profile. Jeremy Rosenberg, ex-head of KPMG's mar...

Ark Group

Have you fully complied with Outcomes-Focused Regulation?

London, United Kingdom

Revised from our hugely successful masterclass on outcomes-focused regulation, this masterclass will pick up where the other left off. Giving you the latest information on the current status (at the time of this masterclass) of the SRA's involvement in firms, critical insight in to the application process for the COLP and COFA, analysis of how Alternative Business Structures are being used and an ...

Ark Group

Landing SharePoint 2010: Strategy to implementation

London, United Kingdom

Many organisations are considering adopting SharePoint 2010, but the path to adoption is fraught with critical questions. Is SP right for you? Do you go with online or on-premise? Should you use a custom front? All of these questions will impact how you decide to proceed, and will have a dramatic effect on the timeframe and potential risks involved in an implementation. Andrew Walmsley is one of t...

Ark Group

navigating the japan regulatory and clinical trial environment

Palo Alto, California, USA

This Japan Regulatory and Clinical Trial Requirements training will cover Japan Regulatory Agency Structure and Responsibilities, its review process for decision-making and approval, requirements for clinical trials in Japan and the procedures for conducting clinical studies in the country and reporting them.

Why Should You Attend:

This 6 hour virtual seminar will help you gain a com...

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leaping into lab: everything about waived testing

Palo Alto, California, USA

This CLIA Webinar training will feature an in-depth look at CLIA Waived Testing. It will present the rules and regulations as well as the pros and cons of testing using Waived methods.

Why Should You Attend:
Waived testing is an exciting way to leap into the world of laboratory testing. With over a hundred tests to choose from, every speciality can find testing that will benefit the pat...

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Training on the 2012 ICC Rules of Arbitration

Paris, France

The aim for these trainings is to provide participants with
•An advanced knowledge of the New ICC Rules of Arbitration on the topics of Multi-party Arbitration and Emergency Arbitrator through practical and interactive sessions
•Simulation of mock cases and participation in small working groups for practicing trainings
•Valuable insights by some of the world’s leading arbitrators, with ex...

ICC Events

Training on the 2012 ICC Rules of Arbitration

Paris, France

Through this training, you will:
- Acquire practical knowledge of the main changes in the 2012 ICC Rules of Arbitration on topics such as Emergency Arbitrator; Case Management and Joinder, Multi-party/Multi-contract Arbitration and
Consolidation.
- Apply the 2012 ICC Rules of Arbitration to mock cases, studying them in small working group
sessions
- Be provided with valuable insight...

ICC Training and Conferences

Turning digital data into business knowledge

London, United Kingdom

This masterclass will complement any digital strategy that you currently have, showing you how and what to measure from the range of data sources that are available to you in the digital world - including social media, web analytics, and a host of other sources. Not only that, Alex Marks, marketing and media professional of over 20 years and past key digital member of both eBay and Microsoft, will...

Ark Group

Managing successful IT programmes and projects

London, United Kingdom

IT is one of the biggest expenses for most organisations. IT departments are among the most expensive out there, and all major (and most minor) organisations have to think very strategically about how they manage and achieve business critical IT objectives. A study by McKinsey recently found that one in six IT projects studied had a cost overrun of 200%, on average, and a schedule over-run of almo...

Ark Group

Maximising business insight through collaborative, social and mobile business intelligence

London, United Kingdom

The traditional hierarchical decision making process is crumbling in the face of companies that are using collaborative and flattened enterprise decision making processes. Data is key, and business intelligence is adapting to take advantage of employees who want to be engaged and are always on the move. This masterclass will give you an overview of the current trends in business intelligence, look...

Ark Group

Pricing and profitability for law firms

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. The deb...

Ark Group

Negotiating IT contracts

London, United Kingdom

Outsourcing has become a viable and profitable means by which companies can control costs. As IT projects increase in scope, complexity and value it becomes more and more critical for you to ensure that you have negotiated the best deal up-front rather than discover mid-way through an IT contract that the terms do not adequately meet your organisation's needs. Unfortunately it is often the case th...

Ark Group

Maximising the strategic use of client feedback to achieve firm-wide improvement

London, United Kingdom

Most firms have some sort of client feedback system in place, but most fail when it comes to using that system to actually improve their service. Do you feel that your firm is actually improving its service through feedback or do your lawyers see it as just another barrier to getting work done? Firms effectively using client feedback are strengthening their relationships with their clients, and th...

Ark Group

Certificate in Marine Salvage Law

n/a, United Kingdom

This distance learning programme provides all the fundamental knowledge you’ll need to understand salvage contracts, common law salvage and the assessment of salvage awards.

Most accidents at sea result in a salvage service being rendered to the casualty. It is therefore important for anyone involved, or who may be involved with a casualty, to have a basic knowledge of international salvage...

Lloyd's Maritime Academy

Formation Damage Prevention & Treatment

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

NEOEDGE is bringing to you another of our premier course “Formation Damage Prevention & Treatment” to be held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates from 05 to 08 March 2012. It will be led by an expert with over 20 years of engineering, operations and management experience in Drilling, Completion and Sand Control, Workover and Well Services. He presently consults worldwide in the area of Sand Control and...

Neoedge Pte Ltd

Essential contract law for non-lawyers

London, United Kingdom

Have you ever had to sign a contract for your business? Most managers have, and with the crunch on legal spending and in house lawyers increasingly asked to do more with less, now is the perfect time to ensure that you are fully prepared to act in the best interest of your organisation. This masterclass will ensure that you are fully armed to deal with contracts, you will understand all of the key...

Ark Group

Introduction to LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook

London, United Kingdom

This hands-on course will help you get to grips with three of the leading social networks used in a business and corporate context - Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn; as well as giving you an overview of the other forms of social networking that exist. The course will help you see through the hype and understand how to set-up and use each network and comprehend the best uses for each.

Ark Group

Improved cash collection for law firms

London, United Kingdom

The current economic climate is affecting all businesses, and with a double dip recession on the horizon it is never too late to streamline your cash collection process. Law firms need to ensure consistent streams of income while establishing reserves that they can use to exploit opportunities. This masterclass, led by renowned financial adviser Barry Wilkinson, will ensure that delegates have the...

Ark Group

Tackling partner underperformance in law firms

London, United Kingdom

Partner performance is one of the leading issues in law firms, and indeed as partners are one of the largest overheads in firms it makes sense that firms are increasingly looking to tackle performance issues which have long gone unaddressed in the sector. Tackling partner underperformance is no walk in the park, and requires the utmost skill, finesse and understanding; this masterclass will give y...

Ark Group

Fee negotiation and pricing for law firms

London, United Kingdom

Law firm clients are rapidly learning to negotiate better fees. GC's and in-house lawyers are asking for more and expecting to pay less. How are firms meeting this challenge? Tony Reiss, award winning law firm coach and highly experienced law firm consultant, will show you how to fee negotiate for a win-win scenario where both you and your clients walk away satisfied. You will learn the theory beh...

Ark Group

The COLP and COFA: Roles, responsibilities and risks

London, United Kingdom

This masterclass, led by specialist risk and compliance partner at Weightmans and highly experienced speaker Michelle Garlick, will take delegates through the entire process of nominating a COLP and COFA; enabling delegates to wholly understand the considerations and ramifications of both nominating and serving as the COLP or COFA. This masterclass will be very interactive and hands on, delegates ...

Ark Group

International Commercial Arbitration (PIDA training, Advanced level), Study of a mock case

Paris, France

The aim for this training is to provide participants with
•A first-hand experience and advanced knowledge of the ICC Arbitration procedure through practical and interactive sessions
•The study of complex arbitration proceedings through the simulation of a mock case and the participation in small working groups for the purposes of the training
•Presentations by some of the world’s leading ...

ICC Events

Rethinking HR in law firms: Managing for profit

London, United Kingdom

There are two major costs in law firms, property and people. HR is thus increasingly seen as one of the major drivers of profit and long term sustainability in law firms, especially with the added pressure of the current economic environment. Many approaches to HR are quite rightly characterised as "soft and fluffy" or coming from a "do-good" agenda: the 'People-Performance Strategy' is an approac...

Ark Group

Social media governance: Achieving best practice

London, United Kingdom

This hugely popular masterclass, led by experienced public and private sector consultant Dion Lindsay, will enable you to clearly understand the need for a thorough approach to the management of company and individual social media use. You will come away with a clear understanding of the elements of governance you will need to think through clearly if your organisation is to take full advantage of...

Ark Group

Press start: Making gamification work for you

London, United Kingdom

This highly successful masterclass, led by internationally known gamification proponent Betty Adamou, will show you what gamification really is and how it can be used to positively affect your bottom line; enabling you to effectively use gamification for anything from marketing to business development and customer management. Delegates will be expected to bring along current challenges and if poss...

Ark Group

Social media strategy for lawyers

London, United Kingdom

Very few lawyers and law firms have cracked the ongoing issue of how to use social media for maximum business impact. Having a Twitter account and a Linkedin page just isn't cutting it; the use of social media needs to be part of a thought out strategy that involves content generation and proper use of the available tools at all levels.

Ark Group

The duality of change: Overcoming employee resistance

London, United Kingdom

All organisations go through change and modern thinkers recognise that change is in fact the status quo and is always happening. This masterclass will tackle questions like; how do you achieve long term sustainable change, delivered in an honest and open way? What do you do when you find yourself having to deliver someone else's change that you've had no input into? How do you rationalise the chan...

Ark Group

Make lateral hiring work for your law firm

London, United Kingdom

This masterclass will show you best practice in lateral hiring, and arm you with the information which you’ll need to formulate a cohesive and successful strategy for taking on lateral hires.

Ark Group

understanding and meeting your regulatory and processing responsibilities

Palo Alto, California, USA

This combined Quality Agreement and DMF (Drug Master Files) training will discuss the advantages for suppliers and drug product manufacturers in developing these arrangements together.

Why Should You Attend:

This course provides attendees with an understanding of the role that Quality Agreements and DMFs play in the FDA's regulatory approval process for drugs and biologics. The cours...

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Certificate in Chartering

Distance Learning, United Kingdom

The essential guide to understanding chartering, one of the key contracts in shipping

The Certificate in Chartering, delivered by distance learning over 18 weeks, is a stimulating course designed to give all those working with charterparties, a practical, commercial and legal grounding in charterparties.

Compiled by specialists, the individual modules of the Certificate in Charterin...

Lloyd's Maritime Academy

medical devices: eu directives

Palo Alto, California, USA

This Medical device training will be discussing the requirements of the Medical Device Directives, their linkage to the EU Clinical Trial Directive and the requirements of CE Marking and ISO Certification on commercializing products.

Why Should You Attend:

This webinar is focused on understanding the requirements of the Medical Device Directives, their linkage to the EU Clinical Tria...

ComplianceOnline

The internal consultant: Overcoming resistance and implementing successful projects in law firms

London, United Kingdom

This acclaimed masterclass, led by LETG law firm trainer of the year and leading law firm consultant Tony Reiss, will allow your firm to implement and manage cost effective and highly successful programmes and projects requiring change within your organisation; overcoming the traditional barriers to change and effectively enabling your firm to evolve with the market.

Ark Group

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. 2011 has seen a fundamental change to the nature of the regu...

Ark Group

Demystifying the cloud for the public sector

London, United Kingdom

The government plans to set up a Government Cloud (G-Cloud) to provide services to public authorities and for half of Whitehall's new ICT spending to be in cloud services by 2015. Hence, an understanding of cloud computing is highly beneficial for the public sector.

On demand IT is essential for growth in the present environment. As budget shrinks, investment in new infrastructure places a ...

Ark Group

Creating and maintaining a profitable business pipeline

London, United Kingdom

Lawyers are increasingly asked to do more than just practise law. More than ever you are expected to take real ownership of your business and generate new streams of income. For most lawyers business no longer just walks through the door, and lawyers looking to maintain steady streams of income need to master the art of pipeline development; ensuring that work does not come in mountains and trough...

Ark Group

Developing a compliance plan for outcomes-focused regulation

London, United Kingdom

The huge changes in the regulation of the provision of legal services brought about by the Legal Services Act 2007 and the introduction of the new Code of Conduct mean firms' arrangements for effective risk management are brought into sharper focus. There are now clear responsibilities for risk and compliance defined within the remit of the newly appointed compliance officers (COLP and COFA), and ...

Ark Group

Laytime and Demurrage Masterclass

London, United Kingdom

Be guided through the complexities of laytime & demurrage calculations

Take the opportunity to calculate increasingly difficult laytime problems

Ensure your calculations are correct and to your advantage

Update your knowledge of important laytime clauses

Understand all the exceptions to laytime found in charterparties

Receive guidance for effective use of your l...

Lloyds Maritime Academy

excel spreadsheets; develop and validate for 21 cfr part 11 compliance

Palo Alto, California, USA

How to Use excel spreadsheet for GXP data and reduce validation cost and time.

Why Should You Attend:
Learn how to create an Excel spreadsheet application that is GxP compliant. Understand how to validate your application with minimal documentation. Follow the step-by-step instructions as we configure Excel for audit trails, security features, and data entry verification. This session in...

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Pitch perfect: Getting on the inside track and winning more pitches

London, United Kingdom

Winning a pitch for legal work is one of the most satisfying moments a lawyer experiences. Winning a pitch is about knowing how to sell, but it doesn't end there, there is a strategy to winning legal work this way. Knowing how to get into the room and how to position oneself so as to have the opportunity to pitch is just as important as knowing how to pitch itself. This masterclass, led by award w...

Ark Group

Alternative business structures: Taking advantage of the opportunities and tackling the threats

London, United Kingdom

Alternative business structures represent perhaps the biggest change ever to face the legal profession. While many see them as a threat to traditional ways of doing business, others view their introduction as an effective new route to improving how a law firm runs by bringing in valuable external resources and experience. The collaborative partnerships that provide this benefit are not without ris...

Ark Group

Learning technologies in law firms

London, United Kingdom

The last few years have seen the continued increase in the use of learning technologies within an integrated learning and development strategy across many sectors. The never-ending need to remain at the top of their game continues to challenge learning and development departments in the professional services (legal) sector to deliver more - and through more innovative approaches. But how can you t...

Ark Group

Understanding and realising the four dimensions of KM

London, United Kingdom

At a time when organisations and their individuals are under pressure to deliver more with less, knowledge management can play a key role in achieving efficiencies and generating innovation. But a poorly thought out or implemented KM initiative wastes precious time and money, and will not allow you to reap the benefits.

In this masterclass, Ron Young provides groundbreaking insights and und...

Ark Group

How to make a law firm merger work

London, United Kingdom

This masterclass will concentrate on the fundamentals of how to make your law firm merger work. Eschewing all "consultant-speak" and broad concepts, delegates will hear what really matters because merging is the most important change that your firm will ever experience. Featuring two expert facilitators in law firm mergers, this unique one-day event will concentrate on the key elements that your f...

Ark Group

Deriving competitive advantage through remuneration and performance management

London, United Kingdom

Law firms around the globe are finding that their remuneration systems or the manner of their implementation are no longer wholly appropriate. Issues with remuneration systems can be a symptom of problems beyond the design of the system itself - the market might have changed around firms or their business may have changed significantly, or both. This masterclass, led by leading professional servic...

Ark Group