Courses With Nottinghamshire Law Society
CPD Courses
Our CPD Courses are shown in the calendar. Booking forms are available to download by clicking on the Course Name. This PDF can be viewed, printed and saved from the site.
We welcome suggestions from members regarding any courses that we do not provide, but would like provided.
New courses will be added to the calendar as they are confirmed, so please revisit the site regularly for the latest information and updates.
Management Course 1
Nottinghamshire Law Society’s Management Course Stage One programme is designed to meet the needs of solicitors in private practice, solicitors working in-house, lawyers for public and private sector organisations, as well as solicitors working in the advice sector.
The objective of the programme is to provide delegates with a course that meets the Law Society’s compulsory training requirements for recently qualified solicitors by providing effective management training in the areas of Financial Management, Managing people, Information Management and Marketing / Client Relationship Management.
The Nottinghamshire Law Society programme makes use of small-group workshops and case-studies enabling delegates to apply their management skills. This programme is also suitable as seven hours of CPD for more experienced solicitors who wish to reinforce their management skills
Our Management Course 1 is delivered by the experts at Fresh
Professional Skills Course
The Professional Skills Course (PSC) is a compulsory course for trainee solicitors and must be completed satisfactorily during a training contract in order to qualify.
The course consists of three core modules and in addition trainees are required to undertake a programme of electives totalling 24 hours.
Nottinghamshire Law Society provides for the PSC both a fast track and standard track option and dates for our 2010/2011 programme click here.
FAST TRACK:
| Advocacy & Communications Skills | 6/7/8 September 2010 |
| Financial & Business Skills | 9/10/13 September 2010 |
| Client Care & Professional Standards | 21/22 March or 23/24 March 2011 |
STANDARD TRACK:
| Advocacy & Communication Skills | 8/9/10 November 2010 |
| Financial & Business Skills | 25/26/29 November 2010 |
| Client Care & Professional Standards | 4/5 April or 6/7 April 2011 |
The programme for electives is advised directly to students but the following subjects are offered:
- Negotiation Skills
- Handling difficult people and situations
- Client Interviewing/taking instructions
- Effective writing skills
- Practical contract drafting
- Prioritisation and workload management
- Networking skills
- Litigation in general
For further information please contact Mike Lewis (Tel: 0115 950 5324) or click the link above.
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