Introduction
This course is designed for managing partners of law firms, partners of law firms, solo practitioners and law practice management professionals and aspiring law practice management professionals.
Language: English & French
Duration: 3 months
Tutored: Yes
Cost: € 200
Certificate: Yes
Curriculum
- Module 1: Forms of Practice & The Partnership Agreement
- Module 2: Legal Services & Advocate’s Scope of Practice
- Module 3: Starting A Practice
- Module 4: Business Planning & Strategy & Business Development
- Module 5: Law Practice & Technology
- Module 6: Income Tax
- Module 7: Accounting
- Module 8: Law Firm Marketing, Digital Marketing & Personal Branding
- Module 9: Practice Specialisation & Positioning Yourself As an Expert in Your Field
- Module 10: Organisation of the Law Firm
- Module 11: Trust Accounts
- Module 12: Library & Research
- Module 13: Office Systems & Procedures & Managing Operations
- Module 14: Billing Policy & Procedure & Client Fee Agreements
- Module 15: Client Relations & Service
- Module 16: Professional Liability Insurance
- Module 17: Professional Secrecy & Confidentiality
- Module 18: Personnel Management
- Module 19: Client Interviewing & Conferencing
- Module 20: Managing Internal Communications
- Module 21: Time Management & Scheduling
- Module 22: Lawyers in the International Legal Market, Cross-border Joint Practice & International Law Firms
- Module 23: Innovation in the Legal Profession
- Module 24: Legal Project Management
- Module 25: Corporate Social Responsibility of Lawyers & Law Firms
- Module 26: The Future of the Legal Profession
- Module 27: Boutiques or Specialist Law Firms versus Full-service Law Firm
- Module 28: Alternative Law Practice Structures