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LEGAL PRACTICE MANAGEMENT - Victoria
OWN YOUR CAREER
Broaden your career opportunities and learn the business of running a law firm or legal practice/centre in Victoria with our Legal Practice Management Course.
What You Will Learn
The College of Law offers a suite of courses tailored to the unique issues you will face in practice. Choose the course that is right for you:
LEGAL PRACTICE MANAGEMENT
The course covers the following 8 key areas:
- Business Development and Marketing
- Ethics and Professional Standards
- Financial Management
- Leadership and Management
- Business Strategy and Succession Planning
- Risk Management
- Practice Management Systems and Technology
- Trust Accounting
How you will learn
The LPMC has three components:
1. ONLINE LEARNING
You will be given access to the College Learning Portal from the course start date where you will access materials which will assist you to satisfactorily complete the assessments and course.
You can access your materials at anytime, anywhere and on any device.
2. THREE DAY WORKSHOP
The second of the three components is a 3-day online group workshop held over Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
The workshop is both an opportunity for you to engage in practical exercises and tutorials with legal industry experts and it is a great chance to network and connect with peers within the profession.
3. ASSESSMENT
We want you to finish the course with the knowledge and skills to; be a competent and successful practice manager and, to obtain your principal practising certificate. During the workshops you will be given access to assessments in:
- Ethics
Trust Accounting
and, after the workshops you will be asked to submit a business plan for which the templates will be provided. Assessments are due within 6 months
The course gave me so many lightbulb moments and armed me with practical tools that I was able to immediately implement within my business. Now I have a clear and detailed business plan that is the blueprint for my firm and I am in control. I highly recommend the course to all lawyers in leadership roles, whether you have been a leading lawyer for years or are just beginning the leadership phase of your career.
Accreditation
The course is assessed as compliant with the Victorian Legal Services Board and Commissioner Practice Management Course Guidelines for Victoria dated October 2017 and clause 5.3 of the Grant of a Principal Practising Certificate Policy.
CPD Units
The program covers the mandatory requirements of Ethics and Professional Responsibility, Practice Management and Business Skills, Professional Skills and Substantive Law.
- Professional skills – 4 CPD Points
- Practice management and business skills – 11 CPD Points
- Ethics and professional responsibility – 3 CPD Points
- Substantive Law – 3 CPD Points
Location
The workshop will be held at:
College of Law Victoria
Level 1, 555 Bourke Street
Melbourne VIC 3000
Price
Full price: $2200
Alumni/Member price: $1980
For those employed in the community legal sector, a discount of $300 is available. Please email us at lpmcvic@collaw.edu.au to advise if this applies to you.
PRESENTERS
Your presenters are all experienced Victorian-based professionals with a wealth of expertise in their fields and a deep understanding of the profession's needs.
COURSE FACILITATOR: LEONIE GREEN
Director & Founder, Corvus Group Australia
STEPHEN BUBB
Risk Manager, Legal Practitioners’ Liability Committee (LPLC)
DAVID BUSHBY
Managing Director, InCounsel
ARUNA COLOMBATHANTRI
Managing Partner, Australian Public Accountants
MELISSA LYON
Associate Principal, Hive Legal
KHAI PHAN
Managing Director of Financial Training Australia and General Manager of Tribel Advisory
NEIL WATT
IN-HOUSE TRAINING
These courses can be delivered on-site in your offices or at our campuses to practitioners from all states across Australia . For more information please contact
Kerry Nguyen, Business Development Manager
+61 3 8689 8614 knguyen@collaw.edu.au