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Legal Practice Management Western Australia

Own your career

Broaden your career opportunities and learn the business of running a law firm or legal practice/centre in Western Australia with our Legal Practice Management Course.

Find your course

View the LPMC Handbook

View the Program Manual for Western Australia

Aspiration, ability and the LPMC: How this senior lawyer embarked on her next legal venture

‘A big part of why I did the course now had to do with COVID-19 – and wanting to explore different employment options. I didn’t have much in-depth knowledge of trust account management, which is an important topic. The course is quite technical and runs through the subject matter really carefully.’

Amelia Englert, Gracetown WA

How you will learn

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 complete the course and assessments.

You can access your materials at anytime, anywhere and on any device.

5-Day workshop - delivered via video conferencing

The online workshop is held over Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday. The workshop is not only an opportunity for you to engage in practical exercises and tutorials with legal industry experts, it is also a great chance to mix and connect with other legal professionals. During the workshop, you will focus on six core subjects:

Practice structures
Financial management
Trust accounting
Client development
Managing people
Management of self
Risk
Workflow systems
Ethics and professional standards

Until 30 June 2021 the workshops will be conducted online via video conferencing.

Assessment

We want you to finish the course with the knowledge and skills to be a competent and successful practice manager.

You will undertake three assessments throughout the course either during your three-day workshop or online after the workshop concludes.

Successfully completing each assessment will provide you with the confidence that you have developed the expertise to excel at the practice of law.

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.

Emily Spall

Director, EJS Law

Accreditation

The course is approved PMC under Rule 18I of the Legal Profession Rules 2009 (WA) and by satisfactorily completing the course, you will be issued with a PMC Statement for Western Australia which can be provided to the LPB to have the restriction against practising as a Principal removed from your Practice Certificate

CLAIMING CPD POINTS

Due to new Legal Practice Board requirements, from 1 April 2021 you must provide your unique practitioner ID when registering to be able to earn CPD points from this program.

Location

The workshop will be held at:

The College of Law
Ground Floor, Durack Centre
263 Adelaide Terrace
Perth WA 6000

Price

College of Law Alumni/Law Society of Western Australia Members price: $1,980
Full price: $2,200

Presenters

Our presenters are all experienced practitioners who we select using a number of criteria:

Up-to-date with industry trends
Experience with establishing their own legal practices
Knowledge of strategic management and business solutions gained in leadership roles in law and accounting firms
Specialist legal educations in their fields of expertise