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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.
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 9 key areas:
- Trust accounting
- Financial management
- Risk management and professional standards
- Practice management and workflow systems
- Business Planning
- Business development and marketing
- Leadership, management and self-management
- Ethics
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Innovation and legal technology
LEGAL PRACTICE MANAGEMENT TRUST AND OFFICE ACCOUNTING
At the end of this course you will:
- understand the financial mechanics of your practice; and
- learn about trust money, trust accounts and setting up a trust account.
How you will learn
ONLINE PRE-READINGS
You will have access to your online materials from one week prior to the Orientation Date. You can access your materials at anytime, anywhere and on any device and continue to do so for a further 12 months after the course concludes. Allow 15 to 20 hours to complete this online learning.
WORKSHOP
During the workshop, you’ll engage in practical exercises with industry experts. You’ll also have the opportunity to connect with other legal professionals.
Live online format: You will attend five full-day online workshops over one week Tuesday (2 hours), Wednesday (1/2 day), Thursday to Saturday (Full day).
In-person format: You will attend three full-day in-person workshops.
ASSESSMENT
We want you to iinish 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 coniidence
that you have developed the expertise to excel at the practice of law.
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The course helped me understand what goes on behind the scenes of a law firm
Carla Vinciullo, Director, Kennedy Vinciullo
Read Carla's Story
ACCREDITATION
The course is approved PMC under Rule 181 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
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
Cathryn Urquhart
Adjunct Lecturer and Facilitator, Legal Practice Management Course, The College of Law
Katherine Thomas
Adjunct Lecturer and Facilitator, Legal Practice Management Course, The College of Law
Lucy Dickens
Senior Associate at Birman & Ride and Adjunct Lecturer, The College of Law
Nigel Siegwart
Senior Associate at Birman & Ride and Adjunct Lecturer, The College of Law
Melissa Stanton
General Manager, Kott Gunning
Anna Young
Senior Trust Account Inspector, Legal Practice Board of Western Australia
PRICE
College of Law Alumni/Law Society of Western Australia Members price: $1,980
Full price: $2,200
CPD UNITS
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 online unless otherwise stated.
The College of Law
Ground Floor, Durack Centre, 263 Adelaide Terrace, Perth WA 6000
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 b2b@collaw.edu.au
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