Many solicitors are familiar with the SRA Statement of Solicitor Competence, but one requirement that can sometimes receive less attention is Section D: Managing themselves and their own work. This requires solicitors to "Initiate, plan, prioritise and manage work activities and projects to ensure that they are completed efficiently, on time and to an appropriate standard", both in relation to their own work and the work they lead or supervise.
These requirements mean that, in practice, solicitors must act as effective project managers and demonstrate the skills required in that role.
This webinar will focus on what these skills represent in practice and the essential techniques solicitors can apply in any matter to improve efficiency throughout the life of a case.
It is clear that embracing project management skills alongside process improvement can enhance delivery, reduce issues, and support a more consistent and robust matter lifecycle.
Solicitors, all fee earners and managers.
All Levels – this can be picked up throughout anyone's professional career regardless of experience
How the requirements of the SRA competence statement translates into everyday tasks and matter management and key techniques that can be used to achieve these requirements to great practical effect.
- The SRA Statement of Solicitor Competence, namely “Section D Managing themselves and their own work”, requires solicitors to demonstrate project management skills
- Project management skills and techniques can benefit any legal matter, and especially litigation.
- Top firms employee project managers and project management teams, working closely with their pricing manager and pricing teams
This live webinar contains a 45-minute presentation from Richard Allen, a 15-minute Q&A session where you can ask any questions you'd like directly to Richard. You can download your own copy of the presentation and resources to refer to during and after the live webinar.
You will be able to actively listen to the course and ask questions to the speaker.
The live webinar begins at 13:00.
The £69 +VAT price includes:
- 45-minutes of topical content
- 15-minute interactive Q&A
- Comprehensive lecture notes
- Digital CPD certificate
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This live webinar provides you with 1 hour of learning.
Attendees will receive a CPD certificate upon completion of this course.
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Richard Allen
Richard has 40 years’ unique litigation, legal costs and practice management experience, being one of the first to achieve Costs Lawyer status and make partner in a solicitor’s practice.
He was a founding and longest serving non-executive director of the Costs Lawyer Standards Board (CLSB) and is an accredited mediator and coach.
Richard has vast experience handling significant litigation and costs caseloads for major law firms, establishing and managing several litigation and costs departments nationally, including a top 50 practice, and having a central role managing a full-service regional solicitors’ practice.
Richard specialises in boosting profitability and performance, focusing on professional services pricing, together with costs, case and practice management, both in the UK and internationally. These skills led Richard to become an Accredited Training Provider for both the CLSB and the International Institute of Legal Project Management (IILPM) and succeeding Antony Smith, is the only authorised trainer in the UK and The Republic of Ireland to deliver the IILPM’s certified training courses in Legal Project Management and Legal process Improvement. This has naturally progressed in delivering Burcher Jennings unique and one-of-a-kind Legal Profitability Programme, bringing the perfect trinity of pricing, project management and process improvement to deliver groundbreaking profitability and efficiencies to law firms and in-house legal teams.
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