LMS Events

• Facing the credit crunch – Robert Mowbray
  from Tuesday, 3 June 2008 - various locations

• LMS Management Development Programme 2008
  5-8 October - The Oxford Belfry Hotel, Oxford

• LMS Junior Lawyers Forum 2008
  Thursday, 2 October - The Law Society, London

• LMS Legal Business Development Forum 2008
  Tuesday, 17 June - CCT Venues, London

• LMS Lexcel Quality Forum 2008
  Tuesday, 24 June - Midland Hotel, Manchester

Other Events

Facing the credit crunch – Robert Mowbray
from Tuesday, 3 June 2008
various locations
CPD Hours: 1.5

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Are you ready for the impact of a slow down
in the economy and the credit crunch?

Robert Mowbray, principal of Macintyre Hudson LLP and managing director at Macintyre Advisory Services Ltd, will help you and your practice prepare for this challenge providing you with valuable advice on the following:

• overcoming the practical problems with leveraging work;
• appreciating where an investment of time and money now needs to be made to remain competitive;
• improving cash flow and reducing lock up; and
• making sure your management information systems mean everyone knows what is happening.

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LMS Management Development Programme 2008
5-8 October
The Oxford Belfry Hotel, Oxford
CPD Hours: 25.5

Managing a law firm is not getting any easier. The business environment changes constantly, including those changes arising from the credit crunch and the Legal Services Act 2007. These come on top of the everpresent challenges of acquiring and satisfying clients, recruiting and retaining staff and improving financial performance. All this puts responsive and consistent management and leadership at the top of the agenda. It is more important than ever to ensure that you have the right level of management expertise to succeed.

The LMS Management Development Programme 2008 is a four-day residential course on law firm management. It is designed to help managing partners, partners (equity or salaried), directors and those involved at a senior law firm management level to manage and lead their firms to continuing business success. Combining the best in modern management thinking and practice, the LMS Management Development Programme 2008 will use a mix of short presentations, realistic case studies, facilitated discussions, practical exercises and individual attention. To ensure the best possible learning environment, numbers are limited to 30 delegates and sell out well in advance.

Don’t just take our word for it

“…It should be required attendance for most senior managers / partners and gives a useful insight into other firms’ issues and methods … It shows you are not alone!”

“…An excellent balance of academic analysis and practical help.”

“…Very good and well balanced course detail. This is a very worthwhile course with informative and proactive speakers. It represents good value for money.”

“… An eye-opening, educational and enjoyable course … It has prepared me for moving forward with many current issues in the practice.”

“I thought the delivery hit exactly the right note and got better through the programme as we all got to know each other.”

About the faculty

The faculty is drawn from members of Sherwood PSF Consulting, a management consultancy specialising in serving professional service firms, especially law firms.

Julian Boardman-Weston has been consulting since 1994. He has worked with lawyers and their firms in a wide variety of consulting and development projects in the UK, Europe, Canada, the Middle East and Russia. He studied law at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, holds a Master of Science in
management from London Business School and has practised at different times as both a barrister and solicitor.

Simon McCall has 14 years’ experience in consulting, facilitating, training and coaching lawyers. He worked as an in-house lawyer in the oil industry and with American Express after qualifying as a solicitor with Lawrence Graham in London. He holds a Master of Business Administration from Cranfield School of Management.

Des O’Connell joined Sherwood in 2001, where he helps clients by advising on strategic and structural issues and creates and delivers bespoke leadership and management development programmes at senior level. He is a trained business coach. He has been a partner and managing
partner of Biddle (now part of Pinsent Masons), and an inhouse lawyer with Barclays Bank Group Legal where he was projects and operations director. He qualified as a solicitor in 1982.

Sally Woodward is a professionally trained facilitator and business coach with 30 years’ experience working with lawyers and other professionals as a fee-earner, senior manager and external consultant. She spent 12 years at Freshfields in a senior management role and also practised as a solicitor with Allison & Humphreys (now part of Field Fisher Waterhouse). She has a Master of Business Administration from London Business School.

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LMS Junior Lawyers Forum 2008
Thursday, 2 October
The Law Society, London
CPD Hours: 7

The seventh LMS Junior Lawyers’ Forum satisfies the criteria for Management Course Stage One (MCS1), an important compulsory phase in your training that must be completed within three years of qualification, and is specifically designed for newly qualified solicitors, those seeking partnership and in-house lawyers interested in the management of a legal department.
 
The course covers essential management issues including finance, marketing, business development, quality, risk management and informative sessions on career development and preparing for partnership.
 
Delegates can choose from six in-house and private practice breakout sessions and have the opportunity to network during the wine reception and exhibition following the event. Delegates also receive free copies of Clarity for Lawyers (Mark Adler, Law Society Publishing, 2006, £29.95 RRP) and Solicitors' Guide to Good Management (Trevor Boutall and Bill Blackburn, Law Society Publishing, 2001, £19.95 RRP).

Please note: delegates must attend all seven hours to earn the MCS1 certificate.

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LMS Legal Business Development Forum 2008
Tuesday, 17 June
CCT Venues, London
CPD Hours: 5.5

With the global credit crunch biting hard and competition becoming

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fierce, many firms turn to effective business planning and development of long-term client relationships as some of the keys to survival. The Law Management Section (LMS) planned the third annual LMS Legal Business Development Forum in association with Professional Services Marketing Group (PSMG). The Forum brings together an array of top-level speakers to provide insightful advice on how to address topics such as the global credit crunch and escalating competition in a productive one-day conference.

Adopting a forward-looking and positive approach, this CPD-accredited Forum will focus on practical issues, as well as the latest insight into marketing, business development and the achievement of profitable growth. The high-profile lineup of speakers will assist delegates in bridging the gap between objectives and implementation.

David Bott, member of the LMS Executive Committee and managing partner of Bott & Co, will chair the Forum, which also includes ideal networking opportunities, refreshments and lunch and will be supported by an exhibition of related products and services.

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LMS Lexcel Quality Forum 2008
Tuesday, 24 June
Midland Hotel, Manchester
CPD Hours: 6

Develop winning solutions to key management challenges

With the new Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) regime, turbulent credit crunch period, strong competition and issues following the Legal Services Act 2007 bearing down hard on solicitors, the Law Management Section (LMS) Lexcel Quality Forum 2008 provides useful insight to enhance business opportunities and achieve best practice management standards.

Developed for in-house legal departments and private practices, the Lexcel Quality Forum offers delegates practical advice from highly experienced experts within the legal field. Topics include the impact of quality marks, enhancement of client service, development of effective risk management processes and effect of implementing the new Lexcel v4 standard.

This highly successful conference is designed to benefit delegates from all sizes and types of legal practice – Lexcel accredited or not. Delegates will be able to develop their understanding of key management challenges via formal presentations and practical sessions.

The wide range of expert speakers will share their experiences across a range of practice management topics, including real case scenarios. Focused breakout sessions offer valuable insight regarding the impact of quality on success and profitability of legal practices.

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Solicitors' Code of Conduct CPD Online (The Law Society)
Starting now
Online
CPD Hours: 2

The new Solicitors' Code of Conduct 2007 came into force on 1 July. It introduced a number of significant changes to the professional conduct regime for solicitors, including the creation of a set of core duties, such as integrity, independence and the best interest of clients, that underpin the rest of the Code; and key changes from the previous Guide to Professional Conduct in the areas of client relations, conflicts of interest, client confidentiality, supervision and the business management of solicitors' firms.

These changes will impact upon the responsibilities of every solicitor in England and Wales.

To help you prepare for this important event, the Law Society has specially developed an online training course designed to enable you to gain an understanding of the contents of the new Code and get up to speed on the impact of the changes. The course also allows you to earn two hours continuing professional development, all at a time and place most convenient to you!

Read an introduction to the course by Fiona Woolf, immediate past President of the Law Society

To get started, simply register and pay online. A username and login will be allocated to you after registration and payment.

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Discounts are also available for group bookings as follows: 6 to 25 individuals receive a 10% discount and bookings for more than 25 individuals receive a 20% discount.

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Printed copies of the Solicitors' Code of Conduct 2007 will be available from Prolog for £29.95. The Companion to the Solicitors' Code of Conduct, by Peter Camp, is also available from Prolog for £34.95.

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Risk management module: CPD online (Lexcel in association with PYV Legal)
Starting now
Online
CPD Hours: 2

In association with:

This online training course will show you how to identify and minimise risks confronting your firm. It carries two hours' continuing professional development.

It contains three scenarios of typical risk situations, including taking instructions from clients, client care, and supervising work. You then answer five multiple choice questions per scenario to test your ability to recognise and reduce the impact of the risks
involved.

You can request a PowerPoint demonstration of the course by e-mailing lawsocietycpd@lawsociety.org.uk.

Price

£55 + VAT per individual, for bookings before 1 December 2007. Bookings thereafter are priced at £60 + VAT.
Group discounts: six to 25 individuals receive a 10 per cent discount. Larger bookings receive a 20 per cent discount.

Getting started

Register and pay
Introduction by Andrew Holroyd, president of the Law Society
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Anti-money laundering – getting it right (Law Society)
from Monday, 21 April 2008
various locations
CPD Hours: 2

The Money Laundering Regulations 2007 are in force, and your firm is at risk if you have not implemented appropriate controls to prevent money laundering. These seminars build on the introduction to the Law Society practice note series. They focus on getting your policies and procedures right by understanding what the regulations require you to achieve.

In particular, our expert speakers will focus on the following:

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• anti-money laundering and mortgage fraud risks for solicitors;
• practical issues around identifying and verifying;
• client due diligence (CDD) on beneficial owners;
• relying on others to conduct CDD;
• how to deal with others seeking to rely on you for CDD;
• identifying and dealing with politically exposed persons; and
• ongoing monitoring requirements – when, how and how often?

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E-disclosure – the rules, the practice and the benefits
through Wednesday, 9 July
various locations
CPD Hours: 2

The courts are adopting a more rigorous approach to disclosure under Civil Procedure Rules (CPR) part 31. Disclosure increasingly means electronic disclosure, so the subject sits at the crossroads of two technical subjects – the rules and the technology.

Litigation solicitors need to understand the relationship between these two subjects. The rules require discussion between parties at an early stage, and the court cannot fulfill its duty to meet the overriding objective without an informed picture from the parties.

Properly used, the rules are an aid to efficient case management to the benefit of court, practitioners and clients.

Why attend?

Understand the new expectations from the courts as to disclosure, the problems inherent in electronic document collections of whatever size, and the solutions which exist to help with them.

The session will include:

• the formal disclosure obligations as applied to electronic documents;
• documents and the Practice Direction to CPR part 31;
• the management and discretionary powers of the Court;
• the Case Management Conference – preparation and tactics;
• the resources, tools and services to help with e-disclosure;
• the professional implications – the scope of the duty and risk management factors;
• data exchange; and
• future developments, including the wide potential impact of the Commercial Court recommendations.

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Corporate insolvency law – Business rescue or phoenix training? (Law Society)
Tuesday, 20 May 2008
The Law Society, London
CPD Hours: 2

The credit crunch, slowing economic growth and recessionary pressures all support the view that the UK will see a significant growth in corporate failures in 2008. This seminar explores the processes and techniques that will be used to ensure business rescue and assess the impact of the use of various insolvency procedures on both stakeholders and creditors. The question is posed whether the present legislation provides enough support to assist in the saving of jobs and maintaining enterprise value or whether it simply encourages bad business practices.

The seminar will examine:

• the current corporate insolvency law regime;
• company rescue vs business rescue;
• the role of secured creditors and the death of administrative receivership;
• the rise of administration and current difficulties posed by case law;
• distressed or accelerated mergers and acquisitions and the role of pre-pack administration sales; and
• the role of creditors in business rescue.

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