Developing a range of business development and commercial skills is key to becoming a well-rounded solicitor. This resources in this curriculum track will help you and your firm to stay competitive and compliant.
Topics
Becoming a manager
Learn how to prepare for becoming a manager.
Becoming a partner
Learn how to prepare for becoming a partner.
Change management
Implement best practice approaches to change management.
Coaching
Discover how to successfully coach colleagues.
Commercial awareness
Develop and improve your commercial awareness skills.
Conflict management
Learn how to successfully manage challenging situations.
Corporate governance
Develop the skills and competence to implement best practice in corporate governance.
Digitisation of legal services
Discover how to navigate the digitisation of the legal services landscape.
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Emerging Technology
Build your awareness and knowledge of emerging legal technology.
Financial resilience and sustainable practice
Learn how to financially protect and futureproof you and your firm.
Handling a breakdown in client relationships
Develop the skills and competencies to deliver client care in challenging situations.
Holding difficult conversations
Discover how to successfully navigate difficult conversations.
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How to run a profitable law firm
Explore resources designed to help you run a profitable law firm.
Leadership and management
Discover how you can develop as a leader and manager.
Managing or motivating staff
Learn how to excel at managing and motivating your staff.
Managing underperformance
Develop the skills needed to successfully manage staff underperformance.
Marketing
Learn how to excel at marketing yourself and your firm.
Mentoring
Discover how to successfully mentor colleagues.
Negotiating
Learn how you can develop excellent negotiating skills.
Networking
Develop the skills needed to excel at networking.
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Operating your own business
Learn how to improve business management and administration.
Persuading and influencing
Explore resources on successfully persuading and influencing.
Pitching and tendering
Discover how you can excel at pitching and tendering.
Presentation skills
Develop the skills and competencies you need to excel at presenting.
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Pricing of legal services
Understand how you can provide clear and accurate information about the services you provide.
Procuring and using technology
Learn how to make good decisions when purchasing and using technology.
Project Management
Discover how you can excel at managing projects.
Risk management
Understand risk management principles and learn how to apply these in practice.
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Selling a law firm
Understand the processes and commercial requirements that come with selling a firm.
Setting-up & operating as a sole practitioner
Understand the processes and commercial requirements associated with setting up as a sole practitioner.
Social media and branding
Learn how to develop an excellent brand and deliver engaging social media content.
Strategic thinking
Develop the skills and competencies you need to think strategically.
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Supervision and feedback
Discover how to be a good supervisor and how to provide valuable feedback.
Teamworking
Develop the skills to work effectively within a team.
Winning business
Explore resources to help you successfully win business.
Workplace culture
Understand what good workplace culture looks like and how you can implement it.
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Levels
Foundation
This level covers foundational topics and themes that are essential to practice. It is aimed at early career stage professionals and includes:
- learning about the legal business to build commercial awareness
- increasing knowledge of how your actions can impact the business
- finding and evaluating information to make sense of problems
- making plans to manage and prioritise your workload
Intermediate
This level provides a more robust educational and professional development experience. It is aimed at solicitors and practitioners who are looking to underpin existing knowledge or broaden their areas of practice. It includes:
- broadening your commercial awareness and increasing your knowledge of the business context
- recognising the impact of your actions on the business
- thinking creatively and critically when evaluating information
- starting to recognise risks and opportunities for improvement
- developing plans, finding resources and prioritising work to deliver to deadlines
Advanced
This level offers a sophisticated professional learning experience. It is aimed at underpinning practice excellence. Expectations of previous learning or assumed knowledge will be clearly stated. The level includes:
- being commercially astute to recognise the bigger picture and business impact when solving problems
- positively impacting commercial performance and taking the initiative to improve operational efficiency
- considering a range of perspectives when solving problems and coming up with innovative solutions
- spotting opportunities and risks in a timely manner and proactively suggesting new ways to change and improve
- setting milestones to deliver work on time whilst securing the required resources
- building the talent pipeline, considering both internal and external resources, according to anticipated future team/functional needs
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Risk, compliance and regulation
Stay compliant with risk management and regulatory requirements.
Practice areas and core legal skills
Improve your core legal skills and develop your competencies across a range of practice areas.
Professional development
Learn about the skills you need to develop professionally and personally.