Applying emotional intelligence to your work as a solicitor is an essential skill that can assist in interacting with and retaining clients, working well with colleagues and maintaining a healthy work-life balance. This course introduces you to the concept of emotional intelligence and considers key skills included within this term, including acknowledging and interpreting the emotions of others, and regulating your own emotional responses.
Through easy to understand chapters, this course written by Emma Jones a senior lecturer in law at the University of Sheffield, who began her career as a solicitor in private practice includes realistic scenarios and knowledge checks that explore how emotional intelligence can be developed and applied in the legal workplace to enhance with practising as a solicitor.
This course, aimed at newly qualified and aspiring solicitors is part of our essential skills for practice programme. The programme will run throughout 2025 and is designed to give you all the skills, knowledge and attributes needed to flourish in your early career, irrespective of where or how you practice. Sign up here to stay informed about how the programme is developing.
Trainee, paralegal and student rate available, please contact us.