Small Practice Support Free Information Sessions
February:
- 23 February - Digital Automation Practice Update - Justin Purcell and John Gruetzner, Syngrafii, will discuss automation and demonstrate digital signatures.
March:
- 2 March - Cyber Security: Mitigating the Risk of Cyber Attacks - Justin Purcell and Rory O’ Neill will explore how to mitigate the risk of a cyberattack with examples of how attacks are carried out and how to be best positioned to prevent a successful attack.
- 9 March - Cyber Security: What insurers require legal firms to do? Brian O’Mara of O’Leary Insurance will present on what legal firms are covered for in relation to cyber security through their professional indemnity insurance and on other insurance options that are available. Brian will also advise on what insurers increasingly require legal firms to do regarding cyber security.
- 16 March - Cyber Security: CIS controls to secure your legal firm with Future Range Security Operations. How to implement Cybersecurity CIS controls and secure your legal firm no matter the size.
- 23 March - Harnessing Digital: How the recent government launch of the Digital Ireland framework might apply to the legal sector with John Durcan from Enterprise Ireland
Law Society Professional Training
Assertiveness Training Afternoon Workshop – 1 March 2022
The aim of this workshop is to empower you with the skills to be more assertive in everyday interactions, thus increasing your personal impact both at work and in other areas of your life. Register online
Coaching Skills for Solicitors & Practice Managers – 4 March
This course is a combination of theory and experiential learning, providing participants with the tools and frameworks required to understand when coaching is appropriate; to hold effective coaching conversations; and to use a coaching approach for talent development and management. More details at: Register online
Other events:
Law Society Special General Meeting 2022 – 3 March 2022
The Law Society is holding a Special General Meeting (SGM) to finalise two resolutions passed at the Annual General Meeting 2021 to provide for voting by electronic means in both the Society’s annual election and the provincial elections, and to make the necessary amendments to the Bye-laws of the Society to accommodate this change. Register online
Breaking the Silence – 22 February 2022
On Tuesday 22 February at 10am, Rape Crisis Network Ireland will launch; ‘Breaking the Silence: Terminology guidelines for data collection on sexual violence against children’. Now, more than ever, it is well understood that violence against children includes physical, psychological, sexual and emotional violence and it has become increasingly important that the language to describe it captures and accurately records its breadth and nuance. However, coming to a common agreement on terms for each form of sexual violence is challenging and defining the terminology for all forms of sexual violence against children even more so. More details at: online
Family Law Update with Keith Walsh – 3 March 2022
Please join Flor McCarthy, Martin Lawlor and Keith Walsh for a family law update on Thursday, 3 March 2022 at 1pm.
Examining Bias – Perspectives on Progress’– 8 March 2022
Irish charity WorkEqual has announced that it will host a diverse line-up of speakers for an online event, ‘Examining Bias – Perspectives on Progress’. WorkEqual panel will not only look at the area of bias from the gender perspective, but in an intersectional way, looking at how biases held by society at large interplay – one form of bias compounding another.
For more upcoming legal events please visit Courses & Events section.