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Our on-demand CPD courses are designed for legal professionals navigating a rapidly evolving profession. Delivered by experts from the Centre for the Future of the Legal Profession at »Ê¹Ú²ÊƱ, our programs offer practical insights and strategic guidance across core areas including legal leadership, ethics in innovation, ESG obligations, legal technology, and AI in practice.
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Digital-savvy lawyering - harnessing technology for practice excellence
CPD units:Ìý1
Knowledge area: Practice management and business skills
Facilitator:ÌýVicki McNamara, Senior Research Associate,ÌýCentre for the Future of the Legal Profession
Recorded:Ìý14 March 2025
Discover why staying relevant and competitive in the evolving Australian legal market requires smart technology use and building your digital literacy. In this interactive module,ÌýVicki McNamara, Senior Research Associate,ÌýCentre for the Future of the Legal Profession, provides anÌýoverview of essential tools for legal practice, from business productivity software to generative AI. Learn from case studies and hear practical tips for integrating technology, managing your digital transition and preparing for AI’s impact on legal services.
Why cultural competence matters and how to develop the skill to grow your legal practice
CPD units:Ìý1
Knowledge area:ÌýProfessional skills
Facilitator:Ìý,ÌýAssociate Professor, The University of Hong Kong
Recorded:Ìý14 March 2025
Do your clients from Australia and overseas have a similar cultural background to yours? Are you mindful of how you communicate with clients from different cultural backgrounds in your legal practice? If not, you may be missing significant opportunities to grow your legal practice.
In this interactive module,ÌýÌýan Asian expert on cultural competence and a former large law firm partner in Hong Kong, will explain the growing importance of cultural competence as an essential soft skill for all lawyers around the world, including those in Australia. He will also give practical examples and suggestions to enable lawyers in New South Wales to develop their cultural competence for their local and cross-border legal practice and serve their local and overseas clients with respect and dignity.
Better than a bot - the need for lawyerly judgement
CPD units:Ìý1
Knowledge area:ÌýEthics and professional responsibility
Facilitator:ÌýProfessor Michael Legg, Director,ÌýCentre for the Future of the Legal ProfessionÌý(»Ê¹Ú²ÊƱ)
Recorded:Ìý14 March 2025
In the twenty-first century, AI will change the practice of law. Lawyers will need the skills to be able to deploy AI where it can save cost and aid in the delivery of legal services. However, the most sought after and valuable skills will be those that draw on the lawyer’s humanity and ethics, and which AI cannot provide.
This interactive module, presented byÌýProfessor Michael Legg, Director,ÌýCentre for the Future of the Legal ProfessionÌý(»Ê¹Ú²ÊƱ),Ìýidentifies professional or lawyerly judgement as the fundamental lawyering skill which is not replaced by AI and must be developed to attract and retain clients. Development of judgement is a lifelong process and must be taught (formally and informally) throughout the life of the professional. This module explains lawyerly judgement and how it may be developed through the use of self-reflection.