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Legal Education and Training A Practical Guide for Law Firms

Name: Legal Education and Training
Brand: LexisNexis U.K.
SKU: 9781405746229
Price: 1836.95 HKD
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Author: Melissa Hardee
ISBN: 9781405746229

By Melissa Hardee

LexisNexis U.K. March 2010

Specifications

ISBN-13: 9781405746229
Publisher: LexisNexis U.K.
Publication: March 2010
Format: Paperback
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Countri(es) for reference only

Details

Training for lawyers is essential to the role and now subject to regulation. Training for Legal Services: Practical Guidance for Law Firms provides practical guidance on the elements of training, essential for firms to know in order to comply with the SRA guidelines and how to comply in a cost effective way whilst gaining results.

The book explains the various aspects of training which firms have to know - from the regulatory framework and its consequent responsibilities and obligations, to the practical - how best to offer training in a cost effective way, to get best value from firm's investment, and the most effective methods of training.

Training for Legal Services: Practical Guidance for Law Firms is a practical guide providing practical help for all firms whether large or small, with an established training function or not. This title will be useful to lawyers involved in training, as well as dedicated training professionals, as providers or recipients, to understand training and how to obtain maximum benefit from training and the firm's investment in it.

Part A Issues for Management
Chapter 1 Why invest in training
Chapter 2 The structure and ownership of training within the firm
Chapter 3 The challenge of commitment and buy-in
Chapter 4 Measuring the return on investment
Chapter 5 How to waste money on training.

Part B Regulation of legal education and training in England and Wales, and Scotland
Chapter 6 The regulatory bodies in England and Wales
Chapter 7 Routes to qualification as a solicitor in England and Wales
Chapter 8 The legal education and training framework for solicitors in England and Wales
Chapter 9 Regulatory responsibilities for firms in England and Wales
Chapter 10 The regulatory bodies in Scotland
Chapter 11 Routes to qualification as a solicitor in Scotland
Chapter 12 The legal education and training framework for solicitors in Scotland
Chapter 13 Regulatory responsibilities for firms in Scotland
Chapter 14 The legal education and training market in England and Wales, and Scotland.

Part C Designing and delivering training
Chapter 15 Designing training
Chapter 16 E-learning
Chapter 17 Making training effective - for lawyers
Chapter 18 Delivering training.

Part D Meeting training needs within the firm
Chapter 19 Pre-training contract
Chapter 20 During the training contract
Chapter 21 Post-qualification
Chapter 22 Training for support staff
Chapter 23 Post-Legal Services Act 2007 training
Chapter 24 Training for overseas qualified lawyers and overseas offices
Chapter 25 IT training
Chapter 26 Training for clients.

Part E The training function within the firm
Chapter 27 The training function
Chapter 28 Strategic responsibilities
Chapter 29 Tactical responsibilities
Chapter 30 Operational responsibilities
Chapter 31 Financial responsibilities.

Reviews

"To have staff who are not up to the job or who are doing less than they are capable of means that you are footing the bill for wasted capacity. You need the right resources working to capacity, particularly when times are tough and margins are lean.

In summary that is the premise and the raison d?être of this work. I was a little disconcerted to read in the foreword that 'this is a very important book'. An author with a good conceit of herself, I thought, until I realised these were the words of Tony King, chair of the (English) Law Society's Education and Training Committee. The author herself points out that if you have invested in a combination oven/grill/microwave, you need to make sure you can use it for more than reheating a cup of coffee.

The book is in five sections, namely Issues for Management; Regulation; Designing and Delivering Training; Meeting Training Needs within the Firm; and The Training Function. She readily deals with the training sceptics, while being alive to the many ways in which a training budget can be wasted. Training for its own sake is of no value - learn how to measure the return.

The regulation section is very thorough. This is not an English book to which a mini-kilt has been added. The section about our own rules and procedures is written in as much detail as that relating to south of the border. The section on designing and delivering training is impressive. Most senior lawyers have given training in one shape or form over the years. How many of us understand the learning process, and how it varies from person to person? How many of us did appropriate preparation or got suitable feedback from those poor glazed-eye trainees? Whisper it if ye dare - teachers are highly trained professionals. If we decide to have more of our CPD done in-house, let's make sure we do that as professionally as we deal with our clients' business.

The rest of the book contains all manner of useful tips, from how to design, develop and evaluate a training programme, to the nuts and bolts of getting the best out of PowerPoint.

Tony King's foreword is spot on. I commend this book to you all."
Tom Johnston, Young & Partners LLP, taken from www.journalonline.co.uk