Law Society Skillnet in association with Clare Bar Association and Limerick Bar Association.

Price includes tea/coffee breaks, hot lunch and evening networking drinks. 

Aim and objectives
The aim and objectives of the day are to provide an opportunity for practitioners to update their knowledge in areas of law relevant to general practice. The aim is to offer practitioners a practical update in relevant areas from experienced practitioners and expert speakers. 

• Assisted decision making legislation: a practical guide
• Family law update: Family Court Bill 2022; pension changes; voice of the child
• Coercive control: a criminal law matter
• Residential tenancies: recent developments
• Probate: distribution and vesting 
• Cyber insurance: product and claim update
• Staying on the right side of the regulations, advertising regulations 2020 
• Opportunities for the profession and legal services market: attracting and retaining solicitors, trainees and support staff; Identifying possible successors to your practice for city firms and rural firms

Learning outcomes 
A delegate who attends this practice update will gain knowledge and understanding of areas of law and regulatory matters relevant for their day-to-day work as a legal practitioner.

Chairpersons
Pamela Clancy, President Clare Bar Association, Partner Cashin Clancy Solicitors, Ennis, Co Clare
Julianne Kiely, President Limerick Bar Association, Partner Kiely McCarthy Solicitors, Limerick

Speakers
Helen Coughlan, Member of Family Law and Child Law Committee and Partner Patrick J Farrell & Co. Solicitors, Co Kildare
Helena Kiely, Chief Prosecution Solicitor, Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions
John Macklin, Legal Recruiter, Prospects Recruitment
Eamonn Maguire, Complaints Manager, Law Society of Ireland
Brian O'Mara, ACII, Account Director, O’Leary Insurances
Hilda-Clare O’Shea, St John Solicitors LLP, Dublin
David Soden, Principal David Soden Solicitors, Dublin
Anne Stephenson, Principal Stephenson Burns Solicitors Dublin, Chair Probate Administration Trusts Committee 

Additional online, on-demand training 
By attending this CPD Cluster, you have satisfied the CPD Scheme requirement to complete 5 hours of in-person CPD training in 2023. After this Cluster, Law Society Skillnet will send you a link where you can access any remaining CPD hours you may require for 2023, completely free of charge. 

This includes access to up to 5.5 hours of regulatory matters (including accounting & AML compliance) and up to 10 hours management & professional development skills, all by eLearning, as follows: 

• Solicitor AML - current framework, becoming risk aware and top tips - CPD 1 hour regulatory matters (accounting and AML compliance)
• Section 150 Costs - CPD 1 hour regulatory matters (accounting and AML compliance)
• Cyber Security - CPD 1.5 hours regulatory matters
• Advanced Cyber Security - CPD 1 hour regulatory matters
• Cyber Security Update - CPD 1 hour regulatory matters
• Solicitor AML Updates - CPD 0.5 hour regulatory matters (accounting and AML compliance)
• Proposed Solicitors Accounts Regulations - CPD 0.5 hour regulatory matters (accounting and AML compliance)

• Business of Wellbeing summit 2021 - CPD 2.5 hours management & professional development skills
• Coldshock - CPD 0.5 hour management & professional development skills
• The Wim Hof Method - CPD 0.5 hour management & professional development skills
• Anxiety Awareness - CPD 1 hour management & professional development skills
• Depression Awareness - CPD 1 hour management & professional development skills
• Trauma Awareness - CPD 1 hour management & professional development skills
• Addiction Awareness - CPD 1 hour management & professional development skills
• The Business of Wellbeing Summit 2022 - CPD 1 hour management & professional development skills
• Plain English for Lawyers - CPD 1 hour management & professional development skills
• The Paperless Lawyer - CPD 0.5 hour management & professional development skills

• This is an in-person event and, unless otherwise stated, will not be available online or as a recording.
• In order to reduce waste and to support the work of the Law Society Environmental and Sustainability in Practice Taskforce, materials will not be printed. Instead, they will be emailed before the event.
• Solicitors are required to complete 20 hours CPD this year of which 5 hours must be undertaken in person. Please see https://www.lawsociety.ie/Solicitors/rules-legislation/CPD-Scheme/2023-cycle  
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