Course to guide practitioners on retirement
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27 Aug 2026 law society Print

Course to guide practitioners on retirement

Law Society Professional Training will hold a one-day course on retirement planning for law-firm partners and sole practitioners next month.

The in-person event will take place at Blackhall Place on Tuesday 8 September (10am to 5.30pm).

Attendance is worth a total of five CPD hours – one client care and professional standards, one general, and three professional development and solicitor wellbeing.

Retirement options

The course aims guide to guide partners of law firms and sole practitioners on how to successfully plan for retirement.

Topics include:

  • A brief overview of retirement and its significance in life,
  • Why retirement planning is crucial,
  • Different retirement options,
  • Movement, mobility, and independence for the future,
  • Prepare your mind for retirement,
  • Regulation: what to do when you close your firm, and
  • Tax and retirement.

The speakers are:

  • Mike O’Reilly (principal, O’Reilly Business Solutions), 
  • Maggie Mulpeter (retired solicitor, relationship and parent mentor, public speaker, and group facilitator),
  • Sarah Keogh (founder, Eatwell),
  • Liam Barrett (solicitor, Law Society regulation department), and
  • Michael O’Scathaill (director, taxation, Crowe).
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