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Ten skills-based workshops will run simultaneously, giving practical advice to help you manage your career. All the workshops will run twice - once before and once after the break, enabling you to attend at least two sessions. Please select your chosen workshops in order of preference.
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Why not bring two colleagues - you can share information and benefit from a 10% discount.
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| Workshop A - Winning Ways at Discrimination |
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| Record numbers of female employees are complaining about sexual discrimination in the workplace. Compensation payouts are bigger than ever. How do you go about it? What does it entail? Will it ruin you for life? What are the steps and where are the pitfalls? This session takes the lid off this sensitive issue. |
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Co-facilitators
Janet Gaymer
Partner, Simmons & Simmons
Margaret McCabe
1 Pump Court
Helene Pines Richman
Chair, Association of Women Barristers
Rebekah Wilson
Acre Lane Neighbourhood Chambers
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| Workshop B - Parents in Practice |
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It is said that the 'glass ceiling' will not be broken unless men take a full part in family responsibilities. The EOC reports increasing evidence that men want to take leave or reduce their hours following the birth of their children. The advent of parental leave should give fathers that opportunity. This workshop aims to address:
- Changing legislations - parental and dependant leave. How will firms adapt?
- Do men want home/life balance? Why don't more of them say so publicly?
- Does balancing work and home inevitably mean inadequate commitment to the firm?
- Changing cultures and norms in firms:
- billable hours mean long hours?
- client demands are inalienable?
- family responsibilities are career
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Co-facilitators
Laura Carstensen
Partner, EC Competition, Slaughter & May
Matt Dean
Head of Employment Law Training,
Simmons & Simmons
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Rachel Roe
Legal Adviser, Parents at Work
Jennie Wade
Founding Partner, Jones & Warner
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| Workshop C - Developing your Media Skills |
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This workshop shows you how to deal with the media. Learn from a leading media lawyer and a top communications consultant how to:
- Talk to the press
- Prepare for a TV interview
- Limit damage in a
crisis
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Co-facilitators
Sue Stapely
Director, Fishburn Hedges
Mark Stephens
Equity Partner, Finers Stephens Innocent
Sarah Dickinson
Founder and Managing Director, Electric Airwaves |
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Workshop D - The Internet and the Woman Lawyer:
New Opportunities in E-commerce |
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Level the playing field. Compete with the biggest.
This exciting masterclass explores:
- New driver for client relationships
- Business development and website strategy
- Creativity, copyright and economic interests
- Communicating securely?
- Looking ahead and staying
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Facilitator
Rachel Burnett
Partner, Information & Technology Group, Masons
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Working the Room:
Journey into the Unknown |
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This workshop will be practical and interative - making your life easier when attending a networking event organised by yourself or potential clients. It focuses on:
- Preparation and strategy
- Effective introductions and starting conversations
- Creating rapport
- Developing sociable conversations
- Ending conversations
positively
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- Dealing with difficult situations
- Professionalism
- Follow-up
Facilitator
Philip Parry
Director of Training, JSB Training and Consulting
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Workshop F - Managing your Reputation and
Evaluating your Impact |
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- Society's changes and you
- Measuring your success
- What you stand for
Whether it is your personal reputation or your organisation's that is at stake, today more than ever before reputation is an inside out job. Knowing who you are, what you stand for and how to do things is crucial to managing your reputation effectively. Aligning and integrating yourself with your profession is essential to
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achieving success both personally and professionally. This workshop invites you to look at what builds and sustains the reputation of your business, your profession and yourself. Explore ways of enhancing all three.
Co-facilitators
Elizabeth Coffey
Director, The Change Partnership
Oonagh Harpur
Chief Executive, Hub initiative
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| Workshop G - |
Financial Issues
for New Partners |
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Picture the situation. Head to head with a colleague in the race for partnership. You are a great lawyer but can you run a business?
This workshop covers:
- Implications of the Partnership Deed
- Identifying the key elements in cash flow
- Managing debtors and work in progress
- Interpreting the balance
sheet
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Facilitator
Nick Carter-Pegg
Partner, Professional Practices, BDO Stoy Hayward
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Workshop H - Getting to Yes:
Negotiating a Better Deal |
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| This workshop assumes that you know your legal rights as an employee and focuses on how you can best assure you get them. It examines the cultural constraints which interfere with your advancement and describes the 'gender games' that may be played by colleagues, clients and bosses. Issues of power are examined in some detail so that you can assess your most productive approach and discover |
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how to turn being a woman into an advantage - even when negotiating for your own benefit.
Facilitator
Dr Elizabeth Mapstone
Chartered Psychologist, Private Practice
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| Workshop I - Taking the Stress out of Work |
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Some thrive on long hours, conflicting family responsibilites, pressure to socialise and heavy case loads; most suffer from it. Lawyers are among the worst sufferers. This workshop helps you to:- Thrive under pressure
- Avoid "burn out"
- Discover an alternative way
This session is supported by youngsolicitorsgroup
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Co-facilitators
Dr Ann Fingret
Consultant Physician, Occupational Medicine, Finsbury Circus Medical Centre
Professor Colleen Graffy
Director, Pepperdine University School of Law
Alison McKinnon
Ayurveda Lifestyle Counsellor
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| Workshop J - Success through Business Development |
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Whether you work in-house, in private practice or are self-employed, you will benefit from developing your own personal portfolio of clients and contacts. This workshop looks at the skills necessary to sell yourself and keep your clients happy. We examine the difficulties women face in this area and give positive strategies for overcoming them. An in-house lawyer will give the client's perspective.
This session has been organised by the Association of Women Solicitors
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Facilitator
Susan Pape
Associate, Cumberland Ellis Piers; Vice Chairman, Association of Women Solicitors
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Diane Benussi
Founder, Benussi & Co
Angela Morgan
Partner, Theodore Goddard; Chairman, Association of Woman Solicitors
Alison Parkinson
Legal Advisor, Railtrack plc
Cindy Godwin
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