A new addition to the WS CPD programme for 2022, this event is focused on practice and risk management for Scottish solicitors. The theme will be legal practice management during Covid recovery - the current issues for law firms and legal businesses as a result of the wide-ranging impact of the pandemic. Chaired by Kenneth Law WS (Risk Manager, Lockton) the conference will cover risk, financial management, a regulatory update, business development and employment law matters, including return to the workplace and hybrid working. The event is suitable for management training for Scottish solicitors at all levels of private practice.

Speakers:

• Kenneth Law WS (Risk Manager, Lockton)

• Rachel Wood WS (Executive Director of Regulation, Law Society of Scotland)

• Scott Foster (Management Consultant, S&S Foster Associates)

• Jen Skeoch WS (Partner, Burness Paull)

Sessions:

• The current claims profile for the Scottish legal profession - headline issues for insurers

• Regulatory reform and legal practice in Scotland

• Critical financial skills after Covid-19 - continuing to trade

• Employment law issues for managers of legal businesses

Rates:

• Writer to the Signet: £50 plus VAT

• Standard rate: £80 plus VAT

• Law student/trainee solicitor: £30 plus VAT

CPD: 2 hours (Law Society of Scotland)

For further information please contact Anna Bennett WS