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4 Tips to Improve Your Cross-Cultural Communication Skills

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The law is complex, and it can be difficult to explain its processes even to native English speakers. So how can lawyers manage this when working with a client from another culture? Or if the client has a poor understanding of English? We've put together a list of practical steps to help you overcome cultural clashes and serve your clients even better.

 

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7 Skills to Power Your Professional Growth

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What will be required of lawyers in the future? Read our latest blog post to learn what skills you need to start learning today to stay competitive in the future.

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Time Thieves: How You Can Identify And Avoid Them

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Between briefing colleagues, client meetings, writing letters of advice, and appearing in court it can often feel like the 24 hours in a day are simply not enough. But how can you minimise the distractions that are stealing your time? From our course "Time Mastery for Lawyers" we've collected a list of the most common time thieves and the best tactics to help you fight them.

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Step by Step Guide to Giving Constructive Feedback

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Feedback is an essential tool in building a successful team- it has the potential to increase employee engagement, fuel change and growth, and boost productivity. But it's not always easy to know how to give constructive feedback. Read our favourite tips to help guide you through an effective feedback session.

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CPD Compliance 2020: All You Need to Know

CPD Compliance 2020: All you need to know to get CPD compliant in 2020

 

Whether you have already started earning your CPD points or if you are just starting to research CPD courses or seminars, it's a good idea to refresh your memory on the rules that apply where you practice. We've put together a list of the most commonly asked questions to help you get CPD compliant for 2020.

 

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How To Get Strategic with Your CPD

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Sometimes it can be hard for lawyers to prioritise their CPD. But by taking the time and thinking strategically about professional development, it can be a valuable tool to help support and progress your career. Read on for tips on how to get strategic with your CPD this year.

 

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Why Employers Hate Flexible Work and What You Can Do About It

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Flexible work has significant benefits for both individual lawyers and the law firms they work for, but misconceptions and myths about flexible work often get in the way of change. In this article Lucy Dickens and Jo Alilovic, who run the popular podcast Managing The Juggle, take a look at the top three concerns about flexible work, and suggest strategies for tackling these in your workplace.

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Legal Innovation: 5 Ideas from the 2019 UWA Disrupting Law Hackathon

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For the second year in a row, LawCPD participated in the Disrupting Law Hackathon in Perth. Over 54 hours, five teams of law students came up with creative, innovative, technology-based solutions to a range of real-life issues facing the legal profession.

Read on to learn more about their exciting solutions and what might be the next big innovation in the law.


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Leaders in Law Interview Series: Mitch Kowalski

Leaders in Law - Mitch Kowalski Interview

Mitch Kowalski is an international advocate for legal innovation, frequently invited to speak on the topic at conferences and universities across the globe. Author of our popular online CPD course, "Lawyers, Technology and Innovation", Mitch was recently in Australia. We took the opportunity to sit down with him to talk about his thoughts on legal innovation in the profession at a global level, and how Australian law firms match up to their international counterparts.

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