The requirement to undertake 16 hours of continuing professional development (CPD) training each year was phased out in November 2016 and replaced by the SRA competency...
This Practice Note is designed to help you navigate your way through the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) Competency regime and utilise the In-house Lawyers’...
What is continuing competence? The SRA’s continuing competence regime replaced the hours-based CPD regime on 1 November 2016. For further information, see Practice Note:...
Most of us are chatting from dawn until dusk with family, friends, colleagues and clients, we converse without even pausing to think about it. In this Practice Note, we...
This note provides practical guidance and tips for in-house lawyers on developing and improving their own commercial awareness. Gaining familiarity with...
When a question arrives by email, it is probably most convenient to answer it with another email—but what other communication channels are available to us, and how do we...
This note sets out advice on making the most of your first 100 days as an in-house lawyer. Congratulations on securing your first in-house role! You’ve done the hard work...
Formal presentations strike fear in to the heart of many of us, but there are a whole host of things we can do to make things easier for ourselves. This...
This Practice Note provides guidance for mentees and consider what it takes to be a good mentee and whether mentoring the right choice for you. For further guidance on...
Knowledge management and personal development are hot topics for most organisations and mentoring is a great way to combine the two. Through external...
From 1 April 2015, solicitors have been able to satisfy their training requirements by ensuring they maintain their competence, rather than slavish adherence to...
From 1 November 2016 the requirement to undertake 16 hours of continuing professional development (CPD) training each year was phased out and replaced by...
Being able to influence effectively is an essential skill for any in-house lawyer. Inevitably, there will be barriers for us all when we are building our...
This Practice Note provides an overview of the SRA Handbook 2011 (the Handbook), focusing on the obligations imposed on in-house lawyers. For further information about...
On 1 November 2016 the requirement to undertake 16 hours of continuing professional development (CPD) training each year was phased out and replaced by the concept of...
All disciplines have their own shorthand or language that is understood intuitively by all those with a similar training and education. Unfortunately, it can act as a...