Understand the ethical challenges faced by legal executives and support staff and learn how to navigate them with confidence. Explore real-world scenarios, recognising ethical issues in real time, and practical strategies for upholding integrity within your team.
Description
Attend and earn 1 CPD unit in Ethics and Professional Responsibility
This program is applicable to practitioners from all States & Territories
Chair:
Lisa Gooneratne, Special Counsel, HWL Ebsworth
Ethics and Professional Responsibility
12.00pm to 1.00pm Ethical Dilemmas for Legal Executives and Support Staff
- Why do ethics matter – for the whole legal team
- How to spot an ethical issue in real time examination of ethical issues relating to clients, opponents, experts, the Court
- What to do about it when you’re confronted with an ethical issue
- How to speak truth to power – when you’re at odds with the behaviour in your team
Presented by Caroline Counsel, Principal, Caroline Counsel Family Lawyers; Accredited Specialist in Family Law; Member of the Ethics Committee of the Law Institute of Victoria; Honorary Life Member: Law Institute of Victoria
Presenters
Caroline Counsel, Principal, Caroline Counsel Family Lawyers
Caroline Counsel is the principal of Caroline Counsel Family Lawyers: Better Families, Brighter Futures. She is an Accredited Family Law Specialist, trained as a Collaborative Lawyer and Mediator & Arbitrator and Family Dispute Resolution Practitioner of some 35+ years’ experience. Caroline is a Past President of the Law Institute of Victoria (2011) and Honorary Life Member. Caroline has been a Board member of the LIV, LCA and has been Co-Chair of the LIV’s Collaborative Practice Section and presently holds the Family Violence Portfolio for the Institute as well as Co-Chair of the Family Violence Working Group at the LIV. Caroline is a State government appointed member of the Industry Taskforce on Family Violence. She is one of the inaugural board members of the Victorian Legal Admissions Board (appointed by Victorian Attorney General June 2015) and still sits on the VLAB Board as well as the Admissions Committee.
Lisa Gooneratne, Special Counsel, HWL Ebsworth
Lisa has extensive experience in personal injury insurance law, in a variety of areas. Lisa acts for both private insurers and Government agencies, in the areas of public liability, workers compensation, medical negligence, coronial inquests, medical disciplinary matters and motor vehicle accidents. Lisa also acts for a self-insurers, including a national airline and national banks, in relation to personal injury claims. Lisa is actively involved in the ACT legal community, being a former chair of the Young Lawyers Committee and currently a Commissioner and Board member of the ACT Legal Aid Commission.
This seminar is part of a series
Legal Executives and Support Staff Training Series
Join our four-part training series for legal executives, support staff, and lawyers, covering essential skills in project management, communication, mental health, and ethics. Led by industry experts, these practical sessions provide valuable insights to enhance workplace efficiency and resilience.
Description
Attend the full series and earn 4 CPD units including:
1 unit in Professional Skills
2 units in Practice Management & Business Skills
1 unit in Ethics and Professional Responsibility
This program is applicable to practitioners from all States & Territories
If you register for the full series as a live online product after the date of an individual session, you will be sent the recording for the sessions that have passed. Alternatively, you can register for individual sessions by following the links below.
*This webinar series is also suitable for Junior Lawyers
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