Chair
Liam McAuliffe, Crown Prosecutor, Office of Public Prosecutions Victoria
Description
Attend and earn 0.5 CPD hour in Practice Management & Business Skills
This program is applicable to practitioners from all States & Territories
Practice Management & Business Skills
Client Management: Challenges Faced by Criminal Lawyers and How to Tackle Them
Criminal law practice brings unique client management challenges: from high-conflict personalities to vulnerable or distrustful clients. This session offers practical strategies to maintain professionalism, manage risk, and safeguard practitioner wellbeing
Presented by Emma Turnbull, Director, Emma Turnbull Lawyers, Accredited Criminal Law Specialist’ Preeminent Criminal Defence Lawyer, Doyle’s Guide 2024
Presenters
Liam McAuliffe, Crown Prosecutor, Office of Public Prosecutions Victoria
Liam practises in public and administrative law, common law, regulatory law, quasi-criminal and criminal law. He regularly appears in the County Court and the Magistrates' Court. He has significant experience in matters under the Serious Offenders Act 2018, and under the Crimes Mental Impairment (Unfitness to be Tried) Act 1997. Liam is experienced in regulatory prosecutions and in professional disciplinary matters. He also maintains an appellate practice relating to criminal law matters. He appears in coronial inquests, judicial review proceedings, public interest immunity matters, as well as confidentiality and suppression order proceedings. He also appears in VCAT in public law and human rights matters, merits review proceedings, privacy law and professional conduct matters. Liam in currently participating in the 2024 VLA Trial Counsel Development Program.
Emma Turnbull, Director, Emma Turnbull Lawyers
Emma Turnbull is a Director and founding partner of Emma Turnbull Lawyers Pty Ltd. She holds a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) and a Master of Laws (LLM) from Monash University. Emma is an Accredited Criminal Law Specialist with the Law Institute of Victoria A passionate and forceful advocate, Emma appears regularly in all courts across the Victorian criminal law jurisdiction. This includes appearing as Counsel and instructing solicitor in Supreme and County Court trials, mental impairment trials, County Court and Magistrates’ Court plea hearings and bail applications. She is an industry leader and a forceful advocate for change and development of criminal law practice. Emma has been acknowledged annually as a leading criminal defence lawyer in Doyle’s Guide (as has her firm), she has been a finalist in the Australian Law Awards and Partner of the Year awards, and most relevant to the topic today she is speaking to – Emma won the national Lawyers Weekly 2024 Wellness Advocate of the Year award.
