Secure your core CPD points in the easiest possible way: over lunch, online, across three practical one-hour sessions. In just three Wednesdays, you will earn 3 CPD units across Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Practice Management & Business Skills and Professional Skills while tackling one of the most urgent issues reshaping legal practice: AI. As artificial intelligence changes how lawyers research, draft, advise, manage risk and protect client information, this focused lunch series gives you the practical guidance you need to use AI responsibly, confidently and professionally and without losing valuable billable time.
Attend and earn 3 CPD units including:
1 unit in Ethics & Professional Responsibility
1 unit in Practice Management & Business Skills
1 unit in Professional Skills
This program is applicable to practitioners from all States & Territories
AI Ethics & Professional Responsibility
Patrick Fair, Principal, Patrick Fair Associates
Explore the ethical responsibilities of lawyers using generative AI and receive practical guidance for legal teams across industries on using AI responsibly.
- Professional independence, competence, confidentiality and appropriate supervision when using AI
- Legal professional privilege: the risks of waiver when sharing privileged material with AI tools, and safeguards to help preserve protection
- Maintaining professional judgment and critically reviewing AI-generated work
Presented by Theonie Scott, Special Counsel, Corrs Chambers Westgarth
Attend and earn 1 CPD unit in Ethics and Professional Responsibility
This program is applicable to practitioners from all States & Territories
Presenters
Patrick Fair, Principal, Patrick Fair and AssociatesPatrick Fair is the principal of Patrick Fair Associates, an Adjunct Professor at the School of Information Technology, Faculty of Science, Engineering and Built Environment at Deakin University, Chair of the Communications Security Reference Panel at the Australian Telecommunications Alliance, Fellow of the Australian Information Security Association, a Director of Crimestoppers NSW and Chair of the Crime Stoppers NSW Technology Enabled Crime Committee.

Theonie Scott, Special Counsel, Corrs Chambers
Theonie has practiced in the privacy and technology field for nearly a decade and has substantial experience in advising on all aspects of privacy, technology contracting, data commercialization and protection, digital transformation, licensing of intellectual property and franchising law. She is a trusted advisor to both Australian and international clients across a range of industries including banking, higher education, technology, social media, loyalty programs hospitality, motor vehicle and fuel retailers and consumer goods.
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AI Practice Management & Business Skills
Patrick Fair, Principal, Patrick Fair Associates
Presented by Bronwyn Furse, Partner, Thomsons; Recognised Lawyer by Best Lawyers in Australia 2023-2027 for Privacy and Data Security Law
Attend and earn 1 CPD unit in Practice Management & Business Skills
This program is applicable to practitioners from all States & Territories
Presenters
Patrick Fair, Principal, Patrick Fair and AssociatesPatrick Fair is the principal of Patrick Fair Associates, an Adjunct Professor at the School of Information Technology, Faculty of Science, Engineering and Built Environment at Deakin University, Chair of the Communications Security Reference Panel at the Australian Telecommunications Alliance, Fellow of the Australian Information Security Association, a Director of Crimestoppers NSW and Chair of the Crime Stoppers NSW Technology Enabled Crime Committee.

Bronwyn Furse, Partner, Thomsons
Bronwyn Furse is a commercial lawyer with specialist expertise in the areas of privacy, data protection and cybersecurity, and intellectual property amongst others. Her practice traverses public and private industry sectors including financial services, government, health, health tech and other technology providers, manufacturing, automotive, higher education, health, manufacturing, energy and resources, from start-ups through to multinational groups. Working with multinational groups means Bronwyn's work involves complex cross border work, and understanding of relationships between various local and offshore privacy regimes. In relation to privacy, data protection and cybersecurity she routinely provides advisory services, manages data breaches, complaints and investigations, assists with contractual negotiations, develops compliance frameworks, undertakes audits, conducts privacy impact assessments, and delivers tailored training. Bronwyn is on the Australia and New Zealand advisory board for the International Association of Privacy Professionals, as well as the Licensing Executives Society. She is routinely recognised by her peers as one of the Best Lawyers in Australia in the areas of Privacy and Data Security Law, Intellectual Property Law and Franchise Law, and in Doyle’s Guide as a recommended lawyer in the areas of Intellectual Property and in Technology, Media & Telecommunications Law.
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AI Professional Skills
As generative AI moves from novelty to daily practice, the question for legal professionals is no longer whether to use it for legal research and drafting, but how to use it without quietly eroding the judgment that competent professional practice requires. Drawing on frontline experience across private practice firms and in-house teams, explore how you can use AI-assisted research and drafting to sharpen your analysis rather than outsource it.
You will work through where AI genuinely accelerates the work, where it introduces unnecessary risk, and how to deliberately keep the lawyer, not a machine accountable for the output
- Understand the practical impact of AI on legal research and drafting
- Identify opportunities to enhance efficiency while managing associated risks
- A usable method for research and drafting, not just a list of tools
Presented by Fiona McLay, Lead AI Client Adviser, Thomson Reuters
Patrick Fair, Principal, Patrick Fair Associates
Attend and earn 1 CPD unit in Professional Skills
This program is applicable to practitioners from all States & Territories
Presenters
Patrick Fair, Principal, Patrick Fair and AssociatesPatrick Fair is the principal of Patrick Fair Associates, an Adjunct Professor at the School of Information Technology, Faculty of Science, Engineering and Built Environment at Deakin University, Chair of the Communications Security Reference Panel at the Australian Telecommunications Alliance, Fellow of the Australian Information Security Association, a Director of Crimestoppers NSW and Chair of the Crime Stoppers NSW Technology Enabled Crime Committee.

Fiona McLay, Legal Ai Client Adviser, Thomson Reuters
Fiona has spent the past 25 years as a dispute resolution lawyer working across the legal industry in top tier, mid-tier, small firm, a NewLaw firm and in-house. She has an insider’s view as to how firms across the industry are actually using (or not using) tech. Long hours, inefficient processes and constant pressure to do more with less drove her to find ways to use tech to work more efficiently. With no budget, no IT support and (possibly because of) no innovation committee, she discovered how powerful a tech-enabled lawyer could be in litigation up against a much better resourced opponent. And with a significantly reduced risk of paper cuts. She regularly presents to lawyers on how to adopt new ways of working. She is the author of Tech Enabled Lawyer: to making the most out of the tools you have and spotting the tech you need.
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