Gain a practical understanding of how to balance your role between being a legal and communication counsel. Evaluate case studies and critically explore how to best prioritise client interest, expectations and stakeholder engagement.
Chair:
Katie Innes, Director, Bradley Allen Love Lawyers; Accredited Specialist in Business Law
Professional Skills
1.00pm to 2.00pm The Critical Balancing Act - Legal and Communication Counsel in a Crisis
35-year crisis counsel veteran, Craig Badings, will guide you through the balancing act between legal counsel and communication counsel. Craig will share insights from both sides including:
- Examine the critical role time and perception play on reputation damage and the uneasy balancing act between what lawyers are prepared to say vs what communications counsel want to say
- Understanding “the apology” in a crisis
- Getting the balance right for the client’s best interests by considering not only legal expectations and precedence but that all important missing piece - stakeholder expectations
- Case studies: when the legal option is not always ‘right’’
- Working together - what the lawyers say
Presented by Craig Badings, Partner, SenateSHJ; Author #THOUGHT LEADERSHIP tweet: 140 Prompts for Designing and Executing an Effective Thought Leadership Campaign (2012), and Brand Stand: Seven Steps to Thought Leadership (2009)
Description
Attend and earn 1 CPD unit in Professional Skills
This program is applicable to practitioners from all States & Territories
Testimonials
“Really great engaging presentation - enjoyed all the real-life examples & practical guidance”
“Craig is an excellent presenter - Very interesting perspective from a communications specialist - much easier to apply to working with a company outside the legal field”
“a vital reminder that the interpretation of the law is only one of the obligations lawyers have and of the role in assisting our clients to navigate a crisis not to add to it”
Presenters
Ms. Katie Innes, Director, Bradley Allen Love Lawyers
Katie Innes is an experienced corporate lawyer who regularly advises a range of private companies and individuals, insolvency practitioners, industry peak bodies, co-operatives, associations and local governments on a broad range of commercial issues. Katie is a New South Wales Law Society Accredited Specialist in Business Law. Katie works closely with clients on the establishment and commercialisations of business ventures including the associated corporate governance, business structuring and ownership, succession planning, intellectual property considerations and capital raising. Katie's recent focus has been: assisting clients to find the most suitable business structure for their new and existing businesses to increase tax effectiveness and to create a workable succession plan; assisting clients with capital raising to fund business ventures including the offer of shares, debentures, units and convertible notes; and assisting private companies with major business acquisitions and disposals including the structuring, documentation and completion of those transactions. Katie's analytical and problem solving skills enable her to provide practical advice to her clients to achieve commercial resolutions in the best interests of her clients.
Craig Badings, Partner, SenateSHJ
Craig has over 30 years’ experience counselling major corporations and senior executives on issues and crisis management, reputation protection and recovery, media relations and profile management as well as thought leadership in the healthcare, financial and professional services, biotech, medical devices, education, property, construction, FMCG, telecoms, manufacturing, not for profit, IT and government sectors. He has worked with numerous legal firms and in-house legal counsel across a range of crises. He recently contributed to Dr Tony Jaques’ latest crisis communication book: Crisis Counsel: Navigating Legal and Communication Conflict.
This seminar is part of a series
Ethics, Professional Skills and Practice Management Over Lunch, Over 3 Weeks
Tuesday, 5 September 2023
This lunchtime series will ensure you walk away with holistic tools to enhance your legal practice and you will gain your compulsory CPD points in a trio of practical sessions. Over your lunch break, refresh your understanding of conflicts of duty and following competent instructions, analyse the balancing act between being a legal and communication counsel and evaluate tools to cultivate a healthy legal life.
Description
Attend the full series 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
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.
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