CPD Practice Management
Conflicts, Undertakings, and File Management: What You Need to Know (2025)
Join us for a practical discussion on common claims and consequences from conflicts of interest and solicitor’s undertakings, including what happens when promises go unfulfilled. We will walk through file management best practices, from retainers to closing, including file retention. Learn tips you can apply today to prevent future issues in your legal practice. We’ll… Read More »
Categories: Conflicts of Interest, CPD, CPD Practice ManagementThe Virtual Legal Practice: From Client Intake to Resolution When Nobody Is in the Same Room (2025)
Join us for an insightful session on things to consider when practicing virtually. This program will cover essential topics such as virtual meeting best practices, ID verification issues, virtual dispute resolution, and examinations for discovery. We will also delve into addressing undue influence and capacity concerns, providing practical strategies to address these issues. Whether you’re… Read More »
Categories: CPD, CPD Practice ManagementProfessional Civility: Avoiding Costs, Arguments, and Malpractice Claims (2024)
This program will explore the importance of civility in fostering effective relationships with clients, colleagues, and the courts. Leading lawyers and industry experts will discuss how maintaining civility in the workplace and in dealings with opposing counsel, whether in disputes or transactions, can promote efficient and effective resolution of matters, and LAWPRO Claims Counsel will… Read More »
Categories: CPD, CPD Practice ManagementSuccession Planning for your Legal Practice (2024)
This program will cover what every lawyer and law firm should know to adequately prepare themselves for potential absences from their practice—whether short-term, long-term, or permanent. The program will provide helpful advice on what practitioners should do now to prepare their practice and affairs for when they may need to step away in the future…. Read More »
Categories: CPD, CPD Practice Management, Succession PlanningClient Management and Effective Client Relationships (2023)
Learn from leading advocates about (i) a well-drafted retainer agreement, setting fee expectations, and what to do when the client does not pay; (ii) understanding how diversity and culture can impact communication with clients; and (iii) managing communication and relationship breakdowns when they occur. Download the materials Speakers: Rachel Sachs, Lawyer and Seniors Advocate, Sachs… Read More »
Categories: CPD, CPD Practice ManagementInsurance 101 for lawyers: Tips for insuring your practice (2023)
This panel will provide key information for sole practitioners and lawyers managing a practice on understanding and obtaining the different types of insurance available to protect their firm from risk. These experts will explain the how-to of putting the insurance puzzle together—from Errors & Omissions coverage to Executor and Trustee coverage to Commercial General Liability… Read More »
Categories: CPD, CPD Practice Management, LAWPRO policyTips for Successfully Building Access to Justice into your Law Practice (2021)
This program was part of Access to Justice Week 2021. Join LAWPRO, The Action Group on Access to Justice (TAG) and Toronto Lawyers Association to explore how legal professionals can structure their practices to better facilitate access to justice. Participants will hear from a panel of legal professionals from across the province and various areas… Read More »
Categories: Access to Justice, Communications Errors, Conflicts of Interest, CPD, CPD Practice Management, Firm ManagementPreparing for Pro Bono: Tips for Successfully Delivering Pro Bono Services (2021)
LAWPRO brings you this webinar, initially presented for Pro Bono Students Canada volunteers, to help lawyers successfully deliver pro bono services.
Categories: CPD, CPD Practice Management, Pro bonoCommon claims and how to avoid them (2020)
Understand the leading common claims and when they occur, with examples of specific different risks by areas of practice.
Categories: Clerical / Delegation, Communications Errors, Conflicts of Interest, CPD, CPD Practice Management, Dabbling, Failure to Know The Law, Inadequate Investigation, Time Management