PRACTICE MANAGEMENT FOR TOUGH TIMES

A one-day course for solicitors and managers

Workshop details
Date, Venue & Time
Investment
MCLE/CPD Points
Presenters
Registration

The strategies you need

FMRC’s workshop on Practice Management for Tough Times will arm you with the strategies you need to confidently lead your firm into the future.

During the workshop, our presenters, who are experts in the field, will draw on insights gained from previous recessions and discuss contemporary strategies for achieving high performance. You’ll leave the workshop with practical advice based on both experience and empirical substantive data gathered from the legal profession.

Ask yourself...

• Can your firm achieve and sustain high performance during an economic slow down?
• Is the impact of a patchy property market and reduced client activity holding you back?
• Are your charge outs being affected by the demands of price sensitive self-funded litigators and mounting media discussion on the cost of litigation?
• And, when it comes to attracting the very best people into your team during a period of economic instability, how do you go?

The Program

Session 1

Hear about the impact of the Global Financial Crisis and:
How firms are responding to the commercial slow down
How small firms are being affected and what can be done about it
How it is affecting litigation firms – and what can be done about it
Its likely impact on the profession in the future

Session 2

Learn how to improve business and staff performance by:
Achieving and maintaining a strategic focus
Realising the importance of your core business
Managing cultural issues
Maintaining appropriate assets
Managing partnership issues

Session 3

Discover useful procedures for managing:
Pricing in a period when litigation costs are under scrutiny
People during times of economic instability
Performance when client activity is slowing
Funding to sustain and grow your business

Session 4

Find out how to develop your practice and promote your firm by:
Managing business relationships
Building your brand
Developing new offerings
Implementing on-going promotional activity

Dates & Venues

SYDNEY - Monday 3 August 2009 - Hilton Hotel, Sydney
MELBOURNE -  Wednesday 5 August 2009 - RACV City Club, Melbourne
BRISBANE - Friday 7 August, 2009 - Hilton Hotel, Brisbane
ADELAIDE - Tuesday 18 August, 2009 - Hilton Hotel Adelaide

What is your investment?

$880 (inc GST) for the first person from your firm and $660 (inc GST) for each additional person from the same firm.

How many MCLE/CPD points will you earn?

Where applicable, you can earn 6 MCLE points by attending the Practice Management for Tough Times workshop.

Who should attend?

Partners, managers and senior lawyers who want to build and maintain business performance during tough times.

Presenters

Prior to joining FMRC, Sam Coupland practised as a Chartered Accountant, in a top tier Accounting firm. Sam has spent the last 10 years advising law firms. He is a leading authority on law firm valuation, firm funding and practice strategy. Sam is a regular key note speaker at major conferences in Australasia. In addition to conducting consulting engagements and a wide range of training programs, Sam is the managing principal of FMRC.

Neil Oakes has worked as a management consultant in the legal profession for 20 years. His extensive experience and expertise is sought each year by over 100 law firms of all sizes and specialisations, throughout Australia and New Zealand. Neil specialises in creating strategic advantage, profit growth and addressing partnership management issues.

Three easy ways to register...

1. FAX                2. ONLINE                       3. PHONE 02 8088 3872