Managing & Supervising Trainee Solicitors

Tutor: Keith Harper    CPD Hours: 24 hours  Duration: 3 months

Course Cost: £1195

SRA Ref: DQX/DIPA    Course Grade: Advanced

Introduction

Trainee solicitors are not only the future of individual firms, they are also the future of the profession. It is therefore critical to encourage, develop and motivate trainees so that those with the necessary aptitude will want to stay with the firm, and contribute to its future. The SRA have extensive guidelines to help with the development of trainees – this course delivers the practical tools to build upon the guidelines in order to maximise the potential of your firm’s trainees.

The course will help you to create clear plans and objectives for training contracts, including the clarification of responsibilities and time requirements. The programme will also enable the development of the key skills required to implement the plans, specifically in the areas of coaching and performance management.

Business Benefits & Solutions

This course will help you to resolve these typical business problems:

* A lack of focus within the training contract and in specific seats resulting in wasted development time for the trainee.
* A lack of coordination between seats resulting in duplication or wasted time.
* Reduced motivation among the trainees sometimes resulting in losing the best ones upon qualification.
* Potential of failing to meet SRA regulations.
* Newly qualified solicitors who may not fulfill their potential.

Course Aims

This course on managing and supervising trainee solicitorswill give you a clear view of how to organize and manage the development of trainee solicitors during their training contracts, in order to maximise the return on the investment the firm makes.

By the end of this course you will be able to:

* Create clear set of specific development plans for trainees, which meet SRA guidelines.
* Communicate objectives to supervisors and trainees and ensure necessary action is taken to achieve them.
* Develop a communication infrastructure to ensure co-ordination of training contracts is maintained, and performance management is conducted properly.
* Delegate to and coach trainee solicitors effectively and to train others to do so.
* Plan and execute a positive one-to-one feedback session with a trainee, and conduct effective formal reviews.

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