The Queensland Law Society New and Early Career Lawyers Section presents:

Orientation to practice

Tuesday 23 November 2010, 1:30pm–5:00pm
Law Society House, 179 Ann Street
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Overview

Professional Skills 3 CPD points

Guidance for early career lawyers from associates, senior practitioners and mentors

Junior practitioners need inspiration and motivation to drive the performance required to keep their job. To go beyond short term job security, and provide informed direction on surviving the competition and challenges of a rewarding legal career, this event is organised to inspire your interest for enduring the hard yards. Hear what early career practitioners before you have done, to increase their enjoyment, keep their job by becoming better at it, become more valuable, and with better prospects.

Your comprehensive checklist of considerations as a first home buyer in the Brisbane market will also be set out by eminent property value experts Todd Herron White, in conjunction with the Real Estate Institute of Queensland.

Course code: 101123B

1:25pm–1:30pm
Welcome remarks
  • Chair: Genevieve Dee – Senior Associate, Cooper Grace Ward Lawyers, Accredited Family Law Specialist and Queensland Law Society Council Member
1:30pm–2:15pm
Advice from Associates on surviving and thriving under pressure

Early career lawyers who have been promoted to Associate have valuable advice for junior practitioners. They have survived in a competitive system that often involves ‘up or out’ pressures to perform, and would like you to benefit from the lessons learned during their formative years.

  • what your options for inspiration are and recommendations for junior practitioners
  • how to balance developing your core skills and start moving toward specialisation
  • insight on meeting billable requirements and proving value with efficient work
  • what you can do to develop your skills regardless of which firm you are in
  • what we did to endure and enjoy the path to being identified as a keeper
  • Speaker: Stephen Burton – Senior Associate, Holding Redlich – Construction & Infrastructure
  • Speaker: Edward Sweeney – Associate, Cooper Grace Ward – Litigation & Dispute Resolution
  • Speaker: Prudence Poole – Associate, de Groots Wills & Estates Lawyers
  • Speaker: Peter de Silva – Associate, DibbsBarker – Insurance
2:15pm–3:00pm
What senior practitioners recommend for junior practitioners

Take valuable insight back to your practice group by knowing what has been observed in the cohorts of junior practitioners before you. Learn what you can do, regardless of your area of practice, to prevent cracking and crumbling as an early career practitioner, by receiving insight on:

  • how solicitors have maintained a genuine motivation to perform
  • what, mentors at the Queensland Bar, emphasise as priorities for junior practitioners
  • how Crown Law recognises the attitudes and abilities of a good early career lawyer
  • managing difficult and demanding times effectively; top 5 recommendations for resilience
  • Speaker: Tracey Harrip – Partner, Allens Arthur Robinson
  • Speaker: Fred Smith – Principal, McInnes Wilson Lawyers
  • Speaker: Bernadette Wrafter – Assistant Crown Solicitor, Crown Law
  • Speaker: Geoffrey Diehm SC – Barrister, Queensland Bar
3:00pm–3:15pm
Afternoon Tea
3:15pm–4:15pm
Maintaining interest and career satisfaction as a junior practitioner

Be a more satisfied practitioner and employee by reinforcing your foundation of interest in legal practice. This session will highlight what juniors before you have done effectively to stay inspired, motivated, and instilled with an intrinsic feeling that what you are doing is meaningful.

This is the session about you, your satisfaction, your interest, and the real career benefits that come with being held in high regard for what you do outside of the practice group.

  • Speaker: Tracy-Lynne Geysen – Principal, TLG Lawyers BLEATS
  • Speaker: Bridget Burton – Caxton Street Legal Centre
  • Speaker: Lucy Morgan – Legal Aid Queensland
  • Speaker: Robert Reed – President, Queensland Public Interest Law Clearing House (QPILCH)
4:15pm–5:00pm
First home owner’s guide to buying your first property in the greater Brisbane area

Take advantage of what property market analysts at Herron Todd White and the REIQ have to say about what to look for, where, and how much to pay in and around the Brisbane area. Going beyond what you may buy, have further regard to what should also consider about the prospect of selling, based on the changing values for types of properties in different areas and suburbs.

Whether you’re looking to buy your first apartment, townhouse or enter into joint ownership of a property, know in practical terms what you need to know about:

  • buying where and at what price in the current market
  • mapping out your purchase and ongoing costs from there
  • what to think about seriously in the cooling off period
  • market trends in the less than $500,000 purchases
  • expectations for the value of different properties
  • Speaker: Nicola McDougall – Media Manager & Journal Managing Editor, Real Estate Institute of Queensland
  • Speaker: Gavin Hulcombe – Chairman, Herron Todd White Group

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