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Manchester Law Society News
News from Bridge Street
LEGAL SUSTAINABILITY ALLIANCE AND THE PLANET MARKTM IN PARTNERSHIP WITH MANCHESTER LAW SOCIETY
PRESENT
THE BUSINESS CASE FOR SUSTAINABILITY
A FREE participative workshop for law firms to encourage organisations to develop sustainable working practices and manage their carbon footprint
Thursday 5th October 12.30pm – 4pm including buffet lunch
Eversheds Sutherland Eversheds House
70 Great Bridgewater Street Manchester M1 5ES
• Need help getting started on a sustainability programme?
• Do you want to extend or reinvigorate your current sustainability activities?
• Struggling to get senior partner buy in?
Then join us for a participative seminar and workshop which presents a compelling business case for sustainability within the legal sector based on 10 years of experience and evidence from the Legal Sustainability Alliance, developed in partnership with industry experts The Planet MarkTM.
Topics include
• Sustainability and the Legal Sector
• The Business Case for Sustainability
• Identifying barriers and measuring business benefits
• Challenges and barriers to sustainable working and how to overcome them
• Gaining senior buy in and increasing employee engagement
Aimed specifically at smaller and medium sized firms this practical workshop will provide participants with advice and tools to take away to help make sustainability a reality. Places are limited so register now via LSA website or direct on EventBrite.
Any queries please contact info@legalsustainabilityalliance.com
The Manchester Legal Walk will this year take place on Thursday 28th September 2017.
The Manchester Legal Walk is a 10km sponsored walk around Manchester to raise money for local advice services.
Why do we walk?
The need for free legal advice centres has grown in the past few years. The recession has increased poverty and reduced support services. Meanwhile funding for the advice centres themselves has reduced.
The organisations we support:
•Prevent families being made homeless
•Prevent destitution
•Help older people gain the support to which they are entitled
•Help women and children who have been trafficked for domestic servitude or prostitution.
More information can be found http://www.nwlst.org.uk/manchester- legal-walk.html
Forthcoming Events
Property Law Conference
The Manchester Law Society Property Committee is delighted to announce their inaugu- ral Property Law Conference Created for residential and commercial property lawyers of all levels of experience, this will be an important conference covering some of the key is- sues which affect property lawyers in Manchester.
Date: 19 September 2017
Venue: Chamber of Commerce Elliot House, 151 Deansgate, Manchester M3 3WD Cost: MLS Members £65.00 + VAT (£78.00) Non-members £90.00 + VAT (£108.00) Registration: 09:00 Conference: 09:30 – 13:15
Family Law Conference
We are delighted to announce Her Honour Judge Lesley Newton, Designated Family Judge, will open the conference with a keynote address. Dispute Resolution and the use of Arbi- tration will be discussed by Nigel Shepherd of Mills & Reeve. The conference will also offer interactive breakout sessions on Finance in Family Law, Private Child Law and Public Child Law.
Date: 20 September
Venue: Hilton Hotel, Deansgate, Manchester M3 4LQ
Cost: MLS Members £90.00 + VAT (£108.00) Non-members £120.00 + VAT (£144.00) Registration: 09:00 Conference: 09:30 – 15:30
Crime Update 2017 with HH Judge Potter
His Honour Judge Potter will give an update in Criminal Practice and Procedure in the Crown Court including in particular the new credit for plea guidelines and the practice to be adopted in the roll-out and hearing of S.28 cases. The update will also look at the most re- cent authorities from the Court of Appeal relevant to work in the Crown Court.
Date: 27 September 2017
Venue: The Ainscow Hotel, Trinity Way, Salford M3 5EN
Cost: Members of MLS £20.00 + VAT (£24.00) Non Members £40.00 + VAT (£48.00) Registration: 16:30 Presentation: 16:45 – 18:15
Employment Law Conference
The popular Employment Law Conference returns for 2017 with interactive workshops and topical presentations.We are delighted to announce the conference will close with a keynote address from Regional Employment Judge Parkin.Speakers will explore the impact of the Taylor Report, and what this means for the Gig Economy. The interactive workshops will ex- plore issues around restrictive covenants, family friendly and problem areas in whistleblow- ing law.
Date: 3 October 2017
Venue: Hilton Hotel, Deansgate, Manchester M3 4LQ
Cost: Members of MLS £65.00 + VAT (£78.00) Non Members £90.00 + VAT (£108.00) Registration: 09:00 Conference: 09:30 – 13:15
Intermediate Excel Training Course
Are you looking for success with spreadsheets? To become fantastic with formulae? Join us for a practical Excel training course with RV Group. In this one day course an expert trainer will get you up to speed on conditional formatting, working effectively with large work- sheets, and working efficiently on your databases.
Date: 31 October 2017
Venue: Manchester Law Society, 64 Bridge Street, Manchester, M3 3BN
Cost: MLS Members £125.00 + VAT (£150.00) Non-members £175.00 + VAT (£210.00) Registration: 09:30 Training: 10:00 – 16:30
Local Authority Conference 2017
We are delighted to announce this joint event with award-winning 11KBW Chambers.
Barristers from 11KBW will tackle the big questions in local authority law and what they mean for local authorities, their in-house legal teams and advisers. They will look at recent developments in legislation and case law across a number of key areas.
Date: 16 November 2017
Venue: Hilton Hotel, Deansgate, Manchester M3 4LQ
Cost: MLS Members £75.00 + VAT (£90.00) Non-members £90.00 + VAT (£108.00) Registration: 09:00 Conference: 09:30 – 16:10
Advanced Excel Training Course
Do you want to build on your existing knowledge of Excel? Following our very successful and popular intermediate Excel training courses we are now delighted to offer an advanced course.At this advanced Excel one day training course our expert trainer from the RV Group will show you how to use H and V Lookups in the creation of catalogues and how to cre- ate, rearrange and format pivot tables and much more! Numbers on this course are strictly limited to ensure you receive bespoke and personal tuition from our trainer.
Date: 28 November 2017
Venue: Manchester Law Society, 64 Bridge Street, Manchester, M3 3BN
Cost: MLS Members £125.00 + VAT (£150.00) Non-members £175.00 + VAT (£210.00) Registration: 09:30 Training: 10:00 – 16:30
Keep up to date with the latest event information at www.manchesterlawsociety.org.uk or follow us on Twitter @ManLawSoc
To book a place on any of the above events, please email CarlaJones@manchesterlawsociety.org.uk