Programme

In order to find out what is happening over the next months, select the month, the year and the region in order to view past, present and future events being held around England.

If you are not a registered member and you would like to attend an event, please email Bridget Stevenson.

Month

January February March April May June July August September October November December

Year

2012 2013 2014

Region

East Anglia London Midlands North East North West Scotland South East South West Wales

07 February 2012 : London
Title:	Professional Briefing
Time:	08:30
Location:	Berwin Leighton Paisner, St Magnus House, 3 Lower Thames Street, EC3R 6HA
Topic:	Employee engagement surveys
Event Fee:	£40 + VAT
Speaker(s):	Hannah Stratford and Craig Mullender, Expert Training Systems Plc
Details:	Time to get engaged? Why employee engagement is more important than ever for law firms · What’s driving engagement? · Linking strategy to engagement · Running an employee survey · Why communication is key to engagement · Effective action planning to drive change A presentation and interactive discussion led by Hannah Stratford (Head of Business Psychology) and Craig Mullender (Client Manager) from ETS. ETS is a leading provider of HR consultancy and bespoke software, meeting the performance management, employee research and 360-degree feedback needs of private sector companies.

21 February 2012 : London
Title:	Workshop
Time:	09:00
Location:	RIBA, 66 Portland Place, W1B 1AD
Topic:	First Time Manager
Event Fee:	£199 + VAT
Speaker(s):	Weedie Sisson, People First
Details:	This is an ideal workshop for prospective managers, newly promoted managers, supervisors and team leaders who want to develop core capabilities in project and people management. We will consider the tensions between leadership and management, look at making the transition from mate to manager, explore the benefits of coaching, discuss the problems and pitfalls to avoid when delegating and analyse influencing and communications styles. Refershments will be served throughout the day.

23 February 2012 : North West
Title:	NW Bitesize Part 1
Time:	12:45
Location:	Cobbetts LLP, 58 Mosley Street, Manchester M2 3HZ
Topic:	Red Tape Challenge: Equalities
Event Fee:	No charge for members
Speaker(s):	The Committee
Details:	The Equality Act 2010 contains measures intended to prevent discrimination and ensure equal opportunities in the workplace and in wider society. The Act brought together nine separate pieces of legislation into a single place to make the law simpler and to remove inconsistencies. In some areas this meant increasing protection to make the law more consistent and easier to use. For example, the Act replaced different definitions of indirect discrimination with a single definition, making the law easier to understand. The Act also contains a number of new measures to strengthen protection in some situations. For example, it aims to ensure disabled people have a fair chance to apply for jobs by preventing employers asking applicants about their health or disability at the early stages of recruitment. In April 2011 the Government launched its Red Tape Challenge inviting businesses and members of the public to "help us cut unnecessary regulations. The Red Tape Challenge website is asking whether the Equality Act should be scrapped, merged, simplified, improved or left as it is. Some people have posted comments on the website supporting the Equality Act and some are questioning its inclusion in a review of red tape and many have made suggestions for how it could be strengthened but as a practising HR Professional what's your view? Bring your sandwich and come and join our lunchtime discussion and debate facilitated by our regular Guest speaker, Helen Morley of BPP Law School on some of the practical issues the Equality Act raises in the context of daily working life.

01 March 2012 : East Anglia
Title:	East Anglian Seminar
Time:	12:00
Location:	Birketts LLP, Kingfisher House, 1 Gilders Way, Norwich NR3 1UB
Topic:	Remuneration Structures: past, present and future
Event Fee:	£10 + VAT
Speaker(s):	Shaun Savory, HRD Birketts LLP
Details:	Remuneration is a topic that is constantly being reviewed particularly in the present recessional climate. The need to balance costs with the need to keep high fliers motivated and happy is a constant challenge. Shaun has been involved in reviewing fee earners pay systems at both Birketts LLP and Norton Rose LLP and will be discussing the pros and cons of working within a strict PQE lockstep and the challenges in moving to a competency system based on broad salary bands. He will also be discussing different approaches to bonus schemes as well as additional reward strategies. Shaun will then be sharing his thoughts and encouraging you to consider how remuneration structures might develop in law firms going forward. This will be an informal and interactive session for HR professionals and we encourage you to come and share your ideas and experiences

13 March 2012 : London
Title:	Spotlight
Time:	12:30
Location:	Slaughter & May, One Bunhill row, EC1Y 8YY
Topic:	HR Strategies for the future of law firms
Event Fee:	Free for members
Speaker(s):	Mark Brandon, Motive Legal
Details:	Mark Brandon, the founder and managing director of Motive Legal Consulting, specialises in advising law firms on strategic management and resourcing issues. Mark will get some debate going and make some predictions about the main changes for HR bearing in mind the pace of change in law firm models (ABSs, external ownership and investment of law firms). What will the future effect be on the partnership model and how will it impact on law careers generally? Mark will illustrate all the factors, point to research and suggest HR strategies to deal with some of the challenges.

18 April 2012 : London
Title:	Professional Briefing
Time:	08:30
Location:	Stephenson Harwood, 1 Finsbury Circus, EC2M 7SH
Topic:	Social Mobility and the Law
Event Fee:	£40 + VAT
Speaker(s):	Alex Kelly, Access project and Jane Masey Allen & Overy
Details:

19 April 2012 : North West
Title:	NW Key Event
Time:	12:00
Location:	DWF Solicitors LLP, 1 Scott Place, 2 Hardman Street, Manchester M3 3AA
Topic:	Presentation and discussion with Lane 4
Event Fee:	£10 + VAT
Speaker(s):	Lane 4
Details:	This will be a presentation and discussion with this leading performance development consultancy with a unique heritage in elite sport and business performance.

16 May 2012 : South West
Title:	SW Half Day Workshop
Time:	09:15
Location:	Burges Salmon LLP, 1 Glass Wharf, Bristol BS2 0ZX
Topic:	Rules and Regulations
Event Fee:	£15 + VAT for members £30 + VAT non members
Speaker(s):	Mark Lomas, Law Society + others
Details:	After a good breakfast of bacon rolls and danish pastries, the morning will begin with Mark Lomas the Law Society Equality & Diversity Manager who will update us on the the recently launched Flexible Working Protocol. He will explain what this will mean for law firms and how to implement it effectively. We will then look at flexible working in practice from a client perspective. The second half of the morning will be an employment law update which will include the latest practical employment case studies and updates on the new 2-year qualifying period before an unfair dismissal claim can be made, the default retirement age, mergers and TUPE transfers and any pipeline legislation that will impact employers during the coming year. The workshop will finish around 12 noon.

18 May 2012 : London
Title:	Professional Briefing
Time:	08:30
Location:	Shearman & Sterling, Broadgate West, 9 Appold Street, EC2A 2AP
Topic:	Dealing with conflict at work
Event Fee:	£40 + VAT
Speaker(s):	Barbara Capstick, Capstick Saxton Associates
Details:	This Briefing will be a slightly different format to the usual sessions that we offer. Delegates will sit in small groups, enjoying a light breakfast. Barbara will then take us through the formal and informal tools, tips and strategies we can all use to manage conflict, relationships and difficult people at work, along with how to nip things in the bud before they become costly to you and your organisation. There will then be an interview re-enacting a tricky situation, after which delegates will discuss the issues raised and Barbara will advise each group on the best way to tackle these types of difficulties. This will be an excellent learning experience and very interactive.

14 June 2012 : North West
Title:	NW Key Event
Time:	12:00
Location:	DWF Solicitors LLP, 1 Scott Place, 2 Hardman Street, Manchester M3 3AA
Topic:	Employment Law Update
Event Fee:	£10 + VAT
Speaker(s):	Ed Farrelly, DWF Solicitors
Details:	We are delighted that Ed Farrelly, employment partner with DWF will once again bu updating us on the latest changes in employment legislation and current case studies. Specific topics will be announced nearer the time.

14 June 2012 : London
Title:	Spotlight
Time:	12:30
Location:	Macfarlanes, 20 Cursitor Street, EC4A 1LP
Topic:	HR Business Partnering in legal services
Event Fee:	Free for all our members
Speaker(s):	Morley Potter, Scott McGregor, Claire Lewis & Vivienne Ball, BLP
Details:	The session will be run by Morley Potter, an organisation development consultant, who will talk through the results of detailed research carried out with city law firms into the characteristics of best performing HR Business Partners. The research took place within the past few years & involved structured interviews with Managing Partners, Senior Partners & Directors of HR. He has subsequently worked with a number of firms that wanted to move or restructure to create more of a Business Partnering focus within their HR departments. Claire Lewis & Vivienne Ball, both of whom hold HR Business Partnering roles at BLP, will also share their experiences & the challenges of moving into this role. There will be time for questions at the end of the session.

10 July 2012 : South West
Title:	SW Lunchtime Seminar
Time:	12:00
Location:	DAC Beachcroft LLP. Portwall Place, Portwall Place, Portwall Lane, Bristol BS1 6NB
Topic:	Diversity - Unconscious Bias
Event Fee:	£10 + VAT
Speaker(s):	Fiona Morden, Morden Solutions (UK) Ltd
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26 July 2012 : North West
Title:	NW Bitesize Part 2
Time:	12:45
Location:	Hempsons, 16th floor, City Tower, Piccadilly Plaza, Manchester M1 4BT
Topic:	Red Tape Challenge - employment related laws and H & S
Event Fee:	No charge to members
Speaker(s):	Facilitated by BPP Law School
Details:	The second part of the Red Tape Challenge will be on Employment related laws and health and safety. Please bring your own lunch, tea and coffee will be provided.

25 October 2012 : North West
Title:	NW Bitesize Part 3
Time:	12:45
Location:	Cobbetts LLP, 58 Mosley Street, Manchester M2 3HZ
Topic:	Red Tape Challenge : Pensions
Event Fee:	No charge for members
Speaker(s):	The Committee
Details:	Part 3 of the Red Tape Challenge will be all about pensions and hosted by the committee. Please bring your own lunch with you, tea and coffee will be provided.

22 November 2012 : North West
Title:	NW Key Event
Time:	14:00
Location:	Hempsons, 16th floor, City Tower, Piccadilly Plaza, Manchester M1 4BT
Topic:	Finding your Spark
Event Fee:	£10 + VAT
Speaker(s):	The Total Excellence Centre
Details:	This will be a presentation and discussion - Finding your Spark - including Traditional Christmas Footing.

05 December 2012 : South West
Title:	NW Lunchtime Seminar
Time:	12:30
Location:	Bond Pearce LLP, 3 Temple Quay, Temple Back East, Bristol BS1 6DZ
Topic:	Apprenticeships - the shape of things to come?
Event Fee:	£10 + VAT
Speaker(s):	Presenter from Skills for Justice
Details:

10 October 2102 : South West
Title:	SW Half Day Workshop
Time:	09:15
Location:	Osborne Clarke, 2 Temple Back East, Temple Quay, Bristol BS1 6EG
Topic:	Communication Matters
Event Fee:	£15 + VAT
Speaker(s):	Guy Buckland, Osborne Clarke
Details:	This workshop will cover a variety of communication matters. Guy Buckland will offer his experience in coaching for partners, other speakers will talk about incluencing skills, social media - recruitment usage and other topics to be announced later in the year.