Late applications are now being accepted for the Diploma Centre’s popular Certificate in Conveyancing, which begins on Tuesday 13 October 2020. This course provides a practical insight into the “pre-contract investigation of title” (PCIT) system, introduced on 1 January 2019.

Topics and speakers include: litigation and delivery of pleadings in a pandemic (Conor MacGuill), The Family Law Act 2019 (Keith Walsh), ADR (Maebh Gogarty and Brian McMullin), legal tech: apps and the paperless office (Gerard Groake BL and Robert Lowney).

The Diploma Centre is inviting late applications to the Diploma in Insolvency Law and Corporate Restructuring. Areas covered on this course will include corporate restructuring, debt recovery, liquidation, examinership, receivership and personal insolvency. 

The Conveyancing Committee in partnership with Law Society Professional Training will host the Annual Property Law Update online on 22 October with live question and answers.

The Diploma Centre is inviting applications for the Diploma in Regulation Law and Practice. This course is suitable for those who work in regulatory affairs, compliance functions or those who wish to transition to such roles. 

This Masterclass will deliver training and expert guidance on how to take instructions in an enduring powers of attorney (EPA) matter and the procedural requirements involved in order to satisfactorily execute an EPA. 

The increasing complexity of construction law provides for a proliferation of contracts and conflict and dispute resolution mechanisms. The Diploma in Construction Law will provide a comprehensive overview of the specialised discipline of construction law and practice in Ireland. 

This annual conference, presented by the In-house and Public Sector Committee in collaboration with Law Society Finuas Skillnet is aimed at solicitors employed in-house in the private and public sectors. 

Gain a comprehensive and up-to-date guide of the practical issues that arise when advising clients from the agribusiness and food sector with the Certificate in Agribusiness and Food Law. 

The Litigation Committee in collaboration with Law Society Professional Training will host the Annual Litigation Update online on 29 October with live question and answers. 

The Certificate in Mediator Training, offered in conjunction with the Mediator Academy, will provide participants with an appreciation of the theoretical foundations and practical strategies and skills of mediation in a variety of contexts.

The Business Law Committee in partnership with Law Society Professional Training will host the Annual Business Law Update online on 12 November with live question and answers.

The Carrick on Shannon and Donegal CPD days have come together for an online webinar on 28 October. Speakers and topics include: Probate (Anne Stephenson), Conveyancing  Patrick Sweetman), Civil Litigation (Roger Murray), Childcare Law (Sinéad Kearney), Solicitors’ Accounts (Fiona Stanley).

Mayo, Limerick and Clare Bar Associations have come together with Law Society Finuas Skillnet. Join them by webinar for: farm transfers (Aisling Meehan), PRAI (John O‘Shea), civil litigation (Roger Murray), family Law (Susan Webster), law tech (Robert Lowney).

This year’s event has an excellent line up of expert speakers and topics. We cannot meet them in person but we can meet them by webinar with live Q&A. Topics and speakers include: probate (Anne Stephenson), conveyancing (Margaret Finlay), s150 (Susan Martin), Residential Tenancies Board (Dervla Quinn), civil litigation (Colette Reid).

The Employment & Equality Law Committee in collaboration with Law Society Professional Training will host the Employment Law Update 2020 online on 26 November with live question and answers and panel discussion.

The aim of this conference, designed by family and childcare practitioners, is to examine recent developments in core areas of family law and practice and childcare law practice.

Join by webinar to hear the following: probate (Padraic Courtney), residential tenancies (David Soden), farm transfers and partnerships (Aisling Meehan), legal tech in the firm (Pat Mullins), civil litigation (Colette Reid).

This year our CPD Regional Cluster events and Committee Conferences are webinars with live Q & As. We are grateful for all the support and help we have had from the local bar associations, the Law Society committees and our speakers. Your support has enabled us to keep our programme of autumn events going and to keep our colleagues updated.