Applications for the Diploma Centre’s spring 2021 programme are open now. Courses on offer include core fields of interest for solicitors as well as innovative programmes that reflect specialist areas of practice, including commercial litigation, employment law and charity law.

A webinar on EU law relating to Asylum and Immigration with a focus on Reception and Integration and Human Trafficking in Ireland and other EU countries.

The Diploma Centre is inviting applications for its Diploma in Commercial Litigation, commencing 13 January 2021. This advanced diploma course will provide practitioners with a comprehensive knowledge of commercial litigation and its practical impact on the commercial landscape in Ireland.

Our Irish Sign Language (ISL) in the Legal Setting course acquaints solicitors with basic ISL skills. It gives guidance on how to work with deaf and hard of hearing clients and on how to work with qualified interpreters in the legal setting. It provides information about the deaf community, deaf culture and deaf people as a linguistic minority group.

The award-winning Diploma in Aviation Leasing and Finance is now open to applications. This course delivers an in-depth analysis of the core legal and practical issues relating to aircraft leasing and finance transactions, including engine leasing, repossession, tax and insurance.

Join us for the complimentary online lecture on the complex intersection between copyright and artificial intelligence.

Designed to equip in-house counsel with practical skills to grow and develop their in-house practice, the Certificate in Strategic Development for the In-House Lawyer commences on 29 January 2021.

The Criminal Law Committee in partnership with Law Society Professional Training will host the Annual Criminal Law Update via Online Webinar on 4 March.

Commencing on 2 February 2021, and jointly awarded by the Diploma Centre and the Institute of Chartered Secretaries & Administrators (ICSA: The Governance Institute), the Certificate in Company Secretarial Law and Practice will offer a practical insight into company secretarial requirements in Ireland.

Work practices in a modern economy, and especially during Covid-19, are constantly evolving – as are employment law and practice. The Diploma in Employment Law equips those advising on employment matters with the relevant knowledge needed to advise in changing times.