A list of of the past conferences, alongside some detail about the upcoming event.
ICLR 2016
Past Events
ICLR 2017 Panel: Managing CPD
Topic Managing CPD – what does success look like? Facilitator: Christine Grice, Executive Director, New Zealand Law Society The general high level aim of a Continuing Professional Development framework (CPD framework) is to lay down formal requirements for ongoing maintenance and development of the knowledge and skills of lawyers. The ideal output is the demonstrable maintenance and development of competence throughout a lawyer’s career. The measurement of success using that output poses considerable difficulties. The models of CPD adopted in our jurisdictions vary considerably. The early models of CPD were introduced over 30 years ago. Their focus then was on measuring simple inputs. The measurement for success was the number of hours (or points) that the lawyer accumulated attending CPD sessions. The CPD was usually required to be provided by accredited or credentialed providers in substantive law topics. The regulator approved the providers. In more recent times the emphasis has moved away from the number of hours or points of CPD undertaken to the actual engagement by the lawyer in the development of skills and knowledge and so supporting their competence development. The individual takes responsibility for planning and implementing professional development to meet their own identified specific learning needs. The aim of this model is to support the lawyer to maintain competence in their chosen areas of the law. The lawyer must consider and distil the objectives that will support their goals, plan their CPD needs and implement the identified development requirements by engaging in CPD activities. This is usually effected through the preparation of a CPD plan by the lawyer. It is regularly reviewed by the individual and adjusted as the professional development is effected and the lawyer’s needs are fulfilled or replaced. Educationalists consider the planning approach more effective in achieving real learning, than …ICLR 2017 Panel: Managing the interface with other regulators
Topic Managing the interface with other regulators: whether it is lawyers, who provide financial services in a firm that need to be regulated, or co-regulators…ICLR 2017 Panel: Separating out regulatory and representational work
Topic Separating out regulatory and representational work: Where do the boundaries lie? Changing regulatory structures: How to re-engineer existing regulatory structures into a new system?…ICLR 2017 Panel: The appropriate role for a regulator
Topic The appropriate role for a regulator: How to avoid mission creep and when to accept it? Should, for example, a legal regulator be responsible…