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All lawyers wishing to practise on their own account, whether alone or in partnership or in an incorporated practice, and some in-house counsel, will be required to complete the course. To complete Stepping Up you must do approximately 50 hours of self-directed distance learning and workshop preparation and then attend a two and a half day workshop. Please note that before you attend the workshop you must sign an undertaking that you have completed all the distance learning and preparatory work. There are six courses offered in 2021. However, there is no guarantee of acceptance to any particular course as maximum numbers apply to each session. |
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Topping Up Stepping UpTopping Up Stepping Up is a revision course for practitioners who have previously completed Stepping Up satisfactorily, but who have not commenced practice on their own account within the required two years of the expiry date. Click here for more information |
The course will comprise:
The learning modules include background information, examples, practice exercises and questions, and preparatory work for the workshop. You must work through each module at your own pace – read, and then answer questions and/or carry out practice exercises as required. As a guide, we estimate that all pre-course work will take about 50 hours.
All your written work for each module must be handed in to the course executive before the course begins.
Leadership
Business planning
Marketing
The people dimension
Financial management
Managing the business
Professional conduct
Managing client’s instructions
Risk management
Managing clients’ funds
NOTE: In the background booklet there will be a chapter on how to manage the practical aspects of running an office, for example managing the physical assets, client files, administration systems and technology.
There will also be concurrent workshop sessions according to the candidate’s intended career path:
Stepping Up is a major building block in the Society’s competence and professional development programme.
You will:
Those lawyers who wish to practise on their own and run a trust account will also have to complete the Trust Account Supervisors’ course.
The booklet and the workfolder will be couriered to registrants. These materials will be available approximately three months before each workshop begins.
Before participants attend the workshop, they must sign and hand to the course executive a declaration that they have completed all background reading and pre-course work to the required standard.
Stepping Up candidates for practice on own account will be required to give NZLS CLE and the Course Director written authority to disclose to the New Zealand Law Society and NZLS CLE anything they consider relevant to the candidate’s application to practise on own account.
The course assessment will be based on:
In the event of failure of any assessed part of the course, there is a process for reassessment.
Stepping Up is a compulsory prerequisite for lawyers applying to be barristers sole.
Stepping Up is the first step in the process towards qualifying to practise on your own account. If you do not commence practice on own account within two years from the date you completed Stepping Up, the qualification lapses. When you intend to practise on your own account you should make a formal application to your local NZLS branch. The relevant information is available on the NZLS website – see here.
The process of application to practise on own account takes six to eight weeks. This is to allow time for your name to be advertised to the profession, for you to attend an interview (if required) and for reference checks to be made.
Do you want to register more than one person for this course? Click here
View full content and PDF registration brochure here.
Auckland 1 | 11 - 13 February 2021 This Stepping Up session if full. Please register for the next available session. |
Live Online | 25 - 27 March 2021 |
Christchurch | 13 - 15 May 2021 |
Auckland 2 | 29 - 31 July 2021 |
Wellington | 23 - 25 September 2021 |
Auckland 3 | 25 - 27 November 2021 |
If we receive your cancellation at least 15 working days before the workshop begins and you return your course materials in new condition, the refund is $880. If the cancellation is made less than 15 working days before the workshop begins, there will be no refund.
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Stepping Up - foundation for practising on own account - Christchurch13 - 15 May - Rydges Latimer Christchurch |
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Stepping Up - foundation for practising on own account - Auckland 229 - 31 July - Ellerslie Event Centre |
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Stepping Up - foundation for practising on own account - Wellington23 - 25 September - James Cook Hotel Grand Chancellor |
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Stepping Up - foundation for practising on own account - Auckland 325 - 27 November - Ellerslie Event Centre |
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