Training courses

Essential Business Writing Skills – DMH Stallard

Lawyers and their support staff crucially depend on the accuracy of the written word to service effectively their clients’ needs. Understanding and implementing grammatical and stylistic rules is a critical element of developing effective writing skills.

To revise basic grammar as the foundation for clear and concise writing. To gain tips and techniques for getting your written message across. To understand the use of differing styles for differing written mediums.

AI Workshop for Trainees, Junior Lawyers, Legal Apprentices and Paralegals

By the end of this session, trainees will be able to:

• explain why trainees sit at a higher AI risk point than senior lawyers
• identify red flags governing trainee AI use
• use AI without undermining supervision, learning, or competence
• disclose and document AI use in a defensible way
• apply a practical checklist to real trainee work

You Have Qualified – now become a lawyer of the future – 2026

This one day course will be a lively and engaging event involving activities, discussion and reflection.  Participants will be given some action-learning sets and will attend a follow-up virtual workshop at which they will share ways in which they have applied their learning in practice, and be given next steps to continue their development.

In order to lay the foundations of a future-facing career this programme will help participants to develop some basic elements of emotional intelligence and develop their understanding of how they can start to create a dynamic legal practice now and in the future.

In advance of our one-day course, participants will complete the Lumina Spark behavioural psychometric which will allow them to appreciate their own ways of working, and to see how they can work most effectively with others.

One Year On – using experience to create your future – 2026

A short programme to support colleagues to grow and flourish as they deepen their experience and embrace new challenges. 

Participants will complete their Lumina Spark psychometric in advance of a one-day in-person interactive workshop.  The workshop will involve discussion, activities and reflection.  In order to support the transfer of theory into practice they will also be given some action-learning sets and attend a two hour virtual workshop in order to follow-up on their developing practice, reflect and set up next steps for their professional development.

Introduction to Supervisory and Management Skills

Working in teams is an essential element of a modern law firm – this course is designed to equip those new to supervisory responsibilities with an insight into the management skills required to ensure a positive and productive working environment. May also act as a useful refresher for those with more experience.
To understand what is required to be an effective line manager and to develop a range of people management skills.