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So was born “[[continuing professional development]]”, a stipulation whereby [[Mediocre lawyer|solicitors]] must periodically re-educate themselves on germane issues. It is not greatly onerous requirement: a few hours, spread over a year, is all you need. Law firms of any size organise breakfast seminars, brown-bag lunches and evening events, followed by [[networking]], inviting their own staff and their in-house clients: a great marketing opportunity, and a chance to renew acquaintances over a salmon bagel. | So was born “[[continuing professional development]]”, a stipulation whereby [[Mediocre lawyer|solicitors]] must periodically re-educate themselves on germane issues. It is not greatly onerous requirement: a few hours, spread over a year, is all you need. Law firms of any size organise breakfast seminars, brown-bag lunches and evening events, followed by [[networking]], inviting their own staff and their in-house clients: a great marketing opportunity, and a chance to renew acquaintances over a salmon bagel. | ||
The bacon sandwiches are great. If the room is suitably large and dark ([[Freshfields]] London has an excellently | The bacon sandwiches are great. If the room is suitably large and dark there is scope for a few winks. ([[Freshfields]] London has an excellently dingy auditorium, by the way, in which one can snooze unobserved in the back four rows). In brighter forums it is a chance to catch up on Twitter, [[LinkedIn]] or follow the [[cricket]]. In all other ways it is a total waste of time. | ||
Of course, there is no practical means of ensuring | Of course, there is no practical means of ensuring a [[CPD]] hour is remotely vocational, useful, or relevant, much less that one has spent any part of the hour actually paying attention to it. | ||
Anyone who claims to enjoy hearing an aged solicitor mumble into {{sex|his}} beard for an hour about the transaction reporting regime under [[MiFID 2]] in front of a text-heavy [[PowerPoint]] presentation is such a liar as to call into question her fitness and properness to be a solicitor of the supreme court of England and Wales. Heaven forbid you should take anything on board. | Anyone who claims to enjoy hearing an aged solicitor mumble into {{sex|his}} beard for an hour about the transaction reporting regime under [[MiFID 2]] in front of a text-heavy [[PowerPoint]] presentation is such a liar as to call into question her fitness and properness to be a solicitor of the supreme court of England and Wales. Heaven forbid you should take anything on board. |