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{{ | {{a|glossary|[[File:CPD.jpg|450px|thumb|center|“And that’s not all. Another thing that will, like, totally ''blow your mind'' about Phase 3 regulatory margin is that the threshh...”]] | ||
}}The case, ''par excellence'' of the box-ticking culture than modern risk management has become. | |||
Once upon a time, somewhere, someone in a self-regulating professional trade body for attorneys confected a worry that the daily practice of one’s professional calling might not be enough to keep that member’s edge suitably whetted. The suffocating drudgery that is your average [[Mediocre lawyer|attorney]]’s daily existence would, without intervention, render her stale, out-of-touch or dangerously unlearned in the ways of {{sex|her}} calling. | Once upon a time, somewhere, someone in a self-regulating professional trade body for attorneys confected a worry that the daily practice of one’s professional calling might not be enough to keep that member’s edge suitably whetted. The suffocating drudgery that is your average [[Mediocre lawyer|attorney]]’s daily existence would, without intervention, render her stale, out-of-touch or dangerously unlearned in the ways of {{sex|her}} calling. | ||
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Still, law firms beheld a great marketing opportunity: a jaunty breakfast seminar for their clients, followed by a chance to [[network]] over a dried-out bagel. [[Simmons & Simmons]] took it a step further, organizing a whole day of crushing tedium wherein their clients could see off half their yearly quota in one biscuit-saturated setting. | Still, law firms beheld a great marketing opportunity: a jaunty breakfast seminar for their clients, followed by a chance to [[network]] over a dried-out bagel. [[Simmons & Simmons]] took it a step further, organizing a whole day of crushing tedium wherein their clients could see off half their yearly quota in one biscuit-saturated setting. | ||
Look: free bacon sandwiches are great. That is all most jobbing solicitors need to show up. If the room is large and dark enough there is scope for a few winks. ([[Freshfields]]’ fabulously murky auditorium offers primo snooze opportunities at the back). In brighter forums, it is a chance to catch up on Twitter, [[LinkedIn]] or follow the [[cricket]]. | Look: free bacon sandwiches are great. That is all most jobbing solicitors need to show up. If the room is large and dark enough there is scope for a few winks. ([[Freshfields]]’ fabulously murky auditorium off Fleet Street offers primo snooze opportunities at the back). In brighter forums, it is a chance to catch up on Twitter, [[LinkedIn]] or follow the [[cricket]]. | ||
But whether a [[CPD]] hour is well-spent—who can say? Is it vocational? Is it relevant? Is the content even accurate? Can one know whether, having signed in, young sir or ma’am spent any part of the next hour in the room, let alone conscious or paying attention? (The Americans had a crack at this by interposing a random number, to be read out at an unexpected moment, which candidates had to quote in their attestation to prove their attention. But even then only one brave attorney, for the greater good of the whole, needs so sit through the ordeal, and even {{sex|she}} wouldn’t learn anything, her attention being devoted to listening out for the number.) | But whether a [[CPD]] hour is well-spent—who can say? Is it vocational? Is it relevant? Is the content even accurate? Can one know whether, having signed in, young sir or ma’am spent any part of the next hour in the room, let alone conscious or paying attention? (The Americans had a crack at this by interposing a random number, to be read out at an unexpected moment, which candidates had to quote in their attestation to prove their attention. But even then only one brave attorney, for the greater good of the whole, needs so sit through the ordeal, and even {{sex|she}} wouldn’t learn anything, her attention being devoted to listening out for the number.) | ||