DURATION:
1.5 hours
SUBJECT:
Compliance & Ethics
WHO IS IT FOR?
Legal professionals, including solicitors, paralegals and support staff
LANGUAGE:
English
DIFFICULTY:
Intermediate
PRICE:
£250 plus VAT
Our Essential Compliance & Ethics Course is being updated for 2025 Available: July 2025
Course Outline
Course Description:
Eight separate modules designed to provide legal professionals with the skills and knowledge needed to navigate key compliance and ethical obligations in legal practice.
What You’ll Learn:
The Key principles of equality, diversity, and inclusion, how to use social media responsibly, and how to identify and support vulnerable clients while upholding ethical duties.
You’ll also gain a deeper understanding of pro bono work, how to detect and prevent fraud, manage third-party referrals ethically and about the legal profession’s role in combatting modern slavery. The course aligns with the SRA competencies A1-A5 (Ethics, Professionalism and Judgment), B7 (Technical Legal Practice), C1-C3 (Working with Others) and D1-D3 (Managing yourself and your work).
Course Modules:
Each module contains one or more multiple-choice assessments. A pass mark of 80% is required for each assessment.
- Equality, Diversion & Inclusion in Legal Practice – Equality, diversity, and the law.
- Social Media & Professionalism – social media risks in legal practice
- Vulnerable Clients & Ethical Practice – supporting vulnerable clients while upholding ethical standards.
- Pro Bono Work & Compliance – Giving back—ethically and compliantly
- Fraud in Ethical Practice – Preventing fraud in legal practice.
- Modern Slavery & Legal Practice -the legal professions’ role in combating modern slavery.
- Managing Third Party Referrals- Ethics and compliance in third-party relationships
- Whistleblowing – Speaking up: whistleblowing in legal practice.
