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Business Skills

A selection of courses and masterclasses that equip legal professionals with the business skills needed to be successful in their legal life

Don't Just Think Law. Think Business.

Law firms and their clients want legal professionals who are well rounded and equipped with the right skills and behaviours to meet industry and professional expectations. It is not enough to be able to think like a lawyer, you also need to think like a businessperson. From creating a business development strategy, client engagement and networking to drafting contracts, our new business development course will embed the necessary skills to help you (and your firm) grow.

Short and easily digestible

At only 5 hours each, the courses are designed to fit into your busy schedule.

Affordable

Starting from only £89 for a masterclass and and £199 for a course.

Online and on-demand

Access the course online anytime and from anywhere. 

Practical

The highly interactive courses and masterclasseswill help you to apply your new skills from day one.

Designed for you

The courses use the context of a junior solicitor at a law firm, but they are equally applicable to aspiring, trainee and junior solicitors, as well as paralegals and other legal support professionals.

Continuing competence

Our courses and masterclasses are eligible for the continuing competence requirements of the Solicitors Regulation Authority. We'll also issue a Credly badge upon completion.


Business Development
Skills
[Course code: BC1]

£199

This course aims to give you the confidence to start developing productive and professional relationships. We explain business strategy and development and the integral role you play in its implementation. We discuss using established sales techniques within a regulated profession and the importance of creating professional networks, starting with your work colleagues and clients.

Key topics:

  • Business development 
    strategy
  • Business and lead generation
  • Client engagement
  • Networking

Introduction to Drafting:
Effective Commercial Contracts

[Course code: BC2]

£199

Learn how to confidently review and amend standard contract provisions in line with client requirements without prejudicing the legal efficacy of a commercial contract. You will also gain the ability to reflect clients’ commercial concerns in contracts, and also to explain (and often justify the inclusion of) the many technical provisions included within commercial contracts.

Key topics:

  • Good drafting skills in context
  • Ancillary agreements
  • Common issues and clauses
  • Why they need to be drafted in a certain way to be effective

Commercial Savviness

[Course code: BM1]

£89

Clients and supervisors demand good commercial awareness from their junior lawyers – but they often don’t explain what they mean by the term, or how to gain it. This masterclass will do both.

  • 11 October 2024, 12:00-13:30 (BST)

Drafting Tips for Tomorrow’s Lawyers

[Course code: BM2]

£89

In this masterclass you will explore the drafting skills needed by human lawyers in an age of document generators and large language models. You will engage in practical exercises to gain insights into how document generators work, and develop the essential knowledge and skills you need as the human lawyer in the loop.

  • 21 November 2024, 12:00-13:30 (GMT)

Bundle BP1

£269

Package includes:
  • Course: Business Development Skills
  • Masterclass: Commercial Savviness

Bundle BP2

£269

Package includes:
  • Course: Introduction to Drafting: Effective Commercial Contracts
  • Masterclass: Drafting Tips for Tomorrow’s Lawyers

Package BP3

£529

Package includes: 
  • Course: Business Development Skills
  • Masterclass: Commercial Savviness
  • Course: Introduction to Drafting: Effective Commercial Contracts
  • Masterclass: Drafting Tips for Tomorrow’s Lawyers
Lawyer networking

“The program has a very good theoretical foundation but with more emphasis on practical application. As a full-time lawyer with multiple commitments, I appreciated how digestible, yet very substantial, the modules were. And they were fun to do! It was a journey of self-discovery where I recognized and acknowledged certain personality traits, and even biases, that form part of my negotiation style and tactic. I have recalibrated and enhanced my negotiation skills and I have heightened my understanding of other people, especially in negotiation settings.”

Lloyd Nicholas Vergara

Download the Brochure

At BARBRI we have been designing and delivering professional skills courses for the legal industry for 45 years.

We are committed to helping junior legal professionals master the skills needed to be effective and successful in their legal lives.

Want to know more? Please complete the short form to download the brochure.

Legal Life Skills Brochure - Download

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If you have any questions about these courses and masterclasses, or want
a different combination of courses, give us your details and we'll give you
a call.

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Our Business Development Team would be happy to assist you with your firm or team's training needs.

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