SYLA: …educating

Event: SYLA Annual Conference 2008

The legal conference for Scottish young lawyers

Dates: 16-17 May 2008
Venue: Airth Castle, Airth (near Falkirk)
CPD Hours: 7
Cost: £175 inc VAT (members) £185 inc VAT (non-members ) (This includes lunch, dinner and evening social event on Friday, plus accommodation on Friday evening).

NB: If you register (for free) as a member of SYLA before you book your slot, you can save yourself £10 and take advantage of the members’ fee immediately – become a member immediately by registering online at http://www.lawscot.org.uk/surveys/syla/sylamembership.htm

The SYLA Annual Conference (once the Traineeship Weekend but now open to all solicitors with up to ten years PQE) will once again take place at Airth Castle.

Seminars will include:

• Networking
• Standards and the Scottish Legal Complaints Commission
• Alternative Business Structures
• Training and Professional Development
• Financial Guidance
• Career Choices (solicitors and advocates)
• Advocacy Skills
• How to Handle the Press
• A View from the Bench
• Client Awareness and Business Development
• The Role of the Law Society of Scotland: Executive and Council
• SYLA AGM

The SYLA Annual Conference is also being recorded for CPD via DVD.

For further information, contact Update – update@lawscot.org.uk. To register, click here.