Choosing your learning Pathway
This year’s CLPD can be completely tailored to your preferences and interests. The mandatory requirements for CLPD Year 6 is still a minimum of 8 Mandatory points by completing 4 mandatory courses.
You are required to complete a minimum of one course from each of the pathways. These pathways are Ethics, Legal and Technical Skills. Your fourth course must then be selected from either Technical or Legal Skills to complete your mandatory requirement.
| Ethics
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Legal
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Technical
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Legal/Technical
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This year the CLPD programme will be running all courses from previous years. If you have completed a course introduced in Year 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5 you will not be given CLPD points for repeating the same course, however you will receive points for attending a mandatory course from those years if you had not attended it previously.
Courses available in 2021:
| Year |
Legal Skills |
Technical Skills |
Ethics |
| Courses introduced in Year 6 |
- The Commercialisation of IP – Franchising, Distribution and Licensing
- Legal Update Podcast
- UAE and DIFC Employment law
- UAE Legal Framework (Updated Content)
- Employment (Updated Content)
- Civil Transactions Law in Context (Updated Content)
- Types of UAE Corporate Entities and Doing Business under the UAE Law (Updated content)
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- Introduction to Legal Project Management
- Legal Project Management (Part 2): The Agile Lawyer
- Emotionally Intelligent Negotiations
- Collaboration in a Changing Workplace
- High Impact Communication using Emotional Intelligence
- Driving Performance through Firm/Corporate Culture
- Influencing
- Developing Business in the UAE
- Drafting – Clear Communication and Legal Words & Meanings (Updated Content)
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- Legal Ethics in a post-Covid world
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| Courses introduced in Year 5 |
- Free Zones
- Introduction to VAT in the UAE
- Financial Regulation in the UAE
- Enforcement and Recognition of Arbitration Awards Onshore, the DIFC and ADGM
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- Drafting Commercial Obligations
- Next Level of Mindsets for Innovation – Leading Through Change
- Emotionally Intelligent Dispute Resolution
- Next Level of Optimal Performance – Developing Resilience
- Giving and Receiving Feedback
- Introduction to Legal Technology – Part 1 (Arabic)
- Introduction to Legal Technology – Part 2 (English)
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- Ethics: Anti-Money Laundering – The New Regulations
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| Courses introduced in Year 4 |
- Case Review Series: Damages in Focus
- Case Review Series: Legal Highlights on Foreign Direct Investment and Arbitration Law
- Civil Procedure Code – An overview and update
- What Drives M&A Activity? Reasons and Process
- Bankruptcy
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- Drafting to communicate
- Legal words and meanings
- Introduction to Legal Technology – Part 1 (English)
- Arabic Legal Drafting Skills
- Optimal decision-making
- Mindsets for Innovation
- Optimal Performance
- Powerful Relationships for Lasting Success
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| Courses introduced in Year 3 |
- Competition and Commercial Agency
- Contract Law Focus Session
- E-Laws for Legal Practice
- Introduction to Public Private Partnership in Dubai
- Intellectual Property & Trademark Practice
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- Client Care and Conflict of Interests
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| Courses introduced in Year 2 |
- A Commercial Companies Law Focus Session
- Corporate Liability
- Employment
- Jurisdiction & Enforcement
- Real Estate
- Contract Termination
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- Know Your Client
- Legal Consultant Accounts
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| Courses introduced in Year 1 |
- Civil Transactions Law in context
- Types of UAE Corporate Entities and Doing Business Under UAE Law
- UAE Legal Framework
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Block sessions
Block Session is the ability to book a course for a group of legal consultants from one law firm or more.
Conditions and Requirements:
– Can be booked any day of the week except Friday
– Between 9:00AM to 6:00PM
– Minimum of 16 and maximum of 40 attendees per session
– More than one course could be booked per day
– All bookings are subject to the availability of the trainer and Training Centre
Please do not hesitate to contact us for more details and bookings at CLPDadmin@creativeword.ae.
Legal Consultants – Mandatory Courses
