Law Firm Risk & Compliance Policies - Auditing Effectiveness & Achieving Buy-In

Introduction

Policies that seek to address areas of risk and/or compliance are essential (and sometimes legally required) for all businesses including law firms. Policies must be effective to achieve their intended goal and to that end should be audited to ensure implementation.

Important to the effectiveness of those policies is buy in from the top down which is essential for the success of any policy implementation.

During this virtual classroom seminar compliance expert Rebecca Atkinson will discuss what policies law firms should have, how to audit their effectiveness and how to achieve buy in from the top down.

What You Will Learn

This live and interactive session will cover the following:

• The policies that law firms must have, and a brief overview of what they should cover
• The policies that law firms may consider having and what they might cover
• How to structure a policy
• How to communicate a policy and ensure people understand it
• How to audit the effectiveness of any policies and if needed make amendments
• How to obtain buy in from the top down and ensure a culture of compliance

Recording of live sessions: Soon after the Learn Live session has taken place you will be able to go back and access the recording - should you wish to revisit the material discussed.