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Legal Management and Careers Program

Run a practice, lead a team, and find the legal career that fits you.

11 courses, about 55 hours of study, a Program Diploma and a With Distinction tier. $69 for everything, once (the courses are $165 separately).

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Most lawyers end up managing something: a matter, a team, a budget, a firm or a legal department. This program teaches that side of the profession: starting a law firm, hiring and keeping people, the firm's money, leading a legal team and working inside a large organisation. It also shows what the main legal careers are really like day to day, with their duties, their pressures and the way in: the practising lawyer first, and then the prosecutor, the judge, the paralegal, the mediator and the notary. Each course has a working tool, a capstone and a graded quiz.

The path, in order

  1. Step 1Life as a Practising LawyerCoreModule 1 freeabout 5 hoursWhat attorneys, solicitors, barristers and advocates really do: a real week, duties and the business side.$15 on its own
  2. Step 2Starting a Law FirmCoreModule 1 freeabout 4.5 hoursWhether to start a firm, structure and regulation, the numbers, setup and the first clients.$15 on its own
  3. Step 3Hiring and Keeping PeopleCoreModule 1 freeabout 5 hoursRecruiting fairly, selecting well, onboarding, managing performance and keeping good people.$15 on its own
  4. Step 4The Firm’s MoneyCoreModule 1 freeabout 4.5 hoursHow a firm makes and loses money: pricing, billing, cash flow, budgets, tax and controls.$15 on its own
  5. Step 5Leading a Legal TeamCoreModule 1 freeabout 4.5 hoursSetting direction, decision rights, building a team, leading change, culture and ethics.$15 on its own
  6. Step 6Working in a Large OrganisationCoreModule 1 freeabout 4.5 hoursThe in-house world: the business, stakeholders, running the function, outside counsel and risk.$15 on its own
  7. Step 7Life as a ProsecutorRecommendedModule 1 freeabout 5.5 hoursThe duty to justice, the file, the charging decision, disclosure and the way in.$15 on its own
  8. Step 8Life as a JudgeRecommendedModule 1 freeabout 5.5 hoursIndependence and impartiality, finding the facts, giving reasons, running a hearing and the path to the bench.$15 on its own
  9. Step 9Life as a ParalegalRecommendedModule 1 freeabout 5.5 hoursRunning the file, the limits of the role, research, documents, deadlines and the way in.$15 on its own
  10. Step 10Life as a MediatorRecommendedModule 1 freeabout 6 hoursThe neutral role, the stages, the skills, ethics and building a practice.$15 on its own
  11. Step 11Life as a NotaryRecommendedModule 1 freeabout 6 hoursThe trusted witness: identity, capacity, deeds and certificates, fraud and liability, and the path in.$15 on its own

What you will be able to do

  • Weigh up starting a firm and draw up a plan with the numbers behind it.
  • Hire, onboard and manage people fairly and keep the good ones.
  • Read a firm's finances: pricing, cash flow, budgets and profit.
  • Lead a legal team through decisions, change and pressure.
  • Work effectively as in-house counsel in a large organisation.
  • Compare the main legal careers by what the work and the way in are really like.

Who it is for

  • Lawyers who are becoming partners, heads of team or general counsel.
  • Lawyers thinking of starting their own firm.
  • Law students and career changers choosing where to qualify and what kind of work to do.
  • Practice managers and legal operations staff.

Certificates

Each course issues its own Certificate of Completion. The program adds two more: a Program Diploma when every core course is passed, stating the study hours (about 30 hours of study across 6 core courses), and a Program Diploma with Distinction. They are certificates of completion from TheLawToKnow, not an accredited qualification or accredited continuing professional development.

Study time is estimated from the content: reading at 170 words a minute, the exercises and the quizzes. It comes to about 30 hours for the 6 core courses and about 55 hours with the recommended electives. It is an estimate of an attentive student’s time, not a promise.

Program Diploma

  • Pass each of the 6 core courses (an average of at least 75 across its graded modules).

With Distinction

  • The Program Diploma.
  • An average of at least 90 across the core courses.
  • A pass of at least 85 per cent on the timed program exam: 30 questions, 5 from each core course, 50 minutes. It can be retaken.

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Try any course first: Module 1 of each is free. The whole program is $69 once. It unlocks every course and is the only way to earn the program diploma.

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Common questions

How does the price work?
Each course is $15 on its own. The whole program, including the five recommended career courses, is one purchase (the price is on this page) and unlocks every course in it. An All-Access Membership opens the same courses too, with a certificate for each one you pass, but the program, its diploma and its exam are bought separately. Module 1 of every course is free to try.
What do I get at the end?
Each course issues its own Certificate of Completion when you pass its quizzes. When you have bought the program and passed all six core courses you can claim the Program Diploma, which states the program and its study hours. A With Distinction tier is also available: it needs a course average of at least 90 across the core courses and a pass on a timed program exam.
Are these diplomas accredited?
No. They are diplomas of completion from TheLawToKnow, not a degree, a licence to practise or accredited continuing professional development, and they do not replace the study a university or a professional body requires. If your professional body gives credit for study, you need to ask it and may need to apply yourself.
Why are some career courses optional?
The management courses and the practising lawyer are what most people need, so they make up the diploma. The prosecutor, judge, paralegal, mediator and notary courses are included for exploring or for your own path, and are not required for the diploma.
Is any of it legal advice?
No. The people and situations are invented for teaching, and the rules of each profession differ by country. The courses are general education.