The Modern In-house Lawyer One Day Programme Dublin 13 Oct 25 (5 CPD Hrs)

The Modern In-house Lawyer One Day Programme Dublin 13 Oct 25

Facilitated by Ciarán Fenton based on his book, The Modern In-house Lawyer: Optimising Relationships for Growth & Success in an ESG Environment (Globe Law & Business, 2023). Introduction by Professor Richard Moorhead, Professor of Law and Professional Ethics, University of Exeter. See endorsements by in-house lawyers and others here: https://tinyurl.com/y75y7kra

CPD Hours: 5 in-person CPD hours of professional development, self-management skills & solicitor wellbeing by group study

Venue: Spaces, Dublin, 77 Sir John Rogerson's Quay, Dublin D02 VK60

Price: €500 + fees per participant payable in advance via invoice to a company or by card.

Email feedback from in-house lawyers on the pilot programme held in Dublin in July 2025:

It was a pleasure to meet you in person, and I thoroughly enjoyed the programme and the course. Thank you for sharing the [attendance] certificate.

It was excellent meeting and working with you.

Thank you very much for sending through the certificate and for facilitating a thought-provoking workshop on Tuesday.

Objectives

This one-day workshop will focus on enhancing each participant's emotional intelligence, enabling them to gain new insights into applying the seven topics below in their legal practice.

Topics:

Seven specific headings in Section 6 B iv of the CPD requirements: https://lnkd.in/etcsNYDE

(iv) self-management skills and solicitor wellbeing, including:• leadership training and skills,• organisation and time management,• adaptability and flexibility,• goal setting,• managing your career, career expectations and development,• initiative and independence,• emotional intelligence.

Structure and learning outcomes

The workshop will be tailored to the specific needs of the participants, co-designed by them, and agreed upon in advance during a group Teams call. From the outset, participatory learning approaches, including models and frameworks, will promote interaction.

Course leader: Ciarán Fenton

For endorsements by lawyers and others, see: https://lnkd.in/e84TCwkm.

Ciarán Fenton is a leadership consultant, board facilitator, and writer/speaker on managing relationships at work, ESG, and creating sustainable organisations. He facilitates improved decision-making on senior leadership teams and boards by exploring the interdependence between personal and organisational purpose, strategy and behaviour (PSB).

During his early career, he held senior business leadership roles at Hachette, ITN, Pearson, and The Guardian Media Group, where he was involved in change programmes. Ciarán is a mentor at London Business School’s Entrepreneurship Summer School and a visiting lecturer at LBS, LSE, CISL, and QUB.

In 2022, he was diagnosed with mantle cell lymphoma, and he underwent extensive chemotherapy and a stem cell transplant, which led to remission. He feels that experience changed him, his purpose, and his approach to his work, including his recently published book The Modern In-house Lawyer: Optimising Relationships for Growth & Success in an ESG Environment (Globe Law & Business, 2023), which he wrote during treatment.

He is working on his next book, Most Mondays: How to Find Peace & Joy at Work Most of the Time, from Your First Job to Your Last. Ciarán holds a business degree from the National University of Ireland, Cork. He is married to the writer Marian Garvey and has two adult children.