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Month: November 2021

GENERAL LAW

Did you know the following people were also lawyers?

Many were and still are inspirational leaders whose mission was to change the world and stand up for people’s rights.

Gandhi

Mohandas Gandhi studied law in London, practiced briefly in India then spent twenty years in South Africa advocating for the rights of the oppressed.

Alexander Hamilton

Hamilton who was admitted to the bar when he was 25 years old, was an immigrant who became one of the founding fathers of the Unites States. The famous musical “Hamilton” tells his life story.

Malcolm Turnbull

Turnbull served as the 29th Prime Minister of Australia from 2015 to 2018. Turnbull graduated Law University of Sydney before Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar. For his service to the Parliament of Australia, Turnbull was awarded Companion of the Order of Australia during the 2021 Australia Day Honours.

Abraham Lincoln

Lincoln was a renowned American lawyer who served as the 16th President of the United States from 1861 – 1865. Lincoln led the America through the Civil War and abolished slavery.

Julie Bishop

Bishop served as Australia’s Minister for Foreign Affairs. She studied law at the University of Adelaide and worked as a commercial lawyer. In 2020, she became the first woman Chancellor of the Australian National University.

Quentin Bryce

Dame Quentin Bryce, lawyer and community human rights advocate, who served as the 25th Governor-General of Australia from 2008 to 2014. She is the first woman to have held the position and was previously the 24th Governor of Queensland from 2003 to 2008.

Waleed Aly

Waleed Aly is an Australian writer, academic, lawyer, and broadcaster. Aly is a lecturer in politics at Monash University working in their Global Terrorism Research Centre, and a co-host of Network Ten’s news and current affairs television program The Project.

John Grisham

John Grisham was a trial lawyer for 10 years while pursuing an interest in writing. His second book, The Firm, became an international hit, and he’s sold more than 100 million books.

Nelson Mandela

Mandela was a legendary anti-apartheid revolutionary who became President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999. Nelson Mandela was the only black person in his law class and in 1952 and won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993.

Many lawyers start in Law to help people and to help change the world.
Here at Forge Legal we live to help people every day.

 

Today’s thought/s for the day to our readers are from Nelson Mandela.

“May your choices reflect your hopes, not your fears.“

“It always seems impossible until it’s done.“

“A winner is a dreamer who never gives up.“

BUSINESS LAW

HR Management Basics Course

At Forge, we don’t classify HR as a department, we frame it as a culture on how to communicate with people.

One very common problem that we often encounter (especially in the midst of covid) is employers quite nervous about getting sued for bullying and wrongful dismissal lawsuits. Regardless of your best intentions, or if it is in the interests of the business, disciplining and firing employees is an absolute minefield of risk.

The consequence of getting it wrong is literally days – if not weeks of your time, not to mention the huge $ investment for legal fees, which few SMEs can afford. In fact, this has become such a common scenario in our office that we have decided to do something a bit different to what a ‘typical’ law firm would do.

Instead of sitting back and only helping business’ after the damage is done, we have (in typical Forge fashion) decided to give people the tools to avoid this scenario altogether. To this end, we have put together a simple step by step guide to discipline and firing staff, and we will walk you through the process and show you how to do it.

This is ground breaking, in essence it is a ‘certainty blueprint’ so you can take appropriate management actions with 100% confidence.

  • Avoid Unfair dismissal
  • Easy simple rules on interacting with the team
  • Step by step guide on how to discipline and how to terminate
  • How to conduct meetings

And believe us when we say, this playbook is unbeatable.
We have even tested it on lawyers, and it is bullet-proof.
Whether you’re a team of 1, or a team of 15, this is a must.

We also offer a HR advanced course.

New dates released – 7th April and 21st April

This popular course has a LIMITED no of 10 spaces @ $499 a person.

Only 3 spots left for 7th April.
Only 6 spots left for 21st April.

Prefer an EXCLUSIVE One on One course with Tracey including all of your managers? Propose a 3hr time that suits you and we will work it out.

Note: This course is run online via video, with full handouts and course workbook supplied.

Fill out the form below to register your interest.

“The wheels of business turn much slower when fighting law-suits“

 

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BUSINESS LAW

HR Management Advanced Course

With an overwhelming number of requests from our HR Basics graduates, we are excited to offer you the next level instalment in our HR Management series. Whether you want to sharpen your skills to navigate those ‘more tricky’ conversations, or effectively deal with a range of next level scenarios, this course is for you. Unlike […]

With an overwhelming number of requests from our HR Basics graduates, we are excited to offer you the next level instalment in our HR Management series.

Whether you want to sharpen your skills to navigate those ‘more tricky’ conversations, or effectively deal with a range of next level scenarios, this course is for you.

Unlike a traditional HR degree, we don’t bog you down with ‘over the top’ content, we keep it simple and show you the simple step by step process to make your communication process bullet proof.

And as always, by the end of it, you will have a how to guide to manage these with 100% confidence knowing the law is behind you.

If any of these scenarios have, or could happen to you, take positive action now, before it’s too late and click here to register your interest now.

We have the tools, and for 3 hours of your time we show you what to do, what to say and what to write to navigate the following:

  • Calling people out on their stories
  • Navigating Mental health
  • Dealing with Toxic team members
  • Do’s and don’ts of Redundancy
  • Ins and outs of Employee vs contractor management

So, whether you are a team of 1 or you manage the managers, this is practical and relevant content that you need to know.

This playbook is an investment in your future self, and believe us when we say your future self will thank you for it.

It has been tested by lawyers, and it is bulletproof.

We also offer a HR Basics Course.

Fill out the form below to register your interest.

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