Seminars & Events / Forthcoming seminars and courses / Prison Law Course 2009 (5 day course)
Course facilitator: Pete Weatherby . Other members of Garden Court North Chambers prison law team will lead parts of the course, including Farrhat Arshad , Laura Cawsey , Andrew Fitzpatrick , John Hobson , Melanie Plimmer , and Kate Stone . Other guest speakers will also cover Risk / Treatment of Sexual Offenders (Dr Ruth Mann, Senior Prison Service Psychologist), lifers and funding for Prison law (Elkan Abrahamson, AS Law).
Course outline: This 5-day course is aimed at practitioners both new to this area of work and those with experience. We are aware that some practitioners are highly skilled in one area of prison law but may have no experience in others, and therefore no prior knowledge will be presumed.
The course is practical and informative and concentrates on key areas of prison law practice but also provides a general knowledge of the whole subject. It aims to give delegates a solid and comprenehsive foundation for best practice when representing prisoners and to provide the training through which practitioners can build or develop a thriving prison law practice.
Fee: £750.00 (+ VAT) per delegate for the 5 day course including lunch and refreshments. Discounts available for group bookings, please ask for details.
Places are limited to 16 delegates per day.
CPD Accreditation: Garden Court North Chambers are accredited by the Solicitors Regulation Authority as authorised CPD providers of Prison Law > more info
Please contact Helen Ray on 0161 236 1840 to request a detailed course outline and a booking form.
2nd - 6th March 2009
Please register your interest by emailing your details to hray@gcnchambers.co.uk . Thank you.
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Feedback from delegates attending the February 2008 course:
"In a word - superb. An essential course for the aspiring prison law practitioner. Pete Weatherby was expert and clearly a leading authority in this field".
"Very informative, excellent resource material, interestingly presented, would recommend to others".
"I found the course to be extremely informative and of great assistance. I was particularly impressed by Pete Weatherby's approach to this complicated area of law".
"I'm amazed at how much I've learned in one week. The presentation is logical and thorough. On this strength of this course I have decided to commence a prison law practice - thanks".
"I can honestly say this is the most informative course I have attended. The speakers were excellent and Pete was very knowledgable".
"Overall a very good course and well presented".
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