Join our four‑part virtual training series designed for legal executives, support staff, and lawyers, focusing on essential skills in wellbeing, communication, AI capability, and resilience. Led by industry experts, these practical sessions offer clear, actionable strategies to strengthen professional effectiveness, support mental health, and enhance overall workplace performance.
Attend the full series and earn 4 CPD hours
If you register for the full series as a live online product after the date of an individual session, you will be sent the recording for the sessions that have passed. Alternatively, you can register for individual sessions by following the links below.
*This webinar series is also suitable for Junior Lawyers
Vicarious Trauma: Risks, Impacts and Practical Strategies
Working with distressing material can take a toll. This practical session helps legal support staff and professionals recognise vicarious trauma early, reduce its impact, and build everyday strategies to protect wellbeing, resilience and long‑term sustainability at work. Walk away with practical tools you can apply immediately—for yourself and your team.
Attend and earn 1 CPD hour
- Understand the “what and why” of vicarious trauma and its relevance to legal practice
- Recognise vicarious trauma, including key risk and protective factors
- Learn practical strategies to minimise and address the impacts of vicarious trauma
- Develop skills for prevention and recovery, including building vicarious resilience
Presented by Jubilee Sloane, Consultant Psychologist, Centre for Corporate Health
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Understand how to recognise and manage vicarious trauma in legal work using practical, preventative strategies to support wellbeing and resilience.
Nick Murfett, Director, New Paradigm Coaching
Presenters

Jubilee Sloane, Consultant Psychologist, Centre for Corporate Health
Jubilee is a registered Psychologist with a background in Organisational Psychology. She prides herself on being dedicated to enhancing workplace wellbeing and helping individuals bring their best selves to work. While undertaking a Master of Organisational Psychology, Jubilee completed several professional placements focused on employee engagement, organisational development, and human-centred design. Jubilee is accredited in psychometric assessments including Hogan and Saville Wave, which provide insight into leadership potential, workplace behaviours, and organisational culture. Before qualifying as a Psychologist, Jubilee spent over 10 years in high-pressure customer-facing roles. During these experiences she developed a strong appreciation for the importance of employee wellbeing. Jubilee has experience delivering mental health and wellbeing training, as well as conducting psychosocial hazard reviews within workplace settings. She aims to promote mental health by partnering with organisations to reduce psychosocial hazards and create healthier, more sustainable workplaces using strategies to support both individual and organisational change.
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Nick Murfett, Director, New Paradigm Coaching
Nick practiced law actively for approximately 25 years from 1985 to 2010. His experience was at large firms and from 1990 to 2010 at his own firm “Murfett Legal”. The firm’s main practice areas were insolvency, commercial litigation and general commercial. Since retiring from active practice in 2010 Nick has pursued his interest in professional and executive coaching and is accredited as a Senior Practitioner coach with the European Mentoring and Coaching Council and as an ADHD coach the ADD Coach Academy. Nick is also engaged in diverse business and non profit interests and maintains his legal practice certificate.
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Wellbeing By Design: Using AI to Promote Wellbeing and Resilience in the Legal Profession
With significant levels of depression, anxiety, stress and burnout in the legal profession, the prioritisation of wellbeing has never been more important. AI can play a powerful role in enhancing wellbeing, not just by creating efficiencies and reducing administrative burdens, but by also supporting your healthy habits and those of others within the profession.
Attend and earn 1 CPD hour
- Understand why proactively prioritising wellbeing is critical in today’s legal workplace
- Explore how the thoughtful adoption of AI can support wellbeing, reduce pressure and build resilience across legal roles
- Learn practical, real‑world ways to use AI to stay on top of wellbeing, create healthier work habits and support sustainable performance
Presented by Carlie Andrews, Senior Associate, Hive Legal
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Learn how AI can be used thoughtfully to support wellbeing, reduce pressure and promote sustainable performance in legal practice.
Nick Murfett, Director, New Paradigm Coaching
Presenters
Carlie Andrews, Senior Associate, Hive LegalCarlie Andrews is a Senior Associate at Hive Legal with expertise in advising clients on commercial matters across a range of industries and sectors. Carlie has experience working in private practice in addition to completing several in-house secondments, including a six-month secondment with an in-house government legal team. Carlie also specialises in business and innovation consulting, with experience advising clients on a range of areas including legal design thinking, service design and process design. Carlie is a founder of Hive Legal’s wellbeing program, was named as a finalist for Wellness Advocate of the Year (Individual) 2022 at the Women in Law Awards and is a key contributor to the legal community on topics such as wellbeing and flexible working.
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Nick Murfett, Director, New Paradigm Coaching
Nick practiced law actively for approximately 25 years from 1985 to 2010. His experience was at large firms and from 1990 to 2010 at his own firm “Murfett Legal”. The firm’s main practice areas were insolvency, commercial litigation and general commercial. Since retiring from active practice in 2010 Nick has pursued his interest in professional and executive coaching and is accredited as a Senior Practitioner coach with the European Mentoring and Coaching Council and as an ADHD coach the ADD Coach Academy. Nick is also engaged in diverse business and non profit interests and maintains his legal practice certificate.
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Using AI Effectively and Responsibly in Legal Contexts
Confidently integrate AI into your legal work - safely, effectively and responsibly. This practical session demystifies how AI works and shows support staff and legal professionals where it genuinely fits into day‑to‑day legal practice. Learn how to use AI to streamline common tasks, improve outputs through effective prompting, and navigate the key risks of accuracy, confidentiality and professional obligations - so you can use AI with confidence, clarity and control.
- Practical AI in Legal Workflows: where AI fits into day-to-day legal practice and how it can streamline common tasks
- Understanding AI: simple breakdown of how AI works, what it does well and common misconceptions
- Using AI effectively: practical prompting techniques and real examples of how lawyers and support staff can get better outputs
- Risks, limitations and guardrails: key considerations for responsible use, including accuracy, confidentiality, and professional obligations
Presented by Jeanette Merjane, Legal Transformation Analyst, Accredited Specialist – Family Law, Lander & Rogers
Attend and earn 1 CPD hour
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Develop confidence in using AI safely and effectively in everyday legal work while managing key ethical and professional risks.
Nick Murfett, Director, New Paradigm Coaching
Presenters
Jeanette Merjane, Legal Transformation Analyst, Accredited Specialist – Family Law, Lander & RogersJeanette is a Legal Transformation Analyst and Accredited Specialist in Family Law. Drawing on her years of experience as a family law practitioner, Jeanette now focuses on modernising legal service delivery through AI enabled solutions, digital tools and firm-wide process transformation. Jeanette's specialist accreditation and experience as a family lawyer gives her a deep understanding of the realities of legal work. She uses these insights to design solutions that are practical, human centred and transformative for both lawyers and clients.
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Nick Murfett, Director, New Paradigm Coaching
Nick practiced law actively for approximately 25 years from 1985 to 2010. His experience was at large firms and from 1990 to 2010 at his own firm “Murfett Legal”. The firm’s main practice areas were insolvency, commercial litigation and general commercial. Since retiring from active practice in 2010 Nick has pursued his interest in professional and executive coaching and is accredited as a Senior Practitioner coach with the European Mentoring and Coaching Council and as an ADHD coach the ADD Coach Academy. Nick is also engaged in diverse business and non profit interests and maintains his legal practice certificate.
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Tips and Tricks for Writing Well
Clear writing leads to clearer thinking and better outcomes. This practical session will help you improve the way you write emails and everyday communications in the legal workplace - so your message will be understood the first time. Learn how to structure your writing effectively, communicate your point without overwhelming the reader, and adapt your style in a technology‑driven environment where clarity matters more than ever.
Attend and earn 1 CPD hour
"If you can’t write well, you can’t think well, and others will do your thinking for you" - Oscar Wilde
Writing well is a skill that we acquire over time and can be improved by thoughtful practice and reflection. Focus on and discover:
- How the structure of our emails and ‘netiquette’ can help us communicate more effectively
- How to get your point across without overwhelming the reader
- How technology is impacting the way we write and communicate
Presented by Suellen Thompson, Head of Knowledge and Research (Australia and Asia), Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer
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Improve clarity and impact in everyday legal writing through better structure, focus and communication techniques.
Nick Murfett, Director, New Paradigm Coaching
Presenters
Suellen Thompson, Head of Knowledge and Research (Australia and Asia), Herbert Smith Freehills KramerSuellen Thompson is Head of Knowledge and Research (Australia and Asia) at Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer. She is a qualified lawyer with a Masters in English Language and over 20 years' experience training and coaching lawyers and professionals in clear communication techniques. During her career she has held senior knowledge management and learning and development roles in law firms in Australia and Asia and served as a non-executive Director on not-for-profit Boards. She focuses on building written and verbal communication capabilities of lawyers and professionals to develop their confidence and presence and enhance their leadership style.
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Nick Murfett, Director, New Paradigm Coaching
Nick practiced law actively for approximately 25 years from 1985 to 2010. His experience was at large firms and from 1990 to 2010 at his own firm “Murfett Legal”. The firm’s main practice areas were insolvency, commercial litigation and general commercial. Since retiring from active practice in 2010 Nick has pursued his interest in professional and executive coaching and is accredited as a Senior Practitioner coach with the European Mentoring and Coaching Council and as an ADHD coach the ADD Coach Academy. Nick is also engaged in diverse business and non profit interests and maintains his legal practice certificate.
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