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HR Day 2024 | Thriving Teams

Bundle

3 June 2024

Topic	People & Culture
Type	BundleEvent RecordingOn-Demand
CPD	2.5 - Practice Management and Business Skills
	0.5 - Substantive Law

Pricing	AUD $249
Full Member	AUD $124.50
Online Member	AUD $124.50
Affiliate	AUD $124.50
Associate Member	AUD $124.50

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HR Day 2024 | Thriving Team – Strategies for attracting, retaining and nurturing talent

ALPMA’s annual HR Day held in Melbourne in May 2024 is now available for those who were unable to attend in person.
With our speaker's expertise and guidance highly sought after in the corporate world, discussing issues being faced by HR Professionals and leaders, this is one session that should not be overlooked.

Our HR Day 2024 Bundle includes:

Latest trends & AI technology in Legal Recruitment [Sharon Henderson]
- Key recruitment trends
- Leveraging GenAI in HR & Recruitment
Panel Discussion | How to distinguish your firm [Nitsa Brown, Rajan Verma, Steven Milicevic]
- Compressed working
- Creating a market-leading Employee Value Proposition, and
- How to be voted an employer of choice
2024 ALPMA Australian Legal Industry HR Issues and Salary Survey [Rebecca Sullivan]
- Sample overview
- Employment Expectations
- Salary & Bonus Data
Our Positive Duties to Staff | Moving from Reactive to Proactive in Eliminating Risk [Liz Aitken]
- Positive obligations to our staff members
- What a hazard might look like, what risk it poses to our workers’ safety and how we can implement control measures to protect people at work
- A closer look at a key risk in the workplace: sexual harassment and sex discrimination
Let’s Bench the Bar [Luke Byrnes]
Alcohol and drugs - effects on law students and young lawyers.
- A background into substance abuse within the legal sector
- Why does alcoholism and drug abuse occur within the legal sector?
- What has the legal sector done to combat this?
- What does my campaign propose to do?
- What effects will my campaign have?

Who will benefit from this session:
Practice Managers, People & Culture, HR and Recruitment, CEOs, Senior Leaders in law firms.

Provided by

Sharon Henderson

Legal Recruitment Specialist at Legal People

Sharon is one of the leading, most respected specialist legal recruiters in Australia having successfully recruited Lawyers, Management & HR staff to the legal industry for over 20 years. She is also the Director & Owner of Legal People.

Sharon manages our close knit dedicated team at Legal People and heads up our Lawyer and Management & HR divisions. She holds a Bachelor of Commerce Degree, majoring in Accounting and Management (Human Resources) from the University of Melbourne and she is also a Chartered Accountant.

Nitsa Brown

People and Culture Manager at Holman Webb Lawyers

Nitsa Brown joined Holman Webb Lawyers as People and Culture Manager in March 2023. Nitsa is a Certified Practitioner with the Australian HR Institute (AHRI) and is an experienced Human Resources Manager with a demonstrated history of working in the legal services industry. Nitsa has a strong background in HR, Finance and general Practice Management, and solid experience in executing and implementing strategic workforce strategies to achieve desired business objectives. She is a member of ALPMA, The Australian Legal Sector HR Association and the Australian HR Institute (AHRI).

Nitsa loves travelling and experiencing different cultures. In 2001, she made Australia her home after residing in South Africa, the USA, and Greece. She is also the proud mother of two daughters, Charlotte (15) and Lauren (11).

Rajan Verma

Director at Velocity Legal

Rajan Verma is a Director at Velocity Legal, a law firm that he and three colleagues started from the cramped confines of an office the size of a shoebox back in 2016.

Since then, the firm has grown to a team of more than 40.

Rajan is a tax lawyer by trade, but he has played a key role in helping Velocity Legal to become the firm that it is today.

Steven Milicevic

Principal and Managing Director at Milicevic Lawyers

Steven Milicevic has extensive legal experience in sports, IT, franchising, and retail. He has a solid corporate background, having been a Board member for several organisations, including as a Company Secretary and General Counsel for an ASX-listed group of companies.

Steven advises clients in business, franchise, intellectual property, and general commercial law matters.

Rebecca Sullivan

Co-Founder & Research Director at Survey Matters

Bec Sullivan is a Co-founder and Research Director at Survey Matters, the leading research agency for the Australian association sector.

Survey Matters provides industry research and strategy services to associations, producing data that keeps members informed and provides reliable evidence to support strategic planning, industry advocacy and promotional activities. Over the last twelve years, Survey Matters has worked with a large number of associations to across industries including professional services, health, internet and technology, manufacturing, retail, transport and mining.

An experienced market researcher, Bec helps organisations identify their value proposition, build stakeholder engagement and track industry trends, using research to deliver insights to inform decisions. Her education and experience combines strategic business analysis and research skills with an understanding of the information necessary to drive business improvement. Her awareness of current trends in research techniques and technologies, and in-depth knowledge of membership, employee and customer engagement strategy provides the ideal combination of skills and experience.

Liz Aitken

Partner, National Head of Workplace Relations & Safety at SLF Lawyers

Liz is an award-winning workplace relations lawyer bringing knowledge, experience and passion to her work.

With a track record of delivering strong client-focused results, Liz’s drive and dynamism make her sought-after as an HR business partner and legal advisor. Her talent is turning workforce challenges into opportunities for positive cultural change, increased productivity and advancement of business goals.

Liz was previously a partner at a national mid-tier law firm. She has held a range of executive and board positions for professional associations, including Victorian Women Lawyers and the Law Institute of Victoria’s Workplace Relations Section.

In 2015, Liz was named Young Gun of the Year at the Australian Women in Law Awards.

In 2018, she was recognised by the Australian Financial Review as the youngest partner appointed among participating Australian law firms.

Liz regularly speaks at professional conferences and events – headlining alongside business, political and government leaders like Lord Mayor Sally Capp, Lee Lin Chin and Commissioner Kate Jenkins – as well as featuring in major news publications.

Luke Byrnes

Law Graduate at Thomson Geer

Luke is a recent graduate from the University of Melbourne where he completed both Bachelor of Commerce and Juris Doctor degrees. Throughout his law studies he worked at boutique commercial law firm, Nicholas O’Donohue and Co.

He is a current Law Graduate at national mid-tier commercial law firm, Thomson Geer, where he is currently rotating through the Disputes – Insolvency team. He is a published author in the Insolvency Law Journal and recently presented at the National Wellness for Forum.