CPD CALENDAR OF EVENTS 2018

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1 'GROWING IN PROFESSIONAL EXCELLENCE 2018' DATE ACTIVITY PLACE UNITS COST 12 th January am 4.30pm INSIGHTS AND LESSONS IN CONSTITUTIONAL LAW& PRACTICE 19 th January am 4.30pm CONTEMPORARY CRIMINAL JUSTICE (Laws & Practices) KISUMU 2 Kshs.4,500/- 26 th January 2018 EMERGENT BANKING PRODUCTS: THE ISLAMIC BANKING REGIME MOMBASA 2 Kshs.4,500/- 26 th January 2018 LAWS & PRACTICES AROUND THE PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS (PPPS): Take up the opportunities 2 nd February 2018 GROWING EFFICIENCIES AND COMPETENCIES IN THE MANAGEMENT OF CONTEMPORARY LAW FIRMS ELDORET 2 Kshs.4,500/- 2 nd February 2018 PUBLIC PROCUREMENT LAWS & PRACTICES. (Know more and increase your 9 th February 2018 INCREASING YOUR KNOWLEDGE ON INSOLVENCY LEGISLATIONS IN KENYA TO HARVEST THE OPPORTUNITIES THIKA 2 Kshs.4,500/- 16 th February 2018 EQUIP YOURSELF TO BECOME THE IDEAL FAMILY JUSTICE LAWYER (Learning new areas) NAKURU 2 Kshs.4,500/- 1

2 23 rd February 2018 LAWS & PRACTICES AROUND THE PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS (PPPS): Take up the opportunities NYERI 2 Kshs.4,500/- 23 rd February 2018 THE CHANGING FACES OF ECONOMIC CRIMES &LEGISLATIONS (How much do you know?) 2 nd March 2018 CONTEMPORARY CRIMINAL JUSTICE (Laws & Practices) BUSIA 2 Kshs.4,500/- 2 nd March 2018 EMPLOYMENT AND LABOUR RELATIONS PRACTICE MACHAKOS 2 Kshs.4,500/- AGM MARCH DATES TBA LSK ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NAIROBI 1 Free 6 th April 2018 ESSENTIAL LIFE SKILLS FOR THE MODERN LAWYER MOMBASA 2 Kshs.4,500/- 6 th April Pm-4.30pm CONCEPTS OF ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION (ADR) 13 th April 2018 TAXATION LAWS& PRINCIPLES (Growing knowledge to see the BUNGOMA 2 Kshs.4,500/- 13 th April pm 4.30pm CONCEPTS OF ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION (ADR) MERU 2 Kshs.4,500/- 20 th April 2018 EMERGENT BANKING PRODUCTS: THE ISLAMIC BANKING REGIME NAIROBI 2 Kshs /- 2

3 27 th April 2018 KEEP UPDATING ON LAW REFORM (New legislations, new NAKURU 2 Kshs /- 27 th April 2018 BECOMING A CONSUMATE LAND LAWYER (Emerging areas in Land laws, policies and practices) MIGORI 2 Kshs.4,500/- 4 th May th May pm-4.00pm INSIGHTS AND LESSONS IN CONSTITUTIONAL LAW& PRACTICE CONTEMPORARY PROFESSIONAL ETHICS ISSUES (Lecture) KISUMU 2 Kshs. 4,500/- NAIROBI 1 Kshs.2,500/- 11 th May 2018 LAWS & PRACTICES AROUND THE PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS (PPPS): Take up the opportunities MACHAKOS 2 Kshs.4,500/- 18 th May 2018 BECOMING A CONSUMATE LAND LAWYER. (Emerging areas in Land laws, policies and practices) THIKA 2 Kshs.4,500/- 18 th May am-4.30pm REGULATING THE ECONOMIC TERRAIN THROUGH COMPETITION LEGISLATIONS ELDORET 2 Kshs.4,500/- 24 th & 25 th May am-4.30pm EMERGING OPPORTUNITIES IN THE OIL, GAS & EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRY. (Increase your knowledge to embrace the NAIROBI 4 Kshs.8000/- 8 th June 2018 THE DEVOLUTION PHENOMENON IN KENYA (Achievements, misses and EMBU 2 Kshs.4,500/- 3

4 8 th June 2018 ESSENTIAL LIFE SKILLS FOR THE MODERN LAWYER KISII 2 Kshs.4,500/- 15 th June 2018 BECOMING A CONSUMATE LAND LAWYER (Emerging areas in Land laws, policies and practices) KITALE 2 Kshs.4,500/- 15 th June 2018 THE CHANGING FACE OF COMPANY LAW IN KENYA (Equip yourself to embrace the 22 nd June 2018 EMPLOYMENT AND LABOUR RELATIONS PRACTICE KAKAMEGA 2 Kshs.4,500/- 22 nd June 2018 EQUIP YOURSELF TO BECOME THE IDEAL FAMILY JUSTICE LAWYER (Learning new areas) NANYUKI 2 Kshs.4,500/- 29 th June 2018 INSIGHTS INTO E-COMMERCE LEGISLATIONS, PRACTICES & OPPORTUNITIES (How much do you know?) NAIROBI 2 Kshs. 4,500/- 29 th June 2018 EMPLOYMENT AND LABOUR RELATIONS PRACTICE KERICHO 2 Kshs. 4,500/- 6 th July 2018 INDUCTION COURSE THEME: "IGNITING A BLOSSOMING CAREER IN LAW" NAIROBI 2 Kshs. 2,500/- 6 th July 2018 INDUCTION COURSE THEME: "IGNITING A BLOSSOMING CAREER IN LAW KISUMU 2 Kshs. 2,500/- 4

5 ANNUAL CONFERENCE AUGUST 2018 DATES TBA ANNUAL CONFERENCE MOMBASA 4 TBA 30 th & 31 st August 2017 UNCLAIMED ASSETS PHENOMENON IN KENYA (Learn the laws, procedures and NAIROBI 4 Kshs. 8,000/- 7 th September 2018 ESSENTIAL LIFE SKILLS FOR THE MODERN LAWYER MERU 2 Kshs.4,500/- 7 th September 2018 CHILD AND YOUNG PERSONS LEGISLATIONS (Refine your skills and embrace the opportunities? BUNGOMA 2 Kshs.4,500/- 14 th & 15 th September 2018 INSIGHTS AND LESSONS IN CONSTITUTIONAL LAW& PRACTICE NYERI 4 Kshs.8,000/- 21 st September 2018 REGULATING THE ECONOMIC TERRAIN THROUGH COMPETITION LEGISLATIONS. NAKURU 2 Kshs.4,500/- 21 st September pm-4.00pm LECTURE ON ESSENTIAL LIFE SKILLS FOR THE MODERN LAWYER NAIROBI 1 Kshs.2,500/- 24 th 28 th September 2018 LEGAL AWARENESS WEEK COUNTRYWIDE 1 Free 5

6 5 th October 2018 REFINING THE FRONTIERS OF IN- HOUSE LAWYERING MOMBASA 2 Kshs.4,500/- 5 th October 2018 GROWING EFFICIENCIES AND COMPETENCIES IN THE MANAGEMENT OF CONTEMPORARY LAW FIRMS KAKAMEGA 2 Kshs. 4,500/- 12 th October 2018 THE DEVOLUTION PHENOMENON IN KENYA (Achievements, misses and your MACHAKOS 2 Kshs. 4,500/- 12 th October 2018 UNCLAIMED ASSETS (Learn the laws, procedures and ELDORET 2 Kshs.4,500/- 18 th & 19 th October 2018 KEEP UPDATING ON LAW REFORM (New legislations, new NAIROBI 4 Kshs.8,000/- 26 th October 2018 CONCEPTS OF ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION (ADR) HOMA BAY 2 Kshs.4,500/- 26 th October 2018 REGULATING THE ECONOMIC TERRAIN THROUGH COMPETITION LEGISLATIONS THIKA 2 Kshs.4,500/- 2 nd - 4 th November 2018 DEVELOPMENT OF THE CPD CALENDAR 2019 TBA CPD COMMITTEE MEMBERS ONLY 9 th November 2018 CHILD AND YOUNG PERSONS LEGISLATIONS (Refine your skills and embrace the 6

7 9 th November 2018 CONTEMPORARY CRIMINAL JUSTICE (Laws & Practices) KISII 2 Kshs. 4,500/- EALS CONFERENCE TBA EAST AFRICA LAW SOCIETY ANNUAL CONFERENCE AND AGM TBA 3 TBA 23 rd November 2018 ESSENTIAL LIFE SKILLS FOR THE MODERN LAWYER KISUMU 2 Kshs. 4,500/- 24 th November am 4.30pm INDUCTION COURSE THEME: IGNITING A BLOSSOMING CAREER IN LAW NAIROBI 2 Kshs. 2,500/- 30 th November 2018 IMMIGRATION LAWYERING (Getting into new frontiers and embracing the 6 th & 7 th December 2018 Both Days INSIGHTS AND LESSONS IN CONSTITUTIONAL LAW& PRACTICE MALINDI 4 Kshs.8,000/- 8 th December 2018 INDUCTION COURSE THEME: IGNITING A BLOSSOMING CAREER IN LAW MOMBASA 2 Kshs.2,500/- 14 th December 2018 SAFEGUARDING INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY (How much do you know? See the Presentations on the topic:- ETHICS AND DISCPLINE will be offered as a subtopic in every 2 day seminar Biometric registration shall be a prerequisite to payment and identification for participation in all LSK CPD events 7

8 Every application for an Annual Practicing Certificate shall be accompanied by proof that the applicant has secured five units of Continuing Professional Development during the previous practice year out of which two units must be from programmes run by the LSK CPD committee. This Calendar does not include Courses offered by independent accredited CPD providers. CPD Charges are Kshs. 4,500 for a one day seminar and Kshs. 8000/- for a two day seminar. Advocates of 3 years and below (popularly referred to as THE YOUNG LAWYERS) will pay Kshs. 3,500 for a one day seminar and Kush 6,500 for a two day seminar. The Induction Course is compulsory for all newly admitted advocates The charges for the Compulsory Course (Induction Course) for the Newly Admitted Advocates will be as follows: I) Newly admitted advocates(advocates admitted between November 2017 to November 2018) - Kshs. 2,500/- II) The Young Lawyers(Advocates admitted between 2015 and October 2017) - Kshs. 3,500/- *Strictly for lawyers of 0-3 years post admission to the Bar. The deadline for all CPD seminar registration/payments shall be 5.00 pm two days prior to the seminar date. Therefore all seminars scheduled to take place on Friday will have the registration deadline at 5.00pm on Wednesday and those seminars scheduled to take place on Thursday and Friday will have the deadline on Tuesday at 5.00 pm. No payments shall be accepted after the said deadline. Any MPESA CPD payments will be presumed to apply to the immediate upcoming seminar unless otherwise communicated in writing to the accounts office. The LSK Business number is and the Account Number is the Advocates Admission Number. Please note that we have included the town after your P.105 no. This is because parallel seminars make it difficult for the office to know which seminar participants are paying for. So the process will be as follows: ****/ **/Nrb or Nbi for Nairobi, Msa for Mombasa, Thk for Thika, Nyr for Nyeri, Mru for Meru, Emb for Embu, Nyk for Nanyuki, Mks for Machakos, Nkr for Nakuru, Ker or Kcho for Kericho, Eld for Eldoret, Ktl, for Kitale, Ksm for Kisumu, KK or Kmg for Kakamega, Bgm for Bungoma, Bsa for Busia Cancellation or transfer of (payments) requests must be made in writing ( or letter) and reach LSK office at least 24 hours before the date of the seminar. Cancellations done after the expiry of 24 hours or after the event will not be granted. The amount paid is non-refundable but the funds can only be transferred to any upcoming event of your choice within the calendar year. Indicate the seminar you wish the payment to be allocated to at the time of cancellation. All cancellations/transfer of payments for CPD seminars should be in writing addressed to the accounts office or via (lsk@lsk.or.ke) The presentations for the sessions on this calendar will be available to the membership after the event via and on the website. All CPD Seminars scheduled for two consecutive days will run from 8:30am 4:30pm. Participants earn the full points on attending both days. Sponsored CPD events will attract a fee of Kshs.1000/- for each course. Any member who attends events facilitated by other independent institutions accredited by the Law Society of Kenya shall make an individual application for accreditation and it must be accompanied by a non refundable fee of Kshs 1,000/= for each course. Any member who wishes to be exempted from attending CPD Events must make an application to the Law Society of Kenya giving reasons why they should be exempted and the application must be accompanied by documentary evidence and a non-refundable fee of Kshs. 1,000/- for each application year Any member wishing to present or facilitate at any of the above sessions should contact the secretariat on P.O. BOX NAIROBI or call us on , , Cell: , , or via lsk@lsk.or.ke Any changes to this calendar will be communicated to the membership via and the Newsletter. 8