BCL Legal

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November 15, 2011

Brand-in-a-Box is a new ‘take away’ brand strategy service for law firms, developed by that is… our partner in legal branding consultancy.

Brand-in-a-Box will objectively explore ‘6 sides’ of branding to define and differentiate your legal brand covering:-

1.    Business aspirations
2.    Client and competitive challenges and opportunities
3.    Marketplace/business challenges and opportunities
4.    Brand strength and differentiation
5.    Brand DNA – vision, values, personality
6.    Recommendations for brand design and communications development

‘Sides’ 1 to 4 will be explored either via workshop or 1-2-1 interviews, led by Allie Johns, director of our brand consultancy partner that is… Discussion and insight will be analysed and distilled to form the basis of your brand strategy and associated recommendations for brand design and communications development.

All of this will be documented as your ‘Brand-in-a-Box’, which you can then use to set a course for your future brand communications and business development activity.

For more information and to book your ‘Brand-in-a-Box’ session, please call Emma Anthony, manager Law Firm Management & Support on 0845 241 0933 or email emmaanthony@bcllegal.com

ML Solutions 4 U

November 9, 2011

ML Solutions is one of the UK’s leading suppliers of online anti money laundering training for the legal profession.

Under the Money Laundering Regulations 2007 law firms are required by law to provide AML training for their staff. Failure to comply is a criminal offence. The Law Society’s latest Practice Note recommends that some form of AML training should be provided every 2 years.

More and more law firms are now considering online training as a means of satisfying these compulsory training obligations. It is apparent from our extensive research within the profession that firms are looking for a dedicated training platform that (a) provides the right level of training (b) is easy to manage and control and (c) is cost effective.

To cater for these requirements we have developed a unique AML online training module which has been designed specifically for law firms.  Its benefits include:-

• A choice of 2 different levels of training – one for fee earners and one for administration and support staff. These courses are Law Society approved and carry the benefit of 2 CPD hours.
• An optional refresher training course to facilitate compliance with the requirement for on-going training. This course carries the benefit of 1 CPD hour.
• Consideration of relevant case scenarios with question and answer sessions. Individual assessment/performance reports are available based on answers given.
• Facility to download and/or print individual compliance training certificates.
• Facility to download and/or print a summary of the course content.
• 24 hour unlimited access to the training modules so that training can be undertaken at any time and from any place where there is an internet connection.
• Full compliance with the Money Laundering Regulations and the Law Society Practice Note.

The back end administration module will provide user firms with the ability to manage and control their own AML training procedures easily with access to individual or group training reports and charts. Training schedules can be created which will identify training deadlines and reminders can be set for those requiring refresher training.

Table below gives a price breakdown

No. of Users	Advanced Course Cost per user*	Intermediate Course Cost per user*	Refresher Course Cost per user*
1-10	£30	£25	£20
11-20	£28	£23	£18
21-50	£25	£20	£15
51-100	£20	£15	£10
101-200	£15	£10	£5
201+	Negotiable **	Negotiable **	Negotiable **

 

*   exclusive of VAT
** we are happy to agree appropriate reductions in licence fees dependent upon user numbers

Over the next few months we will be visiting law firms up and down the country to provide a free demonstration of our new on line training product.  As part of our overall service for law firms we are also offering to carry out a free evaluation of existing AML training methods with a view to ensuring compliance with the Law Society Practice Note.

If you are interested in seeing how our new module will work in practice or would like to discuss it in more detail please contact Bill Jones on 0161 828 1937 or by e-mail at info@mlsolutions.co.uk.