Welcome to the May edition of the Legal Learning content release notes.
This month, we’re excited to launch updated training on Whistleblowing and Unconscious Bias for Law Firms, alongside our regular Monthly Compliance Update and a new AML Update Webinar. We’ve also added a new Effective Supervision with law firms webinar and made several updates to our Policies and Precedents library, particularly in the area of Anti-Money Laundering to take account of amendments and updates made to the LSAG Guidance for the Legal Sector 2025.
We hope you enjoy this release.
What's new?
GRC for Law Firms
Unconscious Bias for Law Firms
Understand and address unconscious bias in the legal workplace. This course features:
Definitions and types of bias.
Expanded examination of less known biases.
Mitigation strategies.
Interview with solicitor Alexander Foster (Express Solicitors).
CPD: 0.47 hours
Whistleblowing
Gain practical advice on how to report misconduct while protecting yourself. This updated course includes:
A practical look at your options when whistleblowing.
What changes to the 1998 Act are being advocated for.
More detail on how LPP affects whistleblowing.
Protected disclosures.
Ethical and regulatory considerations.
Optional content for partners and managers.
CPD: 0.37 hours
Effective Supervision within Law Firms
This webinar is intended to provide you with an insight into how you can create an effective supervision culture within your firm, it will cover:
How supervision is defined.
Regulatory obligations around supervision.
What makes a good supervisor.
How to get it right.
CPD: 1 hour
Monthly Compliance Update – May 2025
On the first Thursday of each month, Brian Rogers hosts a 45-minute compliance update webinar for the legal profession. These sessions have proven very popular with our clients and this month we had over 3000 registrants for the live broadcast. These update webinars focus on current and upcoming events within the legal regulatory space and some of the topics covered in this edition were:
LSAG Guidance 2025.
Own-interest conflicts.
COLP regime review.
SRA Diversity Data Collection.
CPD: 1 hour
Live Broadcast: 01/05/2025
Quarterly AML Update – April 2025
To provide attendees with an insight into developments around AML and sanctions since the last update in January 2024. This webinar covers:
AML developments.
Sanctions updates.
Enforcement trends.
CPD: 1 hour
Live broadcast: 10/04/2025
On-demand recordings of these webinars are made available through our LMS. You can find these recordings, as well as other webinars, inside the ‘Webinars for Law Firms’ library. You can also register to attend the live sessions by registering here.
Policies and Precents for Law Firms
Our team of subject matter experts are continually horizon scanning for legislative and regulatory changes, and as part of this process we will issue updated versions of our template resources to ensure our clients are compliant and prepared. As part of this release the following policy and precedents templates have been updated, with these new versions replacing their predecessors:
Anti-Money Laundering
Anti-Money Laundering and Counter Financing of Terrorism Policy v6.3 | Has been updated on a light touch basis to take account of amendments and updates made to the LSAG Guidance for the Legal Sector 2025. This includes greater clarity around documents needed to identify and verify clients and guidance on source of funds checks to be carried out on third parties contributing funds for a transaction, as well as CDD checks on beneficial owners. |
Guidance for Anti-Money Laundering Officers v1.3 | The layout of the form has been updated with the intention of making it more user-friendly to complete and a new section added in to capture key information on the other party. |
Independent Audit and Review of Anti-Money Laundering and Financial Crime Risks v4.1 | Additional initial considerations have been added into the template audit form to prompt consideration of the sampling basis and the sample size. |
Legal and Regulatory Compliance
Sanctions Firm Wide Risk Assessment v2.1 | Has been updated on a light touch basis to include reference to OTSI, as well as the existing OFSI guidance, and to add in legal work being affected by trade sanctions as a risk factor. |
Sanctions Checks and Risk Assessment Form (Matter-Level) v1.2 | Consideration as to whether this is an area of work which could be affected by trade sanctions reportable to OTSI has been added in. |
Client Care and File Management
Complaints and Reporting Policy v3.3 | An additional section on own interest conflicts has been added in, together with an own interest conflict workflow to encourage firms to consider whether a complaint may present an own interest conflict situation and the appropriate route to go down. |
How to access the update
The content included in this release note is being launched on 15 May 2025, please note it may take up to 24 hours for it to appear in your portal.
📌Note: If you are a client utilising our ContentServe solution you will need to download the latest Pathways into your LMS.
GRC for Law Firms
The following content has now been launched for all GRC for Law Firms clients and can be found under the ‘GRC for Law Firms’ library within your Learning application, or by using the Learning application ‘search’ function.
Unconscious Bias in Law Firms - (Updated, replaces previous version).
Whistleblowing - (Updated, replaces previous version).
Monthly Compliance Update – May 2025 (New).
Monthly Compliance Update – May 2024 (Retired).
Quarterly AML Update – April 2025 (New).
Quarterly AML Update – April 2024 (Retired).
Effective Supervision within law firms – (New).
Policies and Precedents for Law Firms
The following content has now been launched for all Policies and Precedents for Law Firms clients and can be found under the ‘Policies and Precedents for Law Firms’ library within your Learning application, or by using the Learning application ‘search’ function.
AML & CFT Compliance Policy v6.3.
Guidance for AML Officers v3.4.
AML Internal Report Form v1.3.
Independent AML Audit Template v4.1.
Sanctions Firm-Wide Risk Assessment v2.1.
Sanctions Checks and Risk Assessment Form (Matter-Level) v1.2.
Complaints and Reporting Policy v3.3.
Additional information
What's next?
Our next content release is scheduled for June 12th.
In our next release we will have our regular webinar update content, and will see an refreshed version of our core CQS training course on Financial Crime.
Advance notice of documents to be retired from the Policies and Precedents for Law Firms library
In preparation of our plans to upgrade this product, we are retiring the following documents, which will be removed from the LMS from June 11th 2025:
Client Care and File Management
CFA and Damages Based Agreements Note.
Consumer Contracts Briefing Sheet.
General Management
Marketing plan.
Human Resources
Menopause Policy and Supporting Document.
Mental Health and Wellbeing Policy and Supporting Document.
Information Management and Data Protection
Accepting, Storing and Processing Cardholder Data Policy.
Bring Your Own Device Policy.
Legal and Regulatory Compliance
Environmental, Social and Governance Policy.
Ethical Values Policy.
Insurance Distribution Directive Policy.
We hope you enjoy this latest content release and if you have any queries, please take a look at our Help Centre.
If you would like to find out more information about our Legal Learning products or enquire on adding any of these products your account you can find more information regarding this here.