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Professional Certificate in Legal Practice of the Future Module 4: Legal Design and Design Thinking

  • Innovation & Business Improvement
  • Legal
  • Basic
  • SkillsFuture
  • Short Courses
  • This module is part of Professional Certificate in Legal Practice of the Future

This module is conducted in-person.

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Fee
SGD1,090* (as low as SGD127 after maximum funding) Learn More
Duration

1 Full Day (Weekday)

Level
Basic

Who Should Attend

  • Associates with at least 1-2 years of experience
  • Paralegals and Operations Managers in the legal services industry


PREREQUISITES

Participants should have at least 1-2 years of experience in a legal services firm.

Overview

Companies these days are becoming customer-centric to bring better solutions. Through design thinking, companies can attain a deeper understanding of customers’ needs and desires, while finding an innovative solution. As law firms seek to add value to client services, design thinking holds key to new innovations and greater customer satisfaction.

This module helps participants create a process in building common understanding and collaboration for teams. Participants will learn Legal Design and Design Thinking’s human-centric paradigm and structured approach, in the aim to create a measurable and effective solution. 

Learning Objectives

  • Understand how to use legal design and design thinking to develop a process for building common understanding and collaboration for teams seeking to innovate value delivery to clients
  • Explore legal design and design thinking as a competitive advantage for the modern law firm and acquire practical experience with design thinking

Assessment

As part of the requirement for SkillsFuture Singapore, there will be an assessment conducted at the end of the course. The mode of assessment, which is up to the trainer’s discretion, may be an online quiz, a presentation or based on classroom exercises.

Participants are required to attain a minimum of 75% attendance and pass the associated assessment in order to receive a digital Certificate of Completion issued by Singapore Management University.

 

CPD POINTS

Participants will be able to earn 6 CPD Points awarded by Singapore Institute of Legal Education for this course.

Participants who wish to obtain CPD Points are reminded that they must comply strictly with the Attendance Policy set out in the CPD Guidelines. For this activity, this includes signing in on arrival and signing out at the conclusion of the activity in the manner required by the organiser, and not being absent from the entire activity for more than 15 minutes. Participants who do not comply with the Attendance Policy will not be able to obtain CPD Points for attending the activity. Please refer to www.sileCPDcentre.sg for more information.

Calculate Programme Fee

Click here for more infomation about SkillsFuture Credits (Not applicable for Company-sponsored participants)
For PSEA - Available only for Singapore Citizen below 31 (Not applicable for Company-sponsored participants)

Total Program Fee: SGD0.00

Fee Table

COMPANY-SPONSORED

PARTICIPANT PROFILE

SELF-SPONSORED

SME

NON-SME

Singapore Citizen < 40 years old

Permanent Resident

LTVP+

$327

(After SSG Funding 70%)

$127

(After SSG Funding 70%
+ ETSS Funding 20%)

$327

(After SSG Funding 70%)

Singapore Citizen ≥ 40 years old

$127

(After SSG Funding 70%
+ MCES Funding 20%)

$127

(After SSG Funding 70%
+ ETSS Funding 20%)

$127

(After SSG Funding 70%
+ MCES Funding 20%)

International Participant

$1,090

(No Funding)

$1,090

(No Funding)

$1,090

(No Funding)

All prices include 9% GST

Please note that the programme fees are subject to change without prior notice.

Post Secondary Education Account (PSEA)
PSEA can be utilised for subsidised programmes eligible for SkillsFuture Credit support. Click here to find out more.

Self Sponsored

SkillsFuture Credit

Singapore Citizens aged 25 and above may use their SkillsFuture Credits to pay for the course fees. The credits may be used on top of existing course fee funding.

This is only applicable to self-sponsored participants. Application to utilise SkillsFuture Credits can be submitted when making payment for the course via the SMU Academy TMS Portal, and can only be made within 60 days of course start date.

Please click here for more information on the SkillsFuture Credit. For help in submitting an SFC claim, you may wish to refer to our step-by-step guide on claiming SkillsFuture Credits (Individual).

Workfare Skills Support Scheme

From 1 July 2023, the Workfare Skills Support (WSS) scheme has been enhanced. Please click here for more details.

Company Sponsored

Enhanced Training Support for SMEs (ETSS)

  • Organisation must be registered or incorporated in Singapore
  • Employment size of not more than 200 or with annual sales turnover of not more than $100 million
  • Trainees must be hired in accordance with the Employment Act and fully sponsored by their employers for the course
  • Trainees must be Singapore Citizens or Singapore Permanent Residents
  • Trainees must not be a full-time national serviceman
  • Trainees are eligible for ETSS funding only if their company's SME status is approved prior to the course commencement date. To verify your SME's status, please click here. 

Please click here for more information on ETSS.

Absentee Payroll

Companies who sponsor their employees for the course may apply for Absentee Payroll here. For more information, please refer to:

AP Guide (Non-SME Companies)
Declaration Guide (SME Companies)

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Trainers

Marc Chia
Co-Founder & Director
Regall Private Limited & UserTip Private Limited
Marc Chia
Co-Founder & Director
Regall Private Limited & UserTip Private Limited

Marc, Co-Founder & Director at Regall Private Limited & UserTip Private Limited, leads LegalTech and digital adoption projects. He spearheads legal design services at Regall, pioneering in Singapore. At UserTip, Marc drives technology for seamless digital adoption without coding. With expertise in Agile development and solution implementation, he guides digital transformation, identifying disruptive opportunities. Marc represented Singapore in the 2018 Global Legal Hackathon finals and teaches Legal Design at SMU School of Law. He's affiliated with the global Legal Design Alliance, connecting professionals and researchers.

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