The Digital Age is characterised by a strong need to move faster, focus intensely on customer experience and design highly innovative products, services and processes. Yet much of the world still operates on fundamental patterns of thinking that are largely a byproduct of the Industrial Age. This ‘Industrial Age Thinking’ is an inhibitor to meeting the new realities of a new age, such as becoming more nimble, user-centric and innovative.

This module provides useful frameworks and metrics to evaluate the performance of one's practice, as well as highlights the optimisation of a financial setup.

This professional certificate programme aims to arm participants with the knowledge and systems they can use to transform their firm/ department business model from top to bottom. Focusing on such diverse areas as Technology, Business Development, HR, Operations and Legal Design, it is designed to be an introductory course giving insight and structure to processes in order to meet the challenges of tomorrow.

This module explains these three modes of interaction and sets the stage for the rest of the Certificate. It covers basic legal concepts, such as Singapore's legal system, the difference between statutory and common law, the difference between criminal and civil law, and the role of lawyers. This provides essential background knowledge for non-legally trained participants to understand and appreciate other modules in the Certificate.

This module provides methods for law firms to position themselves as attractive employers for talent and identify pathways for the development, as well as help lawyers, identify their leadership styles to improve themselves in becoming effective leaders. 

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. 

With the rise of blockchain technology, business transactions are undergoing a major transformation toward automation and transparency. This disruption is reshaping traditional business models and creating a need for greater clarity and understanding of digital trends.

This module introduces the fundamentals of blockchain, cryptocurrencies and smart contracts. Participants will also learn to combine both legal and smart agreements in one cohesive process using techniques applied in the field, in aim to offer their clients the best of both worlds.
 

This module delves into Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Data in the legal industry. Participants will understand what is currently happening within this space and how AI and data can be utilised most efficiently within the legal sector.

This module covers all the basic know-how you need to start implementing the 21st Century Office ASAP, from explaining how the various technologies work and how to apply them, to how culture is both the cultural glue and foundation from which the 21st Century Office can take off from. Participants will learn methodologies to keep their legal workstreams smooth, light and agile, along with the mental models needed to reframe their problem statements and exploit both innovation and technology.

This module equips participants with an understanding of the data protection obligations under the Personal Data Protection Act (PDPA) and how such obligations translate into practice.