Continuing Professional Development (CPD)
IBIL offers a range of events and courses which are of interest to IP practitioners, in-house counsel and policy makers.
We're committed to helping members of the IP legal community fulfil their training requirements. We also recognise that many legal professionals need to update their IP knowledge or wish to develop their expertise in this particular field.
Lectures and Events
IBIL's main programme of lively seminars, lectures, debates and conferences cover a wide variety of engaging legal topics. We will provide a Certificate of Participation for CPD purposes on request. Visit our Events Page for more details.
Short CPD Courses
IBIL runs a regular programme of well-regarded CPD courses which have received recognition with the award of a Provost's Teaching Award and praise at the Law Society's Excellence Awards. Many of these are led by Honorary Professors of Practice Mark Anderson and Amanda Harcourt.
Our CPD Events Page lists details of forthcoming events which are available to book now. Past courses have included:
- Privacy and Data: Law and Practice (two-day course)
- IP Transactions: Law and Practice (five-day course)
- Introduction to Contracts (two half-days online)
- Anatomy of an English-law Contract (Lunch & Learn)
- Contract Drafting Skills Workshop (two half-days online)
- Drafting “Legal” Clauses in Commercial Contracts (two half-days online)
- Drafting and Negotiating Clinical Trial Agreements (two half-days online)
- Drafting and Negotiating IP Terms in Research Contracts (two half-days online)
- IP Licensing: An Advance Level Drafting Workshop (two half-days online)
- IP Terms in Trade Mark Agreements (two half-days online)
What attendees said about last year's Drafting Legal Clauses in Commercial Contracts course:
'Excellent speaker. Very well explained – easy to follow and understand.'
'Very useful course. Of particular relevance to me were refs/comparisons to other jurisdictions, especially the USA. Unexpected and refreshing for an English law course.'
'Plenty of opportunity to ask questions and discuss.'
'I feel far more confident [now] that I know what the key issues and pitfalls are.'
What attendees said about last year's IP Transactions: Law and Practice course:
'Well structured, excellent presenters and tailored to practising lawyers rather than just talking about the law and issues in an academic context. I thought it was a very worthwhile course.'
'The practical nature of the course and focus throughout on real-life practice was extremely valuable.'
'I greatly appreciated the amount of context the course provided around the legal issues - in many ways it helped the pieces fall into place on matters I have previously assisted on but never had fully explained.'
What attendees said about last year's Privacy and Data: Law and Practice course:
'An excellent, if not terrifying, overview.'
'Brilliant. Very informative. Intense, but wonderfully conveyed.'
'The right mixture of factual information and philosophical debate.'
'The course was different from what I expected - but in a more stimulating way.'
'The best course I have ever attended!'