Certificate-Level Courses for Law Students, Paralegals and Early-Career Legal Professionals
The Macmillan School offers certificate-level courses to law students, paralegals and early-career legal professionals wanting to learn the practical and inter-personal skills needed to secure their ideal roles and succeed in legal practice.
We are currently developing three on-line courses to be taught by our Founder and Head of School, Dr Peter Macmillan, who has over 30 years’ international legal experience, has run one of the largest internship programs in Australia, and is a leading authority on the cognitive development of legal expertise.
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The three courses we will be offering are:​​
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1. Legal Internship & Paralegal Training Certificate (LIPTC)
This course covers the practical-side of being a legal intern or paralegal, and is based on the internships we ran for over 70 interns during 2023/24, as summarised by the 40 interns who contributed to our #1 Amazon Bestseller, The Legal Intern Diaries: Becoming a Lawyer with Dr Peter Macmillan.
This course is the ideal preparation for every law student wanting to secure and get the most out of their internship and paralegal experiences, and who is looking for their unique pathway to a full-time legal role.
2. Certificate in Human-Centred Legal Practice (CHCLP)
This course teaches the importance of lawyers developing better people-skills and making them the focus of their legal practices. It combines the lessons covered in The Legal Intern Diaries, and principles from the book, Unreasonable Hospitality: The Remarkable Power of Giving People More Than They Expect.
As the author of this book, Will Guidara, says: "The only competitive advantage that really exists comes through investing consistently and generously in relationships."
This course is the antidote to the fears and anxieties many new and future lawyers feel as AI and other technologies begin performing more and more entry-level and higher tasks (increasingly more effeciently and more effectively than their human counterparts).
3. Certificate in Legal Expertise Development (CLEXD)
This course is one of the most important when thinking long-term about your legal career. It introduces new and powerful concepts from cognitive science, and provides a roadmap for lawyers striving to be the best they can be.
The key resources are Dr Macmillan's two books, Unlocking the Secrets of Legal Genius: Measuring Specialist Legal Expertise Through Think-Alound Verbal Protocol Analysis, and The KUJI Handbook. New and future lawyers, as well as seasoned professionals, will gain a lifetime of guidance and insights from this course.