Advanced Certificate in Allied Legal Professional Skills Module 2: Legal Design
About This Course
Design thinking and its related fields such as systems thinking and futures thinking are new types of problem-solving approaches that are suited for making sense of and navigating complex environments.
This module will introduce participants to the concepts, frameworks and approaches of using design thinking in everyday work. It will use case studies from legal and non-legal domains to showcase the versatility of these approaches. In addition, the course will offer practice exercises, so participants gain finger-knowledge of the concepts. Participants will also learn how to take the new ideas and get them implemented in the real world. They will see how design thinking leads to other modules in the course such as technology and innovation and change management.
What You'll Learn
• Describe the differences between Design thinking, Systems thinking and Futures thinking
• Identify with the mindsets needed for creative problem-solving
• Analyse bottlenecks to adopting a creative mindset
• Unpack and frame wicked problems
• Use different approaches to build empathy
• Use different approaches to make ideas visible
• Use different approaches to testing ideas out
• Identify issues related to scaling design thinking across the law firm
Entry Requirements
Nil