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Family Law Essentials

Where legal knowledge becomes practical skill

  • Real case simulations — custody disputes, financial remedy hearings, protection orders
  • Workshops structured for people without a legal background — no jargon walls
  • Study from anywhere — designed for global participants across time zones

6+ years of running family law workshops online, since 2016
38 countries where current participants are studying right now
14 workshop modules covering distinct areas of family law practice
4.2h average weekly time commitment — fits around full-time work

What the workshops cover

Each workshop targets a specific area of family law — not a broad survey, but focused skill-building around real procedural challenges. You pick what fits your situation or career direction.

Workshop materials and legal documents laid out on a desk

Divorce Procedure

Step-by-step through grounds, petitions, and court timelines. You draft documents and respond to sample filings — the same way a practitioner would.

Custody Arrangements

Parenting plans, residence disputes, international relocation cases. Exercises use realistic family scenarios, not abstract hypotheticals.

Financial Settlements

Asset division, maintenance calculations, pension sharing. You work through actual figures and learn to spot what gets overlooked in negotiations.

Protection Orders

Domestic abuse frameworks, emergency applications, enforcement. Covers both the legal mechanics and the practical considerations practitioners face.


A question worth asking

Can someone without a law degree actually use this?

Most people who join these workshops are not lawyers. They are paralegals, social workers, mediators, HR professionals, and people navigating their own family situations who want to understand what is actually happening in the process.

The workshops assume no prior legal training. Legal terms get explained when they appear. The focus stays on what to do, not on memorising doctrine.

One honest caveat: these workshops teach you to understand and work with family law — they do not qualify you to practise as a solicitor. If you need representation, you still need a qualified lawyer.
Person reviewing legal documents at home
No prior legal knowledge required

After the last session — what changes

Completing a workshop does not hand you a certificate and leave you there. Here is what participants describe actually being different in their work and daily life.

01

Reading court documents without confusion

Participants consistently report that they can now open a court order or a consent application and understand what it means — without calling someone to explain it.

02

Asking better questions in professional settings

Knowing the right terminology and the right sequence of events lets you have more productive conversations with solicitors, judges, and clients.

03

Handling unfamiliar situations with less anxiety

When you have already worked through a custody simulation or a financial remedy exercise, an actual case feels less like unknown territory.


What the commitment looks like

Time and cost — an honest picture

Each workshop module runs for four weeks. You get access to recorded sessions, written materials, and a set of graded assignments. Live group sessions happen once a week — recordings are available if you miss one.

  • Single module or multi-module bundle — you choose the scope
  • Pricing in EUR, accessible from any country
  • No subscription — you pay per workshop, nothing recurring
  • Assignments reviewed by practitioners, not automated systems

Single Workshop

One focused area, four weeks, full assignment set. Good for filling a specific gap in your knowledge or testing whether this format works for you.

Most flexible

Full Programme

All four core workshops in sequence. Covers the full arc from initial proceedings through to enforcement — the choice for those making a career shift.

Best value

The shape of four weeks inside a workshop

Each module has a rhythm. It is not a lecture series — it moves between input, practice, and feedback in a way that keeps the material from feeling abstract. Here is roughly what that looks like week by week.

Siobhán Ferriter, family law workshop facilitator

"The third week was the hardest — the financial remedy exercise pushed me to apply everything at once. But that pressure was exactly what made it stick."

Siobhán Ferriter — workshop participant

1

Orientation and context

The legal framework behind the topic — why the rules exist, how courts think, what the key documents are.

2

Guided exercises

You work through a structured case scenario with prompts. Mistakes are part of the process — feedback is specific.

3

Independent application

A new scenario, less scaffolding. You apply what you have learned without step-by-step guidance for the first time.

4

Review and consolidation

Group session, practitioner feedback on common errors, and a short reflection exercise to close the module.