Agenda At Glance

Day 1 – October 22, 2014 7:30 Registration Opens and Coffee Served 8:30  Opening Remarks from Co-Chairs 8:45

Roundtable Debate: Assessing Your Options in this Changing Legal Landscape

TAKEAWAY: Competing perspectives on the law firm and lawyer of the future

10:15 Morning Refreshments *coffee cup icon 10:30

Examining the Key Components and Benefits of Alternative Business Structures  

TAKEAWAY: The argument and support for doing business differently

11:30

Assessing and Improving Fiscal Management

TAKEAWAY: Rethinking traditional procedures to streamline expenses and increase efficiency

12:30 Networking Luncheon *icon of people meeting/talking 1:45 

Ignite Session: Corporate Focus Case Study: Insights from Legal Innovators

TAKEAWAY: Corporate law solutions for corporate clients:

2:45  

ABS Case Study: Kain C+C Lawyers – Proven Strategies from Australia

TAKEAWAY: An ABS success story shares his story

3:15  Afternoon Refreshments & Mental Health Questionnaire *coffee cup icon 3:30

Seamless Succession Planning: Preserving Your Corporate Legacy

TAKEAWAY: Important questions to ask yourselves when developing your succession plans

4:00

General Counsel Panel: What does the in-house client really want?

TAKEAWAYS: Creating a dialogue to strengthen the corporate counsel and private practice relationship

5:00 Closing Remarks from Co-Chairs Day 2 – October 23, 2014 8:00    Coffee Served 8:30  Opening Remarks from Co-Chairs 8:45 

Creating and Maintaining a Cross-Generational Team

TAKEAWAY: Strategic Workforce Planning for employee engagement, retention and productivity

10:00

Ignite Session: Consumer Focus
CASE STUDY: Legal Services Simplified for the Modern Consumer

TAKEAWAY: Broaden your outlook through a focus on the consumer side of the market

10:30  Leveraging Business Development to Engage and Motivate your Millennials 10:50  Morning Refreshments 11:00 

The Cost Implications of Mental Health Challenges in the Legal Profession

TAKEAWAY: Financial Incentives to Bolster Your Lawyer Assistance Program (LAP)

11:30 

Access to Justice? The Push for More B2C Legal Services

TAKEAWAY: Deliberate over the collective responsibility to provide legal services for all

12:30  

Co-Chairs’ Closing Remarks, Conference Concludes

*A light lunch will be served for those attending the workshop

1:00 – 3:00

Workshop: Deep Dive into Pricing