Educational Sessions

Session Descriptions

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Sunday, May 4
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM PIPIE Personal Injury Plaintiff (PIP) Idea Exchange 
 

Monday, May 5
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM GM10 Keynote Address—Explore Leadership: The Art and the Adventure C
10:30 AM - 11:45 AM GM11 Taking on the Associate Marketing Challenge ES
10:30 AM - 11:45 AM GM12 The Secrets of Team Success 
10:30 AM - 11:45 AM HR10 Managing a Multigenerational Law Firm 
10:30 AM - 11:45 AM HR11 Heroic HR: The Strategic Value of HR Technology 
10:30 AM - 11:45 AM FM10 Financial Systems: Capabilities and Integration 
10:30 AM - 11:45 AM FM11 Control and Analyze Outside Costs By Integrating e-Billing and Matter Management CG
10:30 AM - 11:45 AM DVIE Diversity Idea Exchange 
10:30 AM - 11:45 AM LI10 21st Century Legal Trends and Issues in Law Firm Strategy ES
10:30 AM - 11:45 AM OM10 Vendors are NOT the Enemy: Managing and Building Relationships 
10:30 AM - 11:45 AM OM11 Is the Law Library an Anachronism in the 21st Century? 
2:15 PM - 3:30 PM OM12 Changing Your Firm's Direction ES
2:15 PM - 3:30 PM OM13 Top Trends Breaking with Traditional Technology 
2:15 PM - 3:30 PM OM14 Office Space: Leasing SS
2:15 PM - 3:30 PM LI11 Diversity Initiatives: Show Your True Colors Online 
2:15 PM - 3:30 PM LI12 Practice Group Leadership: Model or Reality? ES
2:15 PM - 3:30 PM CLMIE CLMSM Preparation Idea Exchange 
2:15 PM - 3:30 PM FM12 Oustanding 401(k) Plan Features 
2:15 PM - 3:30 PM HR12 Flexible Work Schedules 
2:15 PM - 3:30 PM HR13 Grief in the Workplace 
2:15 PM - 5:30 PM CGIE Corporate/Government Idea Exchange  CG
2:15 PM - 5:30 PM IPIE Intellectual Property Idea Exchange 
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM GLIE Gay and Lesbian Workplace Issues Idea Exchange 
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM FM13 Building Buy-in for a (Fair) Partner Compensation System ES
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM LI13 Business Insurance Nuts to Bolts: Are You Covered? 
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM LI14 Answering the Challenges of Globalization ES
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM OM15 Technological Solutions for File Management: Has Anyone Seen My File? 
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM OM16 Intranets and Extranets: Getting the Most Out of Your Portal 
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM HR14 Managing Risk: Harassment and Retaliation 
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM HR15 Advancing Women Lawyers 
 

Tuesday, May 6
8:00 AM - 9:30 AM HR20 Employment Law Update 
8:00 AM - 9:30 AM GM20 Client Service: Proven Ways to Improve Your Firm's Service 
8:00 AM - 9:30 AM GM21 Communicating and Interacting with Others: Presentation Skills C
8:00 AM - 9:30 AM LI20 21st Century Legal Trends and Issues in Law Firm Strategy ES
8:00 AM - 9:30 AM LI21 Heading Off the Exodus: Associate Retention ES
8:00 AM - 9:30 AM FM20 60 Financial Tips in 90 Minutes 
8:00 AM - 9:30 AM FM21 Optimizing Profits with a Well-Built Budget 
8:00 AM - 9:30 AM OM21 Enabling Clientside Self Service CG
8:00 AM - 9:30 AM LFIE Large Law Firm (100+ Lawyers) Idea Exchange 
8:00 AM - 9:30 AM OMIE Technology Idea Exchange 
8:00 AM - Noon LFAIE Large Firm Principal Administrators Idea Exchanges 
8:00 AM - Noon OM20 The Disaster Experience: A Simulation Exercise 
11:00 AM - 12:15 PM FM22 Critical Compliance Issues: How to Run Your Firm and Stay Out of Jail 
11:00 AM - 12:15 PM GM22 Conflict Resolution: Repairing Dysfunctional Firms C
11:00 AM - 12:15 PM HR21 How to Say, "You're Fired" 
11:00 AM - 12:15 PM HR22 Coming of Age: Retain and Utilize Experienced Employees ES
11:00 AM - 12:15 PM OM22 Make vs. Buy: When to Outsource? 
11:00 AM - 12:15 PM OM23 Office Space: Planning and Construction Management SS
11:00 AM - 12:15 PM OM24 Leveling the Playing Field: Client Relationship Management Tools 
11:00 AM - 12:15 PM SFIE1 Small Firm Administrators Idea Exchange (1-15 Attorneys)  
11:00 AM - 12:15 PM SFIE2 Small Firm Administrators Idea Exchange (16-35 Attorneys)  
2:15 PM - 4:15 PM LI22 Killed By Culture: How Focusing on the Past Can Destroy the Future ES
2:15 PM - 4:15 PM OM25 There's More to Microsoft Office Than Documents 
2:15 PM - 4:15 PM OM26 The Disaster Experience 
2:15 PM - 4:15 PM OM27 On the Cutting Edge: The Sustainable Law Office 
2:15 PM - 4:15 PM HRIE Human Resources Idea Exchange 
2:15 PM - 4:15 PM GM23 Better Business Writing C
2:15 PM - 4:15 PM GM24 Feast on Feedback: How to Rev Up Two-Way Capability in Internal Communications 
2:15 PM - 4:15 PM FM23 HR for Financial Folks: It's Not All About Money 
2:15 PM - 4:15 PM FM24 Using Financial Reports to Understand and Improve Your Firm 
2:15 PM - 4:15 PM EXPIE Experienced Administrators (10+ years) Idea Exchange 
2:15 PM - 4:15 PM LI23 Professional Liability and Risk Management 
 

Wednesday, May 7
8:00 AM - 9:30 AM LI30 David W. Brezina Memorial General Session - Professional Ethics: Keep You and Your Firm in the Integrity Zone 
10:45 AM - Noon FM30 The Business of Law: Best Financial Practices for Partners ES
10:45 AM - Noon FM31 HSA, HRA, FSA—It's Enough to Make You Go MIA 
10:45 AM - Noon GM30 Lead, Follow or Get Out of the Way: Is That Any Way to Talk to Your Managing Partner? C
10:45 AM - Noon HR30 Coming of Age: Retain and Utilize Experienced Employees ES
10:45 AM - Noon HR31 Auditing Employment Practices for Risk Management 
10:45 AM - Noon LIIE Global Law Firm Idea Exchange 
10:45 AM - Noon MEDIE1 Medium Firm Administrators Idea Exchange (36–75 Attorneys) 
10:45 AM - Noon MEDIE2 Medium Firm Administrators Idea Exchange (76–99 Attorneys) 
10:45 AM - Noon OM30 Technology Planning Resources for Small Firms 
10:45 AM - 12:15 PM GM31 Communicating and Interacting With Others: Presentation Skills C
2:15 PM - 3:30 PM GM32 Building an Engaging Client Development Program 
2:15 PM - 3:30 PM HR32 Diversity in the Legal Profession, Part 1: Overcome Obstacles and Optimize Opportunities 
2:15 PM - 3:30 PM HR33 Competency-Based Job Analysis 
2:15 PM - 3:30 PM FM33 Benchmarking: Using Benchmarking Surveys as a Financial Management Tool ES
2:15 PM - 3:30 PM OM31 Managing a Paperless Office: A Day in the Life of a File 
2:15 PM - 3:30 PM OM32 Creating Effective Electronic Discovery Policies 
2:15 PM - 3:30 PM OM33 Office Space: Managing the Move SS
2:15 PM - 5:00 PM FM32 Headed for Trouble? Identify Warning Signs and Create Solutions 
2:15 PM - 5:00 PM LI31 The Wedding Planner, the Marriage Counselor and Avoiding Divorce Court: Recruiting and Retaining Laterals 
2:15 PM - 5:00 PM GM33 Break the Cycle of Stress: Skills for Health and Peak Performance C
2:15 PM - 5:00 PM GM34 One Fish, Two Fish, LeaderFISH!, you FISH! C, CG
3:45 PM - 5:00 PM GM35 Lead, Follow or Get Out of the Way: Is That Any Way to Talk to Your Managing Partner? C
3:45 PM - 5:00 PM HR34 Diversity in the Legal Profession, Part 2: Lessons Learned and Tools for Implementing Best Practices  
3:45 PM - 5:00 PM HR35 Competency-Based Interview Strategies 
3:45 PM - 5:00 PM HR36 Dealing with Substance Abuse in the Workplace 
3:45 PM - 5:00 PM JAGIE Judge Advocate General's (JAG) Corps Idea Exchange 
3:45 PM - 5:00 PM OM34 Developing and Enforcing Effective IT Policies 
3:45 PM - 5:00 PM MBOIE Multi/Branch Office Idea Exchange 
 

Thursday, May 8
8:00 AM - 9:30 AM OM40 Disgruntled Employees in Your Law Firm: The Enemy Within 
8:00 AM - 9:30 AM LI40 The New Breed of Lawyer: Part-Time Partners and Associates ES
8:00 AM - 9:30 AM GM40 Emotional Intelligence in Action: Putting EQ to Work C
8:00 AM - 9:30 AM GM41 Making Change Happen: New Tools for Implementation 
9:45 AM - 11:30 AM GM42 Closing General Session—A Fighter Pilot's Secret to Business Success