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Looking for great content from ALA's past events? We now have it all here for you on one easy-to-find page. Discover education from our virtual event in 2021, as well as recordings from virtual and Annual Conferences from the last few years. Browse your options and learn at your pace, on your own time. If you have any questions, please email [email protected].

Web-Based Courses

HR1 Course: Employee Selection and Promotion

HR2 Course: Performance Management and Compensation

FM1 Course: Law Firm Accounting

FM2 Course: Financial Information & Analysis

Webinars

On-Demand:

View all LI-related on-demand webinars.

Continuing Education Courses

The Ever-Evolving World of Legal Ethics, with Steve Wingert, CLM

Confronting Addiction in the Law Firm, with Link Christin, JD, MA, LDC

Responding to a Request for Proposal: Time, Money, People and the Law, with Keith Hanson

A Lesson in Leadership for Legal Management Professionals, with Natalie Loeb and Sarah Janosik, LCSW

Legal Management Articles

8 Strategies for Climbing the Law Firm Leadership Ladder

A Blueprint to Brace for a Recession

Beyond the Bar Exam: Competence Frameworks for Associate Development

Keep Your Firm’s Diversity Initiatives on Track in the New Year

Leasing and Financing Can Work to Your Advantage in an Inflationary Economy

We Are Not OK: The Syndemic Impacting Legal Community Well-Being

Legal Ownership Gets Innovative

Where Firms Are Falling Short on Business Continuity

Studying for CLM Success

Diversity Efforts Also Must Include Development for Legal Support Staff

Removing the Brick and Mortar: See How One Firm Operates Exclusively Remotely

4 Ways Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Helps Firms Prosper (and How to Achieve It)

Keeping Pace with the New Law Firm Work Environment

Diverse Talent Pathways to the Business of Law

Investing in Our Profession's Future

6 Ways to Boost Time Management Amid the Legal Services Boom

New Design Thinking for Law Firms' Digital Mail and Records Operations

Business-Based Firm Management Brings Fresh Perspective

How to Ease Time Tracking Struggles

The Shadow Pandemic: How Firm Staff Can Show Up for Struggling Employees

How an Internal Focus Fosters Growth

What Is ESG and Why Is It Important?

8 Tips for Creating Effective Modern Legal Assistant Pools

“I Like Your Organization. Now, About Your Carbon Footprint …”

What Every Legal Manager Needs to Know About the Digitalization of Planning, Reporting and Forecasting

5 Ways Law Firms Can Prep for a Recession

Certify Your Career

Maximizing Your Knowledge Management Reserves

Shaking Up the Law Firm Structure

Keeping Clients Informed About Value

Best Practices for Adopting Client-Driven Practice Tools

The Role Laterals Play in Succession Planning

COVID-19: One Year Later

The Gentle Pushback

Forecast 2021: Return to Normalcy

Arizona Rule Changes Aim to Increase Access to Legal Services

Law Firm Life After COVID-19

What’s Next? 4 Legal Trends in the New Normal

The Rise in Interest in Lateral Moves in the Legal Industry
Your Primer on the Secure Act

Modernizing the Attorney-Paralegal Relationship

Back to Basics

Summer Associate Programs: A True Departure from the Traditional

From Law School in the Age of the Coronavirus

Making Remote Work, Work

10 Tips for Engaging in Successful Negotiation

Smooth Operators

How to Attract a Loyal Client Base

Setting Laterals Up for Success

Surviving Your Office Move

Podcasts

Leadership and Collaboration with Heidi Gardner, PhD

Legal and the Metaverse with Dan Atcheson

Meet Eryn Carter, CAE, ALA's New Executive Director

Advice for New Administrators with Allison Worley

Hybrid Work with Cynthia Thomas

Office Design and Employee Wellness with Heather Oden and Amalia Mohr

Alcohol and Wellness with Eric Webber

Outsourced Labor with Ben Schmidt

Legal Workflow Trends for Midsize Firms with Eric Wangler

Compensation and Benefits Trends with Phillip Perry

The Virtual Effect on Law Firms with Etan Mark

Building a Trans-Inclusive Workplace with Ames Simmons

Law Firm Life After COVID-19 with Monique Mahler

Authentic Diversity: Changing the Workplace for Good with Michelle Silverthorn

Leadership During Uncertain Times with Brianna Leung

Marketing and Managing Law Firm Expenses After COVID-19 with Ross Fishman, JD

Three Types of Operational Excellence with Rob Mattern

Supporting Associates into Becoming Rainmakers with Stephanie Hanna

Succession Planning for Administrative Managers with Cynthia Thomas

Resolving to Balance the Scales in 2020 with Brianna Leung

The Changing Role of Law Firm Leadership with Jennifer Hill 

Early Career Managers with Sarah Antonello, Danita Jones and Suzy Klepac

Business Continuity Plans with Kathy Scourby