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Help Associates Hit the Ground Running: Create an Orientation Program that Fits Your Firm August 15, 2007 2-4 pm Eastern   1-3 pm Central   Noon-2 pm Mountain   11 am-1 pm Pacific

Help your new lawyers reach their full potential and the firm achieve its strategic business goals by getting associates off to the right start. Legal administrators are more involved in associate orientation than ever before. These new lawyers need to understand how their law firm is structured, how the economics of a law practice works and their firm’s expectations. Of course, there’s the ever-important need to balance life as well as a job. The stakes are high so keeping good lawyers makes good business sense — in firms of all sizes. Participants to this session will learn to:

• Identify the key orientation components to orient associates to the law firm.
• Create elements that fit the needs and culture of their firms.
• Use a technique for getting partners to buy in and get involved
• Write a basic orientation outline upon which to build a strong orientation program for a firm of any size.

Speakers:
Sharon M. Abrahams is the Director of Professional Development for McDermott Will & Emery LLP. She has more than 20 years of experience in training and education, specializing in client relations, marketing, sales, communication and management development training. Abrahams holds a master’s degree in training and education from the University of Miami and a doctorate in adult education from Nova Southwestern University.

Jacqueline G Meyer is the US Professional Development Manager for Lovells. Jackie was associate at Winston & Strawn and Grippo & Elden prior to entering the Professional Development field where her primary focus has been on mentoring, career development planning, internal CLE training and diversity programming. Jackie holds a B.A. and Secondary Teaching Certification in English and Speech from the University of Michigan and a Juris Doctor and Masters Degree from Duke University.