Missouri (MO) Law Practice Management CLE Course Catalog

The key to impactful change is affecting decision making from the top down. Legal’s role in senior leadership is critical to overall business function and organizational success. This session will tackle some of the common roadblocks in becoming a strategic partner to your C Suite, overcoming misconceptions of the legal department, and mastering the art of strategic leadership.

There is a growing need for legal professionals to simplify the complexities of their contract management. In particular, the desire to speed up contracting while better managing contractual risks and also freeing up invaluable to focus on higher-value, strategic work. This way, they can provide better risk guidance to steer important business decisions and ultimately drive revenue growth.

In the face of considerable cultural shifts and changing political landscapes spurring civil unrest, activist movements, etc., many companies are beginning to feel that it is expected of them to fortify their corporate citizenship status by making a stand. Additionally, it is expected of them to make good on that stand by changing their own internal culture and if needed, the way they do business. It then becomes a question from where within a company should these changes originate and who/which department should be responsible for implementing those changes?

From adjusting physical offices to compensation issues around working from home permanently, the discussion will provide insights into the most critical questions heads of legal departments are grappling with.

Join our experts as they debate whether consumer demand supports the level of product innovation and the growing pool of VC funds backing LegalTech startups.

In this revealing session, our expert panelists will share their varied experiences and perspectives on how to overcome some of the institutionalized norms and attitudes that make innovation a challenging (albeit gratifying) endeavor.

2020 fundamentally changed the way that businesses get work done. Everyone is now fully digitized, and dependent on Zoom, Microsoft, Slack, and mobile apps to engage with others and collaborate internally. This will have a profound impact on eDiscovery as we move toward a work-from-anywhere future. Join our panel as they discuss the implications, and share best practices to prepare for the future of work.

If you are looking to implement new technologies and want to understand the steps to make the change, join this discussion and learn from award-winning legal technology experts and immigration attorneys who have a track record in creating and embedding these technologies into law firm processes.

The volume of conversations on platforms like Slack and Teams has grown exponentially in the past year, as employees look for ways to connect and work more efficiently. However, compared to email, this conversation data is largely nuanced and unstructured—making discovery and governance a challenge.

In this session, the panel will discuss why this data set is drastically different and explore considerations.