New York CLE Course Catalog

Historically, the GC’s role was to advise and the CEO’s role was to execute. However, those lines are blurring as more and more lawyers transition into business roles. Beyond objectively analyzing legal and ethical issues, today’s executive lawyers combine business savviness with traditional legal skills to strategize with their executives and to seek out commercial opportunities for their companies. This shift has bridged the gap between the GC and the rest of the C-suite. Our panel will explore which factors contribute most to this changing dynamic, how legal professionals can leverage their skills into executive business roles, and how they can use their legal backgrounds to excel in non-legal leadership positions.

It’s an exciting time to be in the legal industry, with the fast-paced world of technology changing almost every aspect of how legal departments are run and how services are delivered. Cryptocurrency, AI, IoT, Blockchain are more than just buzzwords, these technologies will impact the way we do business in the legal field and beyond. This session will define the technologies disrupting the industry, their capabilities, and the common misconceptions around their application.

You may have gone to law school and not business school but, that doesn’t mean you don’t need to understand important business concepts as a GC. This session will explore business skills that will enhance and sharpen your management, financial, and marketing knowledge.

This panel will discuss how to manage your organization’s reputation risk and craft an action plan for response -- from failed corporate social responsibility practices to customer service failures, to ethical lapses, to data breaches -- and everything in between.

In this session, hear from the corporations leading the forefront of international expansion -- we’ll uncover everything from how to implement a framework for global transactions, to the biggest risks involved, antitrust policies in US/international M&A, due diligence, and overall best practices for global expansion. Panelists will share practical advice and strategies for effective cross-border transaction management.

In this session, GCs from corporations utilizing these tools will discuss how predictive analytics effects data privacy, and where the boundaries for ethical use lie with regards to consumer data.

In this session, attorneys discuss the core security principles of IoT devices, the privacy risks associated with IoT infrastructure, and the biggest challenges and opportunities in the IoT landscape.

In this session, GCs from international organizations will discuss the impact of these global security standards on their businesses, and discuss strategies for compliance across the board.