The Law Department of 2015 will be using technology differently than today. Over the last several years, we have seen the advent of search engines, portals, social media, matter-centric computing and other forms of technology that promote improvements in knowledge sharing, process efficiency and collaboration while reducing the costs of legal spend. This session will provide a "crystal ball" into the future of technology within law departments and how these changes will impact the relationships among in-house counsel, clients and vendors. Scott Rosenberg and Michael Stetzer from Huron Consulting Group will share their vision and case studies as to what lies ahead.

Teressa Barillas, Director of Litigation Support at the New York City Law Department will discuss how the Law Department uses LawManager and how the Law Department manages its e-discovery processes.  
 
Four years post-implementation, the Law Department's use of its LawManager application has grown with the agency's changing needs.  The Law Department has over 1,400 internal and remote users and interfaces with 17 other systems. Teressa will demo the Law Department application and discuss the most recent challenge of setting up systems and processes for compliance with a new Federal Medicare mandate.  On the e-discovery front, the Law Department's Litigation Support Division is 3 years old.  Teressa will discuss how the Law Department supports its case teams, interfaces w/ client agencies, collects data and uses a variety of in-house and hosted review tools and applications and what still needs to be done to manage the e-discovery process.

This session on personal productivity is based on the national bestseller by David Allen, Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity. You will discover David Allen’s powerful methods and vastly increase your personal organization, efficiency, and creative results—at work and in life.

The long-standing reputation Disney Destinations has established for incredible service and friendly employees is not magic, it is sound ideology consistently applied in business. This program is designed to help you improve your organization’s quality service by immersing you in the successful Disney model. Disney Institute will show you the importance of attention to detail and how they train their Cast Members (employees) to treat Guests (customers) as VIPs. Discover how to match your organization’s service standards with successful delivery systems that consistently promote and ensure quality service.

In today’s rapidly changing business climate, organizational success is more dependent than ever on creativity and innovation. Tapping the wellspring of employee creativity is a hallmark at Disney and the primary driver behind its continued success. Gain insight into ways to develop and foster a creative culture. Stimulate the creative resources of your human resources and inspire employees to “dream it and do it,” turning ideas and concepts into profitable products and services. In this session, you will learn how to adapt proven Disney concepts and practices for optimizing creativity, employ techniques for developing a collaborative culture within your organization, and improve business results through effective internal structures. 

For many years corporate legal has been frustrated with the billable hour and held out hope for alternative mechanisms for budgeting work with firms. With few exceptions however, the billable hour has held sway. Whether now a function of a stressful economic climate or new tools and data by which to construct alternatives, in-house counsel has become increasingly interested in alternative fee arrangements (AFAs). Guided by Jeff Hodge from Hildebrandt Baker Robbins, this session will look at the trend and some notable initiatives by some very large in -house departments, how they and others have rationalized and constructed AFAs and finally how AFAs can and should be mutually beneficial for both client and firm.

This session will look at the future of collaborative efforts between the consumer and the supplier of law firm services to discuss how the balance of work is shifting between law departments, their corporate support services, and the law firm. In many cases, it is the opportunity to analyze, share and re-use law firm work that provides both the greatest benefits and the most concrete opportunities for successful collaborative efforts. David Rohde from Hildebrandt Baker Robbins will share his insight and bring a practical perspective to this session.