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2013 NALP Conference Recap

2013 NALP Conference Recap. Sheila Driscoll - GW Law Lauren Marsh - Akin Gump Melanie Priddy - Bingham McCutchen. Don’t Let the Door Hit Them on the Way Out! Counseling Your Alumni Before and After They Leave Julie Alvarez (Cardozo School of Law), Norma Cirincione (Cleary).

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2013 NALP Conference Recap

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  1. 2013 NALP Conference Recap Sheila Driscoll - GW Law Lauren Marsh - Akin Gump Melanie Priddy - Bingham McCutchen

  2. Don’t Let the Door Hit Them on the Way Out! Counseling Your Alumni Before and After They LeaveJulie Alvarez (Cardozo School of Law), Norma Cirincione (Cleary) • Best Practices for Successful Law Firm Alumni Programs: - Visibility and buy-in from firm management - Updated and accurate contact list - Programming - CLE, social events, alumni speaking opportunities - Tracking alumni generated business - Unique aspects of Cleary's program

  3. Building Better Women’s Initiatives: Strategies, Tools and Information to Move Your Firm ForwardJeanne Picht (Lawyer Metrics), Karen Hahn (Threshold Advisors), Sonia Menon (Neal Gerber), Jane Pigott (R3 Group) • Markers for success in firms (1) equity partnership; (2) origination credit; (3) leadership roles; and (4) compensation • Typical challenges: effecting change, dialogue among partners, pipeline - case for "it gets better" • Program examples - partner policy group, women attorney networking teams (WANT), business development • Role of PD Professional • Re-define what women's initiatives mean

  4. Client Development Readiness: Aligning Professional Development and Marketing in a Competitive MarketRoss Fishman (Fishman Marketing), Lee Ann Daly (Thomson Reuters) • Biggest Challenges for lawyers within 5 years of practice • Differentiating themselves from others • Building marketing and networking skills • Knowledge of what marking is • How to build a marketing plan and execute • Take away message: find a niche • No matter context, motto should be "practice broadly, market narrowly" • Year-by-year marking guide

  5. New and Alternate Career Models for Lawyers:Implications for Law Firms and Career Services OfficesTask Force: Elizabeth Armour (Suffolk University), William Chamberlain (DePaul University), Sonia Menon (Neal Gerber), Carrie Weintruab (Holland & Knight) • Business Drivers Implications for Law Firms • Approaches to Implementation - top down, bottom up • Considerations • Execution Implications for Law Schools • Learn about these jobs – speak in positive terms with students • Include alums in these jobs on panels Resources • Initial report to NALP membership - March 2013 • Resource Guide for law firms and law schools - post-conference • Task force to continue in 2013 - 2014

  6. Knowledge is Power: Using Data to Raise Your ProfileKay Nash (Wiley Rein), Jennifer Queen (McKenna Long) • Useful Reports to Consider: - Judicial Clerkships - Gender and Ethnicity - Breakdown by Departments - Breakdown by Level or J.D. Year - Search Firm Fees • Cheat Sheet for Firm • Viewpoint of an Outsider • Cost for Recruiting Candidates • Annual Self Evaluation or Annual Report

  7. Developing a Training Curriculum for Your Summer ProgramsDyana Barninger (K&L Gates), Celeste Herrera (K&L Gates), Lauren Marsh (Akin Gump), Amy Pretty (McGuire Woods) • Importance of Training • What to Consider • Four Key Types of Programming • Examples of Training • Implementation

  8. Show Them the Money: Creating Student Buy-in for Self-AssessmentSusan Fine, The George Washington University Law School; Lorri Olan, Washington and Lee University School of Law; Jennifer Queen, McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP • Importance of Self-Assessment in Career Satisfaction • GW Law’s Inns of Court Program • Overview of Assessment Tools • MBTI • HBDI • Shultz & Zedeck 26 Effectiveness Factors & Law Firm Competencies • McKenna Long’s Interview Process • Self-Awareness leads to Better Interviewing

  9. Plenary: Legal Careers in the Global Age of More-for-Less David B. Wilkins, Vice Dean, Global Initiatives on the Legal Profession; Director, Program on the Legal Profession, Lester Kissel Professor of Law, Harvard Law School • Structural Changes • Globalization • Rise of Information Technology • Blurring of 19th C categories of knowledge and organization • Consequences • Clients have more information (thus “unbundling”) • Clients use metrics/value and less reputation/credentials • Networks of relationships more important than specific firms • Future Bets • More competition (LPO’s) • More demand for knowledge of cross-border implications • Clients want firms to share risks/benefits, i.e. partners • Legal education should focus on career success factors—relationships and networking & global outlook/multicultural

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