The UK’s leading business strategy forum for the legal profession
11-12 March 2008, London
11-12 March 2008, London
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STREAM A: Strategic law firm management |
STREAM B: Information technology management |
08:15 |
Registration and refreshments |
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09:00 |
PLENARY PRESENTATION: Managing risk and compliance in your firm • Identifying and understanding the risks your firm faces • Dealing with new regulations and managing compliance cost-effectively • Using external standards to make risk part of your firm's culture • Preventing compliance from taking over the practice of law Sarah Mumford, Director of Risk & Best Practice, BEVAN BRITTAN LLP |
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09:40 |
Benchmarking your firm's performance • How does benchmarking work? • What can usefully be compared and how can this drive change? • Understanding and developing your position in the market • Learning from best practice in other firms Awaiting final confirmation from: Mark Turner, Head of Business Planning, ADDLESHAW GODDARD LLP |
Streamlining business process management (BPM) with workflow systems • Automating business procedures and setting up a digital workflow • How recent developments in available software are making BPM more accessible and ‘ready to use' • Reducing the potential for error, increasing capacity and boosting the margin for volume work
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10:40 |
One-to-one business meeting/networking |
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11:10 |
One-to-one business meeting/networking |
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11:40 |
Recruiting and retaining top talent • Understanding what attracts applicants and encourages talented individuals to stay • Positioning yourself as a preferred employer and developing your employer brand • Reviewing partner performance and remuneration • Managing diversity and inclusion Geoff Griffin, HR Director, BERWIN LEIGHTON PAISNER LLP |
Maximising the value of business intelligence (BI): a case study • Why adopt business intelligence? • How BI tools are allowing us to develop superior business analysis and encourage operational efficiencies • Understanding how BI tools can help you to measure and track business performance Andrew Staite, Finance Director, CHARLES RUSSELL LLP
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12:40 |
One-to-one business meeting/networking |
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13:10 |
Lunch |
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14:10 |
PLENARY SESSION: Preparing the firm for the future • Understanding your current position in the market and your vision for the future • Understanding how changes in the legal market are likely to impact you • Remuneration models and how they may change • Access to capital and the need to compete • MDPs and the role of non-lawyers Robin Bloom, Senior Partner, DICKINSON DEES LLP
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14:50 |
One-to-one business meeting/networking |
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15:20 |
One-to-one business meeting/networking |
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15:50 |
CLOSING SESSION: Review of the conference An opportunity to discuss the key learnings revealed through the two days
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16:30 |
Close of event |
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