Annual Meeting 2006: How can you grow and succeed in your own career? How can you help your department and each of your colleagues realize their potential? What leadership opportunities are available to enrich the experience and extend the expertise of members of the legal department? As a legal manager, you deal with these and many other similar issues on a daily basis. Our panel of department leaders will share practical advice on such topics as how to continue to motivate valuable individual contributors who don't wish to take on management responsibilities, identifying human resource skills that are essential for motivating lawyers, ways to deal with the overload of work when no more resources are available, and how to develop leaders - both within yourself and in those who report to you.
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2007 ACCE Annual Conference: With the multitude of technological options available to you to improve your work flow in the legal department, deciding which ones are right for your team can become a full-time job of its own. This powerpoint presentation created by your peers will show you what has worked to simplify their workload and allow them to work faster and more effectively, what were the most cost-efficient options, and where such tools could be used for improved communication, implementing a knowledge management system, legal intranet, contracting, online training and more.
2007 ACCE Annual Conference: With the multitude of technological options available to you to improve your work flow in the legal department, deciding which ones are right for your team can become a full-time job of its own. This session focused on what has worked to simplify workload and allow faster and more effective work, what were the most cost-efficient options, and where such tools could be used for improved communication, implementing a knowledge management system, legal intranet, contracting, online training and more.
CCU 2007: Intellectual property is for the lawyers, you say. Not so. As a corporate paralegal, you likely encounter IP issues on a regular basis. This basic review will provide a primer on the IP issues every corporate paralegal needs to be aware of and the steps required to ensure IP best practices are implemented as part of your daily environment in the work place.
More and more the in-house corporate legal department is being viewed as a valued member of the business team. That means you too! But what role does the paralegal play and, equally as important, what role COULD you play? Hear from a panel of your peers who have acquired the esteemed moniker of business partner, learn how they achieved this status and what steps you can take within your organization to establish yourself as a productive, vital member of the business team.
Getting the necessary information you need to complete your assignments can sometimes be easier said than done. Whether it is conducting an investigation or simply gathering data for a project, gaining access to the right information when you need it is an important key aspect of any paralegal's job. Learn about specific tools and methods you can use to improve your fact gathering skills and take home to share with your attorneys and/or business clients.
CCU 2007: This interactive workshop provides busy in-house paralegals with the skills to balance professional and personal demands, gain clarity to set goals and priorities, make choices to use time efficiently, and most importantly, draft a personal time management action plan.
CCU 2007: This interactive workshop will provide busy in-house paralegals with the skills to balance professional and personal demands, gain clarity to set goals and priorities, make choices to use time efficiently, and most importantly, draft a personal time management action plan. During the session, you will receive focused information interspersed with hands-on exercises to allow for immediate feedback, so you can return home with a clear understanding of the concepts and use these skills to your benefit.
CCU 2007: Our panel of seasoned labor and employment specialists highlight serious mistakes that could cost your company money, but could have otherwise been avoided with prior warning. Learn how to uncover these prevalent employment law mistakes in your organization, how to fix them, and how to prevent them from becoming serious legal problems.
This Executive Report highlights key issues and takeaways discussed by General Counsel during a session in Atlanta on 'Managing the Global Law Department.'
Annual Meeting 2006: As in-house counsel for your company, one of your many roles may be to provide support and guidance to the board. But you need to stay on top of the trends in order to provide the best legal advice possible. Here is your chance to get up to speed as this course will teach you about current best practices in board process, director communication, and on-boarding new directors. You’ll also take home practical tips on the hottest legal issues affecting directors today, including duties and liability, D&O insurance, and corporate governance.
Annual Meeting 2006: Managing risk is an important part of every in-house lawyer’s portfolio. How do you balance the negotiations of limitations of liability and indemnification provisions without risking the deal? What can your company live with, and what can you recommend and still sleep at night? What leverage can you exert against a party that is a Goliath when you are David? Learn about legal strategies, and take home best practice methods to apply in your own company.
Learn how leading departments deal with the complexity of managing intellectual property in today's global marketplace. What management approaches work? What technology tools and business processes lead to success or to failure? How can communications be best focused to draw from the strengths of the in-house and outside lawyers, subject matter experts, and business team? Our panel of corporate IP specialists will share with you successful models for managing a global patent portfolio, including successful techniques and pitfalls to avoid.
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VII), the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA), and a variety of state anti-discrimination laws prohibit bias based on sex, color, race, religion, age, ancestry, national origin, disability and sexual orientation, among others. Image discrimination can be linked to any of these characteristics, and whether a characteristic is ‘mutable’ and ‘immutable’ becomes important in determining whether an individual has suffered from such bias. In this session, participants will explore the concepts, legal underpinnings, and recent developments involved in recognizing and eliminating image discrimination in the counsel’s office and in the wider corporate environment.
Annual Meeting 2006: In addition to results, in-house litigators are regularly asked to show how they add value to the bottom line. Thus, in-house litigators need to put together a carefully developed plan, similar to a winning case strategy, which resonates with upper management. More than basic metrics, this seminar looks at what large and small litigation departments can do to win the adding value battle.
Confidentiality and non-compete agreements are some of the most common agreements faced by in-house law departments. Learn the law involved in these types of agreements and how the size of your organization and the type of business determines how and when it’s best to use these instruments. Learn about the different types of confidentiality and non-compete agreements and when should they be used, how to choose the right format and key clauses for the job, what barriers there are to enforcement, what other companies have done to manage the never ending flow of requests to review non-disclosure agreements, and how to ensure compliance.
Annual Meeting 2006: The biotechnology and pharmaceutical industry faces a unique and daunting set of statutory and regulatory issues, including, but not limited to, the handling and disposal of radioactive materials, employee health & safety procedures involving unique and exotic compounds, NRC licensing, and good laboratory practices. Smaller companies in this industry also face unique challenges such as developing sound EH&S programs in-house as well as negotiating leases with landlords unfamiliar with biotech research operations. Our panelists will explore the legal foundations of these issues, discuss the regulatory framework in which their respective companies operate, and lay down a suggested path for both large and small companies in this industry to follow.
Annual Meeting 2006: Don't know a copyright from a trademark, or just looking for a refresher to help you spot issues? This program will cover the fundamental issues in intellectual property law, including copyrights, trademarks, and patents. You will learn how to spot major issues and avoid common mistakes.
Program Materials: Sample retention letter, evaluation, new matter form, case studies, and outline for counsel proposal, conflicts of interest waiver language.
Articles on risk management, charts and outline focusing on indeminity/insurance with Louisana and New Mexico law and conflict of law.
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Presented at ACCA’s Annual Meeting 2000; Program - Intellectual Property Year in Review
Presented at ACCA’s Annual Meeting 2000; Program - Domestic and International Corruption: Protect Your Construction Project
Presented at ACCA’s Annual Meeting 2000; Program - Defining the IP Attorney’s Role in the E-Commerce Revolution
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