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Law Firm Life After COVID-19 with Monique Mahler
Legal Management Talk - November 13, 2020 18:30 - 10 minutes ★★★★ - 4 ratingsThis episode of Legal Management Talk is brought to you by Jelly Marketing. Jelly's free Solutions Series webcast, What Can You Expect and What Should You Pay Your Marketing Vendors?, is happening Tuesday, December 1. Sign up here. Monique Mahler polled her fellow ALA members about what their fi...
Redefining the Markers of Success with Monica Wofford, CSP
Legal Management Talk - October 26, 2020 16:00 - 17 minutes ★★★★ - 4 ratingsMonica Wofford, CSP, joined the podcast to walk us through the newest Legal Management continuing education course, "Where Are Your Markers?" She argues that re-evaluating how you mark your success can make you a more effective leader. Reading the article is enough to gain some insights, but if y...
Previewing ALA's Virtual Master Class with Kathy Gruver, PhD
Legal Management Talk - October 21, 2020 12:00 - 11 minutes ★★★★ - 4 ratingsSpeaker Kathy Gruver, PhD, is presenting two education sessions at the ALA Virtual Master Class: Critical Skills for Legal Management Success: CM10: Welcome and Opening Session: Conquer Your Stress: Go from Worrier to WarriorCM12: How to Get Anything Done with Anyone She joined the podcast to pre...
Authentic Diversity: Changing the Workplace for Good with Michelle Silverthorn
Legal Management Talk - September 25, 2020 14:00 - 16 minutes ★★★★ - 4 ratingsDiversity and inclusion consultant Michelle Silverthorn is a former columnist for ALA's Legal Management magazine and a speaker at past conferences, including the Brezina session at the 2019 Annual Conference & Expo. Now, with her own company and a brand-new book under her belt, she rejoins ALA t...
Working Around Micromanagement with Jill Maganza-Ruiz
Legal Management Talk - September 21, 2020 14:00 - 11 minutes ★★★★ - 4 ratingsIn the September cover story of Legal Management, "Working Around Micromanagement," we learned how a tough employee-manager relationship can make work unbearable. Jill Maganza-Ruiz, a senior human resources and talent executive for the largest firm in the United States, joined Legal Management Ta...
Establishing and Maintaining a Wellness Program with Krista Hart
Legal Management Talk - August 17, 2020 17:30 - 11 minutes ★★★★ - 4 ratingsALA member Krista Hart discusses how and why she established a wellness program for staff and attorneys at her firm, Panitch Schwarze Belisario & Nadel. She also talks about how the program has had to adapt to the new normal of a remote workforce with many additional COVID-19-inflicted challenges...
The Value of Continuing Education with John Jakovenko, CLM, SPHR, MBA
Legal Management Talk - August 14, 2020 17:00 - 7 minutes ★★★★ - 4 ratingsALA member John Jakovenko, CLM, SPHR, MBA, chats about the importance of continuing education in the professional development of staff in a law firm or legal department. After all, the lawyers do CLE, don't they? Jakovenko is the instructor for ALA's HR-themed web-based courses, which delve deep...
Leadership During Uncertain Times with Brianna Leung
Legal Management Talk - May 25, 2020 16:00 - 21 minutes ★★★★ - 4 ratingsGrowthPlay Consultant Brianna Leung returns to the podcast to discuss her recent Legal Management cover feature about change, which turned out to be a prescient topic as the COVID-19 pandemic alters our professional and personal lives. Read the article, "Leading Through Change," and take a short...
Marketing and Managing Law Firm Expenses After COVID-19 with Ross Fishman, JD
Legal Management Talk - May 18, 2020 16:00 - 14 minutes ★★★★ - 4 ratingsRoss Fishman, JD, expands on his recent Legal Management column about avoiding slashing all marketing costs due to the COVID-19-related business downturn ("The Top 5 Budget Items Law Firms Will Try to Slash in Response to COVID-19"). Instead, he advocates for hustling for new business, emphasizin...
Wellness Strategies During the Pandemic with Lance Breger
Legal Management Talk - April 13, 2020 19:00 - 36 minutes ★★★★ - 4 ratingsLance Breger joins us to talk about how to handle team-building, negative emotions and wellness as we deal with remote work and major stressors during the COVID-19 pandemic. Visit ALA's Coronavirus Response webpage for more resources. Speaker Bio Lance Breger is the Co-Founder and Chief Execut...
Three Types of Operational Excellence with Rob Mattern
Legal Management Talk - March 25, 2020 20:30 - 26 minutes ★★★★ - 4 ratingsRob Mattern discusses information governance, outsourcing and back-office efficiency as they relate to his latest educational offerings for the ALA audience. Learn more from Rob through an upcoming webinar, The Getting to Zero Strategy, and his column in the March issue of Legal Management, "The...
Cost Recovery for E-Discovery and Litigation with Rob Mattern and Nathan Curtis
Legal Management Talk - March 25, 2020 20:00 - 13 minutes ★★★★ - 4 ratingsRob Mattern and Nathan Curtis discuss Mattern, LLC's first-of-its-kind survey about law firm cost recovery for e-discovery and litigation support. Find the survey here. Learn more from Rob through an upcoming webinar, The Getting to Zero Strategy, and his column in the March issue of Legal Manag...
Coronavirus-Related IT and Remote Work Concerns with Michael Kemps
Legal Management Talk - March 23, 2020 17:30 - 10 minutes ★★★★ - 4 ratingsWe spoke with IT consultant Michael Kemps about managing the remote workplace and keeping IT systems afloat as law firms and legal departments revise work-from-home policies in the wake of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. He's a featured source in the Legal Management article "Surviving COVI...
Supporting Associates into Becoming Rainmakers with Stephanie Hanna
Legal Management Talk - March 02, 2020 18:00 - 13 minutes ★★★★ - 4 ratingsStephanie R. Hanna, Esq., the Founder of professional coaching firm The Other 85, discusses how to retain talented associates, teach them the ways of business and set them on a path toward rainmaker status. Stephanie is speaking at ALA's 2020 Annual Conference & Expo in Salt Lake City, Utah. Her...
Succession Planning for Administrative Managers with Cynthia Thomas
Legal Management Talk - February 28, 2020 18:00 - 11 minutes ★★★★ - 4 ratingsCynthia Thomas discusses how to protect your law firm's operations by succession planning not only for attorneys but also for administrators. She is speaking at ALA's 2020 Annual Conference & Expo in Salt Lake City, Utah. Her Human Resources Management education session is titled Don’t Let Instit...
Adding Apps to Your Toolkit with Anna Cates Williams, JD, MBA
Legal Management Talk - February 21, 2020 18:00 - 12 minutes ★★★★ - 4 ratingsAnna Cates Williams, JD, MBA, shares her thoughts about improving efficiency by increasing your app use. She is speaking at ALA's 2020 Annual Conference & Expo in Salt Lake City, Utah. Her Operations Management education session is titled Apps and Social Media: A Firm Administrator’s Toolkit. Vi...
Resolving to Balance the Scales in 2020 with Brianna Leung
Legal Management Talk - December 09, 2019 18:00 - 13 minutes ★★★★ - 4 ratingsBrianna Leung of GrowthPlay talks about New Year's resolutions for the busy professional. She wrote "Resolve to Balance the Scales in 2020," the Business Partner Perspective column for the January issue of Legal Management. Speaker Bio Brianna Leung is a Principal Consultant with GrowthPlay, wh...
The Changing Role of Law Firm Leadership with Jennifer Hill
Legal Management Talk - December 02, 2019 20:00 - 20 minutes ★★★★ - 4 ratingsStaffing expert and recruiting consultant Jennifer Hill talks about the conclusions she reached and action items she detailed in her white paper for ALA, "The Changing Role of Law Firm Leadership." You can also read her previous white paper, "The Changing Role of the Legal Secretary," and regist...
The State of ALA with Oliver Yandle, JD, CAE
Legal Management Talk - October 15, 2019 18:00 - 9 minutes ★★★★ - 4 ratingsALA Executive Director Oliver Yandle joins the podcast to talk about how conferences are going and discuss what your Association has planned for the future. Here are reference links for some of the things Oliver talked about: Chapter Leadership InstituteLarge Firm Principal Administrators Retrea...
C4: The Legal Industry Conference with Dan Lear
Legal Management Talk - June 28, 2019 17:30 - 12 minutes ★★★★ - 4 ratingsDan Lear, a speaker and facilitator for September's C4: The Legal Industry Conference, discusses the event, design thinking and the legal industry challenges attendees will tackle. The conference will occur September 18-20 in Boston, Massachusetts. The registration deadline for the early bird ra...
The 2019 Large Firm Principal Administrators Retreat with Three of the Planners
Legal Management Talk - June 12, 2019 17:30 - 15 minutes ★★★★ - 4 ratingsKim Cannon, David Miceli and Teresa Walker — go over the details of the 2019 Large Firm Principal Administrators Retreat, including some important changes to the format. This year, the annual event will focus less on classroom-style instruction and more on idea exchange among attendees. The retr...
Discussing "No Stone Unturned" with Nadean Stone, CLM, MBA
Legal Management Talk - June 12, 2019 16:00 - 13 minutes ★★★★ - 4 ratingsALA member Nadean Stone, CLM, MBA, describes what it’s like to publish her first book, titled No Stone Unturned: A Remarkable Journey to Identity. She talks about translating painful experiences into a memoir and how her professional background and network of legal management professionals inspir...
Early Career Legal Managers with Sarah Antonello, Danita Jones and Suzy Klepac
Legal Management Talk - September 04, 2018 20:00 - 20 minutes ★★★★ - 4 ratingsALA members and Administrators Sarah Antonello, Danita Jones and Suzy Klepac have conceived a new way to support early career legal managers: the First Five Community. A part of ALA's Online Community, this members-only forum will provide a space for asking questions, sharing solutions and networ...
Transitioning to a Paperless Law Office with Lori Hughes
Legal Management Talk - August 29, 2018 18:00 - 18 minutes ★★★★ - 4 ratingsLori Hughes, a panelist for a session at September's Intellectual Property Conference for Legal Management Professionals, talks about how she transitioned her own office to a paperless, cloud-based storage system. Speaker Bio Lori Hughes is a member of the ALA Board of Directors as the Region 5...
Partner Compensation with Tim Corcoran
Legal Management Talk - August 09, 2018 19:30 - 15 minutes ★★★★ - 4 ratingsConsultant Tim Corcoran, who's speaking at 2018's Advanced Financial Administration workshops and Regional Legal Management Conferences, talks about why law firms might need to change how they handle partner compensation. Speaker Bio Timothy B. Corcoran is a Principal with the Corcoran Consulti...
An Audio Overview of the 2018 Annual Conference & Expo
Legal Management Talk - May 21, 2018 13:00 - 19 minutes ★★★★ - 4 ratingsWondering what you missed at ALA's 2018 Annual Conference & Expo? This audio exploration will help you get a partial experience — from speakers like John Quiñones and Vernice Armour to valuable education sessions. Interested in attending a future conference? Visit alanet.org/events to learn abou...
Business Continuity Plans with Kathy Scourby
Legal Management Talk - March 28, 2018 18:30 - 13 minutes ★★★★ - 4 ratingsKathy Scourby of KNS Consulting joins us to talk disaster preparedness and business continuity plans. She'll be a presenter at ALA's Annual Conference & Expo in May 2018, and you can find her insights in the April 2018 issue of Legal Management. Speaker Bio Kathryn Scourby is the Principal of...
Information Assets Management with James Price
Legal Management Talk - February 16, 2018 21:30 - 13 minutes ★★★★ - 4 ratingsInformation, data and knowledge are important business assets, but most firms aren't managing them in a way that reflects their true value. That's why ALA is conducting a survey in partnership with Experience Matters (James's company) and the University of South Australia: to find industry benchm...
The Climate for Retirement Plan Sponsors with Norma Sharara
Legal Management Talk - December 12, 2017 20:00 - 16 minutes ★★★★ - 4 ratingsMercer Principal Norma Sharara — who works closely with the ABA Retirement Funds Program, an ALA VIP sponsor — describes the current tax and regulatory picture for retirement plans. Norma Sharara is a Principal in Mercer’s Washington Resource Group, focusing on tax-qualified and non-qualified r...
Office Remodels and Renovations with Karen Leastman and Christina Floyd
Legal Management Talk - December 05, 2017 20:00 - 9 minutes ★★★★ - 4 ratingsAs law firms continue to grow and merge, the question of office space and configuration is critical to legal management professionals tasked with operations. That's why First American Equipment Finance's Karen Leastman and Christina Floyd have joined us to talk about financing office renovations....
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