Conference Round Up

Legal and legal outsourcing conferences seem to be abounding both in the UK and Stateside.

Georgetown Law School’s Law Firm Evolution: Brave New World or Business as Usual?: Occurring March 21st through March 23rd. The conference features a unique amalgamation of academics, law firm leadership, general counsel and legal industry thought-leaders.


EMRG LPO Masterclass: Hosted in London on March 25th. I will be speaking on a panel dealing with a number of topics including engagement structures, vendor selection and cultural issues as they relate to ensuring successful legal outsourcing engagements. Fellow panelists include Mark Lewis of BLP and Mark Ford of Clifford Chance.


The Lawyer Conference: In a yet to be confirmed location in London on June 17th. The Lawyer Conference always draws strong interest, particularly amoungst the major city firms.


C5’s Conference Legal Process Outsourcing – The Latest Drivers, Issues and Solutions Considering LPO as Part of Your Wider Legal Costs Management: Hosted June 29th and 30th at the Sofitel St. James Hotel in London.

I have also been invited to present on a host of issues that relate to legal outsourcing at the C5 conference which include but are not limited to managing legal outsourcing vendor relationships, recognizing legal outsourcing opportunities, and ensuring quality of the legal deliverable. The conference has quite an impressive cadre of speakers (myself excluded) from both major City firms and UK corporates.