Executive Education for Attorneys

The Executive Lawyer

A Toolkit for Navigating the New Normal

The Executive Lawyer, a three-day program taught by international thought leaders on law department leadership and strategy, is an opportunity for general counsel and law department leaders to learn to develop strategy for their departments. At Colorado Law, we believe that you should get the skills that will enable you to make immediate changes to your organizational strategy.  

April 8, 2013 - April 10, 2013
Wolf Law Building - Boulder, Colorado
23 CLE credits, including 6 ethics credits 

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What You Will Learn

Companies and their legal departments face a “new normal” that includes big data, expanding regulations, legal process outsourcing, legal automation, shifting staffing needs, and intense global competition and opportunity. Savvy legal departments will transform themselves to turn the new normal into a competitive advantage for their companies—all while doing more with less.

Join a select group of law department leaders to learn what some of the most innovative law departments are doing in a changed global economic environment, and how you can develop and implement a plan to catapult your own law department and company forward. This three-day program will provide not only high-value content, but also hands-on workshops where you can work in small groups with fellow legal department leaders to find solutions to your core challenges. The program will also include regular follow-up sessions with attendees and program leaders to share notes and best practices to translate the discussions into action.

The CEO and the Law Department: From Cost Center to Strategic Asset

The Law Department as a Competitive Advantage: What CEOs Want to See
Tom Ray – CEO CoreSite & former Managing Director, The Carlyle Group

Difficult Conversations and Changing the Culture of the Law Department
Scott Peppet – Professor, Colorado Law and Co-Author of Beyond Winning: Negotiating to Create Value in Deals and Disputes

Optimizing Performance in the New Normal

Defining a Law Department's Goals and Measuring Success/Reassessing and Optimizing Performance
Trevor Faure – Global General Counsel and Partner, Ernst & Young Global, and Author of The Smarter Legal Model: More from Less

How I Did It: Six Sigma and The Performance Challenge at Lockheed Martin
Shawn Cheadle – General Counsel, Lockheed Martin Space Systems

Critical Tools for the New Normal

Alternative Staffing Solutions: How Sun Microsystems and VMware Have Made Offshore LPOs a Key Component of the Law Department

Bill Mooz – Associate General Counsel and Manager of LPO Relationship, VMware

The Past, Present, and Future of Legal Automation: How Law Departments Are Leveraging Technology to Scale

Jason Mendelson – Managing Director, The Foundry Group; Board of Directors, Brightleaf (a leading legal document automation provider)

Talent for the New Normal: What Transformed Law Departments Are Doing to Build and Execute Talent Management Strategy

Doug Johnson – Founder, Catapult Growth Partners
Roxanne Jensen – Senior Partner, Catapult Growth Partners; former Managing Partner, Morrison & Foerster (Denver)

Leadership Tools in the New Normal

Making Change Stick: Lessons from the White House
Phil Weiser – Former Senior Advisor on Technology and Innovation, National Economic Council at the White House; Dean, Colorado Law

Transformational Leadership
Kim Rivera – General Counsel, DaVita

Tuition

Before February 15, 2013
$3,000 After February 15, 2013 $3,500
*Discount of $500 for Association of Corporate Counsel Members and Colorado Law Alumni
CLE Credits are available for this course. 

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