The Association of Legal Administrators’ 2012 Intellectual Property Retreat

The Association of Legal Administrators’ 2012 Intellectual Property Retreat will be held September 20-21, 2012 at the Avenue Crowne Plaza in Chicago, IL.

The ALA IP Retreat is the nation’s premiere forum for administrators interested in the people, partners and ideas at the forefront of IP. This year’s program covers a wide variety of topics including the recently enacted America Invents Act (AIA). This is an exciting time for those of us lucky enough to be working with Intellectual Property practices.

Jenny Lee is a senior project manager in the Project Management Office of Seyfarth Shaw LLP in Atlanta, will lead a session on discovering  ways professional staff can partner with their attorneys to deliver the level of high-quality, efficient legal service that your clients expect, using technology and your team’s capabilities in unique ways. Build a team of client-facing revenue generating resources, using legal project management, process improvement and the development and adoption of technology-based tools. You can drive value for your clients by streamlining the legal process and increasing transparency.

Objectives:

• Discuss strategies for setting tangible goals
• Explain the concepts of data driven results and controls
• Analyze ways to combine project management with process
• improvement to support legal service delivery
• Summarize the importance of continuous improvement and
• lessons learned

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