On 10 August 2020, Terri Mottershead, Executive Director, Centre for Legal Innovation (Australia, New Zealand and Asia-Pacific), facilitated a panel discussion that focussed on Legal Operations…Is it the new legal business game changer? in the Centre’s Reinvent Legal Business Series 2.
Topics discussed included:
· What legal operations is (and isn’t)
· What legal ops professionals do
· Why legal ops has become a critical function in legal departments
· The key performance indicators for a first rate legal ops function
· The role of legal ops in the new legal ecosystem
· The connection between legal ops and the rise of Alternative Legal Service Providers (ALSPs)
· The emerging divide in focus, function and capabilities of lawyers in-house and in private practice
· The opportunities and challenges of COVID-19 for the legal ops function
Terri was joined by an international panel of the world’s leading thought leaders and doers in this space from Australia and the USA:
- Connie Brenton, Chief of Staff/Sr. Director, Legal Operations, NetApp, Inc. (USA)
- Amanda Fajerman, Head of Legal Technology, LOD (Australia)
- Mick Sheehy, Partner, NewLaw, PwC (Australia)
Don't forget to also check out the other fabulous FREE Reinvent Legal Business Series 2 webinars - you'll find the details and registration links as we add them here.
And, if you would prefer to listen rather than watch this session, you’ll find the FREE podcast in our The Legalpreneurs Sandbox podcast series here - there's a bunch of good stuff to listen to there right now too!