Professional Skills

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From the program: Project Management for Lawyers 2013

Released on: Feb. 5, 2013

Legal project management is quickly becoming a critical way of doing business in law firms and legal departments. Lawyers are learning to implement project management principles in order to better plan, organize, and supervise projects while enhancing client service and relationships, minimizing risk and enhancing profitability and the management of legal costs. In just a few years, legal organizations have moved from questioning the need for project ...

Recorded on: Feb. 11, 2013

Taken from the briefing Third Party Litigation Finance: What Is It and What Are Its Implications? recorded February, 2013. With the dramatically increasing use of third party funding arrangements, lawyers and law firms are facing the issue of how to manage these relationships, as well as how to potentially increase legal business for their practices, or even compete with those who are doing so. Lecture Topics [Total Time: 01:08:00]  ...

From the program: Diversity & Inclusion in Law Practice 2013 (Free)

Recorded on: Feb. 22, 2013

Taken from the Web Program Diversity & Inclusion in Law Practice 2013 (Free) recorded February, 2013 in New York. Lecture Topics  [00:55:25] Recent Legal Developments that Impact Diversity  [00:55:25] Analysis of Fisher v. Texas (concerning the affirmative action admissions policy of the University of Texas at Austin) Impact of immigration developments on the workplace the DREAM Act What’s next ...

Recorded on: Feb. 22, 2013

AMY TAUB: Hello. My name is Amy Taub. And I am a Program Attorney with PLI. I would like to welcome you to today's briefing. Third party litigation finance, what is it and what are its implications? Before we begin, I have some administrative announcements. This briefing will be one hour in length. Please feel free to send questions at any time during the briefing. Please remember that you have access to materials for this briefing via the course ...

Recorded on: Mar. 8, 2013

Taken from the briefing Mentoring: The Best Kept Secret to Success in the Recovery recorded March, 2013. Mentoring has not been a priority in many law firms during the recent years of economic turbulence and rapid change. Yet it is an essential investment in legal talent because firms cannot function or survive without well-prepared and confident associates to meet current and future client needs, become law firm partners and serve as ...

Recorded on: Mar. 19, 2013

GRACE E. O'HANLON: It's my pleasure to introduce you to the chair of today's program, Vincent Martorana. Vinny is counsel in the corporate and securities group with Reed Smith's New York office. His practice includes the representation of clients in domestic and cross border mergers, stock an asset acquisitions and divestitures, joint ventures, strategic alliances, licensing arrangements, corporate restructuring, private equity investments, and security ...

From the program: Fundamental Concepts in Drafting Contracts: What Most Attorneys Fail to Consider 2013

Released on: Apr. 2, 2013

The reduction to writing of an agreed-upon understanding among parties can sometimes be viewed as a cursory step in formalizing a business relationship. Yet the manner in which concepts are expressed on a page is often as important as the concepts themselves. Solid contract-drafting skills are therefore essential tools to any professional who deals with transactions or business relationships. Unfortunately, although contract counterparties might have ...

Recorded on: Mar. 19, 2013

VINCENT R. MARTORANA: Welcome back to the second half of Contract Drafting CLE. We'll deal with some more advanced concepts here. I'm going to start off actually with a recap of what we discussed on the first half, because it really is sort of the real-- now kind of the real heart of the total three-hour presentation is really in that first half. So I'll spend a decent chunk of time doing a bit of recap on that. And then we'll get into some specific ...

From the program: How to Read Financial Statements 2013

Released on: Apr. 3, 2013

Financial statements provide great insight into the financial activities of a corporation.  For some corporations, these statements may be complex and can require extensive review.  Attorneys are often involved in negotiating, structuring, or litigating matters where understanding a corporation’s financial statements is an essential element of the overall engagement. In this practical program, a distinguished panel of experts ...