Law and Technology Forum - Re-thinking legal services in a competitive marketplace - 20-21 March 2012

Price:		Full Conference (20 and 21 March) - Law Society Law Management Section Member: £450 + VAT Full Conference (20 and 21 March) - PC Holder: £575 + VAT Full Conference (20 and 21 March) - PC Holder working for NFP: £375 + VAT Full Conference (20 and 21 March) - Non-PC Holder: £775 + VAT 1 Day Conference (20 or 21 March)-Non-PC Holder: £395+VAT 1 Day Conference (20 or 21 March) - PC Holder: £295 + VAT 1 Day Conference (20 or 21 March) - PC Holder working for NFP: £195 + VAT 1 Day Conference (20 ord 21 March) - Law Society Law Management Section Member: £250+ VAT 1 Day Conference (20 or 21 March) - Law Society Members wishing to join the Law Management Section & Conference: £440 + VAT Full Conference (20 and 21 March) - Law Society Members wishing to join the Law Management Section & Conference: £640 + VAT
Start Date:		20-03-2012
CPD hours:		12.00
Event type:		CPD Seminars
Location:		The Law Society 113 Chancery Lane, London WC2A 1PL
Region:		Greater London United Kingdom

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The forum explores the future of online legal services in the age of recession, deregulation and globalization. It looks at the technologies and business models that will give competitive edge to the solicitor of tomorrow and asks whether online law can lead to a renaissance of the High Street.

But it also looks at the dark side: what does the future hold in terms of online legal services for the disadvantaged, the disabled and the digitally excluded? What is the place of traditional professional ethics and face to face service in an age of robotic data processing and commoditised, digital law products? Can a profession trained in industrial age law respond to the challenges of information age law?

Why attend?

Hear from early adopters, legal entrepreneurs and digitally savvy lawyers sharing their experiences and vision

Learn first hand about new models of delivering legal services

Find out who you will be competing for the future with and what kind of firm will thrive in the new environment

Look into practical ways to use technology more effectively to enhance the practice

Debate on how to bring a "second oldest profession" into the digital age

Choose to attend just any of the days or benefit from a full conference (12 CPD hours)

Who should attend?

everyone involved in the practice of law, business of law or the provision of legal services including:
Partners; Practice owners; legal services managers; sole practitioners; in-house lawyers; solutions providers; analysts and consultants; legal entrepreneurs; CEOs and managing directors; legal journalists and bloggers

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PROGRAMME

Day 1, 20 March 2012

08.40 - 09.20 Registration and refreshments

09.20 - 09.30 Chairman's welcome: Nick Fluck, Deputy Vice President, The Law Society

09.30 - 11.00 Re-defining the legal profession for the digital age

 What life for lawyers will look like in five years time?
Modernisation of the legal profession: joining technology race to survive and prosper in a changing marketplace
 New breed of lawyers: emerging legal careers
 Law practice of the future: legal profession vs. legal business

Chair: Nick Fluck, Deputy Vice President, The Law Society
Speakers:
David Allen Green, Of Counsel and Head of Media, Preiskel &
John Flood, Professor of Law an Sociology, University of Westminster
Suzanne Dibble, Consultant with Virtual Law

11.00 - 11.30 Refreshments and networking

11.30 - 13.00 Key legal and commercial issues for procuring the Cloud

 The approach to negotiations and some of the key legal issues with cloud computing: liability for service failure; service levels and credits and intellectual property issues
 QMUL Cloud legal project
 Combating legal data protection and security risks in the Cloud

Chair: Nick Fluck, Deputy Vice President, The Law Society
Speakers:
Dr. Sam De Silva, Partner-Head of IT & Outsourcing, Manches LLP
Luis Campbell, Solicitor & Senior Compliance Manager, KPMG
Robert Madelin, Director General, Directorate General for the Information Society, European Commission

13.00 - 14.00 Lunch and networking

14.00 - 15.00 WHAT CLIENTS WANT: TRANSFORMING THE DELIVERY OF LEGAL SERVICES

 Embracing new technology to maximise client satisfaction in the context of an increasingly
competitive marketplace
 It's "Co-op Law": bridging the gap between solicitors and customers
 Online legal services and client relationship
 Developing customer-centric strategies

Speakers:
Joe Simpson, Chief Executive Officer, Strategic Client Relationships, Irwin Mitchell
Eddie Ryan, Managing Director, Co-operative Legal Services
Tim Bratton, General Counsel, Financial Times
Grainne Brankin, International Legal Director, CBS Outdoor International

 

15.00 - 16.00 BRIDGING THE DIGITAL DIVIDE: DIGITAL EXCLUSION AND ONLINE LEGAL MARKETPLACE

 Digital exclusion and access to justice
 Meeting legal needs of digitally excluded groups
 Technology set-ups for particular types of legal advice and transaction

Chair: Lucy Scott- Moncrieff, Vice President, The Law Society
Speakers:
Elisabeth Davies , Chair, Legal Services Consumer Panel
Saimina Virmani, founder, Joseph Frasier Solicitors

16.00 - 16.30 Refreshments and networking

16.30 - 17.30 PANEL DISCUSSION: IMPACT OF NEW TECHNOLOGY ON PROFESSIONAL RULES AND ETHICS

 What are the implications for regulation and ethics of web-based professional services?
 How ethical issues, arising as a result of changing traditional relationship between solicitor and client, should be dealt with?
 How will e-delivery of services affect the way solicitors adhere to OFR principles?
 How to maintain and improve the provision of legal services in an expert and ethical manner when there is no face-to-face contact with the client?
 Can a firm seek to limit a remit of the service it supplies electronically and will still amount to a proper service?

Chair: Lucy Scott- Moncrieff, Vice President, The Law Society
Panellists:
Michael Garson, Chair of the Regulatory Affairs Board, Council Member of Rules and Ethics Committee, The Law Society
Suzanne Dibble, Consultant with Virtual Law
Simon Stell, Managing Partner, Last Cawthra Feather (TBC)

17.30 - 19.00 Drinks reception

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Day 2, 21 March 2012

09.00 - 09.30 Registration and refreshments

09.30 - 11.00 CASE STUDIES: INNOVATIVE MODELS OF DELIVERING LEGAL SERVICES

This session will look into success stories of the companies with alternative models to practice law in the evolving legal market. The panelists will talk about technological innovations, new online legal services and their vision of the law practice of the future.

Speakers:
Chas Rampenthal, General Counsel and Vice President of Product Development, Legal Zoom
Charley Moore, Founder and Chairman, Rocket Lawyer
Eyal Iffergan, CIO, Clearspire
Karl Chapman, CEO, LawVest
Ajaz Ahmed, Co-founder, LEGAL365

11.00 - 11.20 Refreshments and networking

11.20 - 12.30 UPWARDLY MOBILE: SHIFTING TO SMARTER WORKING

 Connected 24/7: deciding on which mobile devices and technologies will suit you
 Consumerisation of technology: what it means for your legal practice?
 Overview of the hottest web and mobile applications for lawyers

Speakers:
David Laud, CEO, Samuel Phillips
Steve Kuncewicz, IP and Media Lawyer, Gately LLP
Jon Bloor, head of business law, Lees Solicitors

12.30 - 13.30 Lunch and networking

13.30 - 15.00 GETTING THE MOST FROM THE CYBERSPACE

 Utilising social networks for communicating and engaging with current and prospective clients
 Managing online presence: growing influence, increasing visibility on the web and establishing effective communications channels
 Developing an internet strategy for the law firm
 Marketing Legal Services in the Digital Economy

Speakers:
Melanie Hatton, General Counsel, Latitude
Nick Denys, the Law Society
Chris Sherliker, partner, firm Silverman Sherliker
Jonathan Silverman, partner, Silverman Sherliker

15.00 - 15.15 Refreshments and networking

15.15 - 16.15 UNCHARTED WATERS OF E-LAWYERING: PRACTICING ON THE CLOUD

 A law firm's experience of moving to the cloud
 Practising as a virtual lawyer
 Choosing and vetting cloud computing providers: due diligence checklist
 Driving down the costs and increasing productivity

Chair: Jeff Wright, partner, Facilities & IT Director, Morgan Cole
Speakers:
Brian Inkster, founder and solicitor, Inksters Solicitors
Jonathan Lea, senior associate and Corporate & Commercial Solicitor at Bargate Murray and online public relations consultant at Jonathan Lea PR
Mark O'Conor, partner, IP and technology group, DLA Piper UK

16.15 - 17.00 PANEL DISCUSSION: MAKING THE RIGHT DECISION ON WHAT TECHNOLOGIES TO ADOPT

 What are the likely technology developments that will impact the legal profession in the next 5 years?
 How to decide on what legal technology to invest in?
 How to keep up?

Panellists:
Mike Rebeiro, head of technology, Norton Rose (TBC)
Mark O'Conor, partner, IP and technology group, DLA Piper UK
Jeff Wright, partner, Facilities & IT Director, Morgan Cole

17.00 - 18.00 NEW! Hosted advice clinics on legal technology solutions

4 simultaneous round tables will provide an opportunity for in-depth advice and interactive discussions on the latest legal technologies crucial in the current competitive marketplace. Each table will be hosted by an expert who will give an overview of the technology/applications, facilitate discussion and answer questions in an informal setting. Participation is on a first come - first seated basis, however everyone will be able to stand around tables and listen to peers. Throughout a session delegates can move freely around the tables to join a discussion of interest at any moment. Drinks will be served throughout the session.

Table 1. Document management innovation
Table 2. Improving non-legal client service with technology: extranet innovation, e-discovery, online billing functions
Table 3. Virtual law practice technology
Table 4. Cloud-based practice management (LPM) systems

18.00 - 17.00 Evening drinks reception

 

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