coronavirus COVID-19 under the microscope. 3d illustration.Law.com Editors to Share a Sector-by-Sector Analysis of the Legal Industry Post-COVID
Editors from The American Lawyer, Law.com, Corporate Counsel, The National Law Journal, Legaltech News and beyond will be on hand to answer questions about next steps for the industry.
June 12, 2020 at 04:27 PM
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Every segment of the legal industry has been impacted by a global health pandemic that has now turned into a recession as well.
Our global newsroom has been closely following the impacts of these events to-date and what that means for the industry in the months and years to come.
Please join our senior editors to hear what comes next for law schools, legal departments, law firms, the courts, legal technology and regulatory bodies. Sign up for this free webinar, and be sure to register even if you can't attend as you will receive a recording of the conversation.
Attendees will be able to ask questions of our team, including The American Lawyer executive editor Ben Seal, Corporate Counsel editor-in-chief Heather Nevitt, The National Law Journal editor-in-chief Lisa Helem, Legaltech News editor-in-chief Zach Warren, senior law school editor Karen Sloan, senior editor for regulatory coverage, Michael Scarcella, and Global Legal Brands editor-in-chief Gina Passarella.
Below is some of what will be covered during the webinar.
- Litigators: How the courts are coming back from shutdown, what litigating in a post-pandemic world will look like, what we can learn from the Supreme Court's historic telephonic arguments and what trends we see in litigation filings.
- Law Firms: Update on the financial impact to the legal industry and pandemic-related issues around talent management, deal flow, real estate, office reopenings and execution of strategic plans.
- In-house Counsel: The top issues legal departments are focused on at this stage of the pandemic, how they are aiding the broader business, the role of legal operations in a post-pandemic climate and what they need from their outside counsel.
- Government/Regulatory: The issues surrounding government loan programs, how key regulatory agencies are operating during the pandemic and how regulatory enforcement has shifted in the past several months.
- Law Schools: The impact of the past several months of online learning, what law schools plan to do for the fall term, how the bar exam is being addressed across the country and what long term effects the pandemic may have on legal education in the United States.
- Legal Technology: Has the pandemic created an opening for legal technology to thrive? What will the pandemic mean for investment into tech companies and the investment by law firms and law departments into legal technology?
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