Franchising Law CLE Course Catalog

The session highlights how shifts in enforcement priorities impact legal strategies and day-to-day operations, both at the corporate level and in law firms. Join us for this enlightening session as we illuminate the complex intersections of law enforcement, corporate strategy, and regulatory compliance in a rapidly changing landscape. Join this session to learn more about retention requirements and technology expectations in government enforcement and compliance matters.

This session, presented by Law.com Pro, will take the themes from our current state of the industry presentation and dive into what is to come. We will bring together experts from law firms, in-house, technology, ALSPs, legal operations, and big data to focus on how the legal profession and the delivery of legal services is likely to evolve over the next 5-10 years.

What’s on the horizon for LLM providers like OpenAI, Anthropic, Meta and Google? This session will evaluate whether Gen AI fulfilled early expectations for use with legal practice, new use cases, and the pace at which LLMs are advancing. Presenters will also discuss the whether the technology has reached a point of accessibility that furthers access to justice opportunities.

In today's rapidly evolving legal landscape, the successful implementation of digital transformation projects is contingent upon establishing robust relationships within and beyond your organization. This session will delve into the significance of fostering collaborative and communicative bonds to drive digital transformation initiatives forward. Whether you work on an in-house legal team or at a firm, you will gain valuable insights into relationships' pivotal role in leveraging technology to enhance legal services, streamline processes, and remain competitive in the digital era.

Law firm success hinges on the ability to drive consistent revenue and new revenue opportunities. the most successful firms are justifying tech investment, evaluating new business intelligence, marketing, and RFP tools to make revenue generation as efficient and effective as possible.

Domestically and internationally, the corpus of legal information required by lawyers is always growing. While navigation, search, and e-discovery have advanced massively, allowing for masses of data to be searched in minutes, are these steps now becoming obsolete — with contextually aware artificial intelligence systems parsing legal information? This talk explores the use of intelligent technologies to transform the tasks from research to answers.

This session also covers how to assess the potential risks and benefits, prioritize the best use cases to optimize value for your firm and how to develop an AI-driven innovation plan that aligns with your firm's strategic plan and data strategy. We will also hear from 2 vendors on best practices for partnering with them and others.

Law firms have ridden the uncertainty of the past two years to unprecedented success. The experiences weren’t universal, however, and market dynamics are starting to shift. In this seminar, we will explore how different segments of the market performed and which firms are best positioned to weather any upcoming changes to market dynamics.

-- Non-CLE Program -- Perhaps the hottest trend in legal tech at the moment involves contract automation and digital contracts. The partnership between legal expertise and artificial intelligence creates new opportunities for efficiency, accuracy, data analytics, and management of complex agreements. With this blending of technology and legal services, there will be ample opportunities for success for attorneys and knowledge professionals who understand how to adapt and specialize in these new professionals roles.