Vermont (VT) Crisis Management CLE Course Catalog

The role of general counsel and legal leaders in shaping public communications strategies is critical, particularly when addressing the intersection of corporate actions with broader societal concerns. This session will provide insights into how legal professionals can navigate these complex environments.

Just starting out on your risk management journey? This session is for you! Our expert speakers will take you through the fundamentals, starting with what sort of assessment you should be conducting within your organization to determine what your framework will look like. They will then tackle all the facets of building out a framework, from the Intersectionality between legal, compliance and audit: What should the relationship be? What protocols and procedures are in place? How do the groups interact to be safe and effective? Through implementation and organizational adoption.

As a present-day legal leader, it may feel like you are facing one crisis after another and while you have become adept at handling these situations, it's important for GCs to take a proactive approach to prevent future crisis rather than believing their value lies in the quality of their response to the crisis. This panel will focus on strategies leaders should implement to help their teams get ahead of a crisis, minimize its impact and avoid it as much as possible overall. While you can't always predict what's coming around the corner for your organization, you will walk away from this session with tools that help leaders shift to rewarding efforts in preparing for and minimizing future crises.

In today’s social climate, developing a response plan to a PR crisis has become vital to business strategy. Navigating the bumpy terrain of “cancel culture” is perhaps one of the most complex challenges for today’s GC. Join us for this insightful session as we tackle the difficult balancing act of a PR crisis response.

Before the DIP-financing or cash-collateral negotiation begins, there are a number of ways you can help your cash-strapped debtor raise cash. This session will share valuable tips for what you can do before reaching out to your client's lender, and how you can help fund a debtor from the first call until a sale or plan confirmation.