February 2012

Pam Woldow February 25
Keynote: Legal Project Management Goes Global
5th Annual Managing Partners Forum
Hyatt Regency Sanctuary Cove
Queensland, Australia

Bithika Anand February 29 - March 03
Panel: Legal Practice Trends in the World
IPBA 22nd Annual Meeting & Conference
New Delhi, India

 
March 2012

Jordan Furlong March 18
Closing plenary address
ABA Bar Leadership Institute
Chicago, IL

Gerry Riskin March 21
Lawyer/Leadership Presentation
Pittsburgh Legal Administrator's Partner/Administrator event
Pittsburgh, PA

 
April 2012

Jordan Furlong April 16
Keynote presentation and panel discussion
Canadian Judicial Council 40th Anniversary Conference
Ottawa, ON

Pam Woldow April 18
Webinar: The Role of Legal Administrators in Legal Project Management – Unprecedented Opportunities & Current Challenges
Association of Legal Administrators

David Cruickshank April 19
Partner Development in Three Nations
Annual Meeting of the National Association of Law Placement (NALP)
Austin, TX

 
June 2012

Pam Woldow June 08
Presentation: AFAs & the New Legal Paradigm
ALFA International – Global Legal Network
Ritz Carlton, Palm Beach, FL

 
July 2012

Jordan Furlong July 21
Opening keynote address
Private Law Libraries Summit
American Association of Law Libraries Boston, MA

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- OF COUNSEL, The Legal Practice and Management Report - Volume 21. Number 12.

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