Predicting challenges and opportunities for the legal function and what its environment will look like in the months ahead can seem an insurmountable challenge, making routine tasks like setting budgets for the year feel a bit like a ‘pin the tail on the donkey’ exercise. Yet despite this uncertainty, some key themes have emerged which will become priorities for many law departments, regardless of size or sector.

Dentons hosted a moderated discussion on the top trends, including: 

• Addressing new risk and compliance challenges;
• Leveraging data to report on key metrics;
• Engaging and enabling your teams; and
• Identifying new efficiencies and resourcing strategies to deal with increased workload.

Questions

If you would like the opportunity to connect with a member of our team of former in-house and legal operations professionals to ask any questions, bounce ideas around or to learn of operational best practices adopted in other law departments, we welcome the connection. Please contact insession.canada@dentons.com.

Speakers

• Caroline Abougoush - Vice President, Legal Operations Oxford Properties Group
• Fernando Garcia - VP Legal Cargojet
• Lucy Bassli - Former Assistant General Counsel, Legal Operations and Contracts at Microsoft Consultant, Dentons’ Nextlaw In-House Solutions

Moderator

• JoAnne Wakeford - Chief Client Officer Dentons’ Nextlaw In-House Solutions

Accreditation

• LSBC: This session is registered for one Substantive Hour with the Law Society of British Columbia.
• LSO: This program is eligible for up to one Substantive Hour with the Law Society of Ontario
• Barreau du Québec: In our view, this session would meet the CLE requirements of the Barreau du Québec. Please email Annie Girard to receive a confirmation of attendance.