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Please join us either in-person at Paesanos Lincoln Heights- 555 E. Basse Rd.- or via Zoom as our friends from Jackson Walker bring us a presentation entitled "New for 2022: What’s Shaking Out from the Last Two Years of Chaos and Change."
Please join us either in-person at the Quarry Golf Club or via Zoom as our friends from LexisNexis CounselLink bring us a program entitled" Creating a Meaningful Vendor Scorecard."
The average organization engages 73 legal vendors each year to support their legal needs. Larger organizations engage hundreds or even thousands of vendors. In a perfect world, how would you assess these vendors and what would it look like?
This workshop will engage the audience in an interactive process of designing a useful law firm scorecard.
• Expectations of law firms and other legal vendors
• Objective vendor metrics
• Qualitative vendor metrics
For 23 years, Dan has helped corporate counsel focus on the high value that lawyers bring to their client organization; by helping to optimize processes and control costs, the law department demonstrates its alignment with the other departments and company goals, while simultaneously highlighting the unique and strategic perspective that only lawyers can bring. This focus on the informational value of data means that Dan's clients have control over finances, vendors and work/task management, bringing boast-worthy efficiency improvements and significant cost reductions, the kind of results that show nicely on quarterly reports and in Board meetings. Ruderman spearheads the Strategic Partner Program for Legal Business Solutions at LexisNexis, capitalizing on the interdependence of the market ecosystem and delivering resources to CounselLink customers that help move them upward on the maturity curve. Prior to joining LexisNexis, Dan worked for divisions of GE and Lockheed Martin on visualization hardware and software development and distribution.
Beginning at Noon on Thursday, February 24, 2022, our panel of high-profile current and former GCs and CLOs will discuss ways that ACC Minnesota members can engage in efforts to attract and retain diverse legal professionals in rewarding careers in Minnesota. Likewise, the panelists will address challenges, opportunities, and key learnings from their own careers.
These topics will guide the conversation:
Diversity statistics that set the stage and guide us to action.
Insights into our panelists' career journeys, how they arrived at their current roles, and their journey with DEI and ESG throughout their careers.
Practical action steps that participants can implement to further the dialogue and implement effective change to support DEI and ESG in their legal departments, in their companies and in the legal industry.
Panelists:
Cornell Boggs, Of Counsel and Senior Strategic Advisor, Quarles & Brady LLP; Former General Counsel of Toys "R" Us and Dow Corning, and Vice Chair of the Thrivent Financial Board of Directors (Moderator)
James L. Chosy, Senior Executive Vice President and General Counsel, U.S. Bank
Laura Graf, Chief Legal Officer, Ryan Companies
This "Pathways to Success: Reflections on How to Engage and Advance Lawyer Diversity and DEI and ESG Initiatives" webinar is open to ACC members and in-house counsel guests. Program admission is free for ACC members.
1 Elimination of Bias CLE credit is pending in Minnesota.
Please join us either in-person at Paesanos Lincoln Heights- 555 E. Basse Rd.- or via Zoom as our friends from Norton Rose Fulbright bring us a presentation entitled "ESG & Sustainability for In-House Counsel – Breaking through the Hype."
Sustainability and ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) were two of the top buzz words for both business and law in 2021. Many are predicting that the hype around ESG and sustainability will reach a fever pitch in 2022. So, what does this mean for legal professionals?
Come to this month’s ACC CLE Lunch Meeting and Mike Dillinger, Executive Director at NuStar Energy, and Jeff Webb, Partner at Norton Rose Fulbright, will break through the hype and not only explain what ESG is, why it has become so important and where it is going, but also discuss ESG’s core legal issues and provide you with the practical advice needed to prepare for, analyze and overcome its litigation, commercial and corporate risks.
Please feel free to pass this invitation on to other individuals within in your organization who would like to learn more about this subject!
Please join us either in-person at the Quarry Golf Club or via Zoom as our friends from RSM US bring us a presentation entitled "Anatomy of an Internal Financial Investigation.
Using a number of case studies, this program will explore real-word examples of internal financial investigations and the tools used to provide answers to critical questions surrounding the investigation process from start to finish. Topics will also cover key decision-making points during the investigative process and efficiencies gained in financial analysis with technological advancement of data analytic software applications. At the completion of the course, you will be able to: 1) explain the typical phases in an internal investigation; 2) recognize leading technology-driven techniques used in investigations; and 3) describe best practices for conducting an investigation. This discussion will focus on the guidance from the perspective of financial forensic professionals.
Please feel free to pass this invitation on to other individuals within in your organization who would like to learn more about this subject!