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Opportunities in your career equating to success are rarely happenstance, they're a result of strategic planning and knowing how to accurately portray your professional story.

Join Mosah Fernandez Goodman, Founder and President of Top Talent Advocates, and Lindsay Hofbauer, Client Advocacy at Top Talent Advocates on Friday, February 23 for Program #4 in a 4-part VIRTUAL series breaking down the career tools and insights you need to successfully manage your legal career.

· What to Consider Prior to Starting Your Legal Job Search

· The Career Tools You Need to Pursue a New Legal Role

· ManagingYour Legal Job Search

· Closing the Deal: Interviewing, Negotiating and Onboarding for Your Next Legal Role

Schedule:
11:45 - 12:00 pm - Zoom line open for check-in
12:00 - 1:00 pm - Program

We look forward to seeing you ONLINE on Friday, January 26th!

Join the ACC St. Louis and Washington University Olin Business School for a half day program onTTBD on Friday, April 11th at the Knight Center at Washington University.

Today's corporate attorneys are frequently called upon to make critical decisions that impact many different stakeholders. These high-risk, high-opportunity decisions are often made under considerable time pressure. How much weight do we give to analytics and data versus experience, emotion and intuition?

Session #1:  What is Business Strategy? 

• What is Business Strategy? We all have a sense of what "strategy" is, and many of us develop and implement strategies of various kinds regularly. On the other hand, we sometimes fail to think strategically when we are pressured with immediate concerns, anchored on unquestioned assumptions, or confuse strategy with tactics. This session conceptualizes business strategy to help us avoid these traps.

Session #2:  Goal Focused Development

• Developing talent can be a random and chaotic process. Instead of planning out development, development opportunities are often created reactively through whatever work assignments are available, which may not address an associate’s development needs. During this session, we will examine an intentional approach to development by starting with an assessment of development needs, setting developmental goals, and planning developmental activities. We will also discuss how to involve employees in their own development process in order to drive ownership.

Date:

Friday, April 11, 2025

Schedule:

7:30 - 8:30 a.m.  Breakfast, Networking and CLE Check-in (Second Floor)
8:30 - 9:15 a.m.  Washington University Olin Business School and Q&A (Room 200)
9:15 -  10:30 a.m. What is Business Strategy?
10:30 - 10:45 a.m. Break
10:45 - 12:00 p.m. Goal Focused Development
12:00 - 1:00 p.m. Box Lunches served

Location:
Charles F. Knight Center at Washington University
Throop Drive and Snow Way Drive
St. Louis, MO  63130
Parking Validated in Knight Center Garage  

Please note that this is a Complimentary, Members Only Event.

No-Show or Cancellations made after 5:00 pm on Monday, April 7th will be charged a $65 fee. 

Missouri CLE Approved:  3.0 Hours

Earn up to 7 CLE credits while connecting with colleagues at the 13th Annual ACC MN In-House Counsel Conference on Thursday, June 20, 2024, at the University of St. Thomas School of Law in downtown Minneapolis. 

Eight standard CLE sessions will be offered, from which you choose four. Earn special-category CLE credits, too, at the two keynote programs:

- Ethics keynote at 8:00 AM 

- Elimination of Bias keynote at 12:30 PM

A buffet breakfast starts the day at 7:15 AM. Lunch and an end-of-day reception are also included with registration.

BONUS #1: Validated parking will be provided for the 11th & Harmon Parking Ramp.

BONUS #2: Stay for the reception and be eligible for prize giveaways.

Registration is open to all in-house counsel and a bargain for all attendees: 

  $99 for ACC members 

  $199 for non-members

Thanks to our ten presenting sponsors: 

Ballard Spahr LLP | Bassford Remele |
Barnes & Thornburg LLP | Bowman and Brooke LLP |
Greenberg Traurig, LLP | Greene Espel PLLP |
Latitude Legal  | Maslon LLP |
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP | Saul Ewing LLP

...and to our two break sponsors:

ArcherHall | Consilio

Minnesota CLE credits for the Conference programs are pending.

ACC members, use the link in your emailed invitations for efficient registration.

We can't wait to see you there!

CONFERENCE REGISTRATION IS NOW CLOSED. See you next year!

Who says you only have to work at strengthening your professional connections? How about some play, too, while we're at it? 

Join us on Thursday, April 25, at The Puttery in downtown Minneapolis for a little bit of networking and a whole lot of fun. Food, drinks and putters provided!

Admission is free and open to ACC members and to in-house counsel first-time guests. 

Thanks to our sponsor, Merchant & Gould!

Join ACC St. Louis and the Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis on Thursday May 9th at the Ritz Carlton for the 39th Annual Corporate Counsel Institute (CCI)!

7:30 – 8:30  Registration, Continental Breakfast and Visit Exhibitors

8:30 – 8:40  Welcome & Kick Off Remarks

President, Association of Corporate Counsel  

President, Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis 

8:40 – 9:30  Session Title:  This is Not a Game (Show)! Ethical Issues in Internal
  Investigations That Could Land Your
  Company in Jeopardy!
1-Hour Ethics
Law Firm:  Bryan Cave

9:40 – 10:30 Session Title: Hot Topics from the Highest Courts
Law Firm: Lewis Rice 

10:30 – 10:45 Break: Visit Exhibits

10:45 – 11:35 Session Title: Organizing Trends and Employer Strategies after the NLRB’s CEMEX Decision.
Law Firm: McMahon Berger 

11:35 – 1:00  Lunch and Presentation
St. Louis is Resurgent:How Business and Civic Leaders Are Coming Together to Move the Metro Forward

Speakers:  
Carolyn Kindle, CEO and Co-Owner at St. Louis CITY SC
Gabe Gore, City Attorney, City of St. Louis
Travis Sheridan, Chief Community Officer for Wexford Science and Technology and Co-Chair of the Brickline Campaign
Moderator:  Jason Hall, CEO, Greater Saint Louis

1:00 – 1:15  Break: Visit Exhibits

1:15 – 2:05   Session Title: The Building Blocks of M&A:  Key M&A Issues and Trends
Law Firm:  Armstrong Teasdale

2:05 – 2:15  Break: Visit Exhibits

 2:15 – 3:05
Break Out A:  Thriving Under the Corporate Transparency Act
Law Firm:  Polsinelli  

Break Out B: Finding the Fodder of Fraud: Strategies for Your Practice
Law Firm:  Thompson Coburn

3:05 – 3:20 Break; Visit Exhibits

3:20 – 4:10  Session Title: Challenges &
  Opportunities Posed By Artificial
  Intelligence in the Practice of Law
Law Firm:  Husch Blackwell

4:20 – 5:10  Session Title:  Inclusive Leadership: The 6 To Do’s (Title Updated 3-28-2024)
1-Hour Elimination of Bias
Law Firm: Ogletree Deakins 

5:10 - 6:30  Reception and Prizes Awarded

Enjoy sips and snacks at our ACC MN June Social on Thursday, June 13, 2024, on the wonderful shaded patio at France 44! Join us between 5:30 PM and 7:30 PM for networking and refreshments.

This event is free for ACC members and for first-time in-house counsel guests.

Free street parking is plentiful on 44th Street and nearby side streets. 

Thanks to our sponsor, Carlson Caspers!