Lex Mundi Learning Network
On Demand Courses
The following provides an alphabetical listing of all Learning Network On Demand Courses. To search for a course by category, date or title, please use the Course Search function on the right.
Alternative Fee Arrangements – Getting in the Game: Why or Why Not?
On Demand Webinar Course
Faculty: James Durham, McGuireWoods LLP
Duration: 60 minutes
Course Number: DL1024
Course Type: Audio/PowerPoint Presentation/Online Q&A
Course Registration Fee: Lex Mundi Member Fee: No Charge
This course is only available to Lex Mundi members.
This program explores the real-world challenges that arise in the context of alternative fee and value billing discussions, as well as the opportunities that flow from working with clients to craft new fee structures.
Course Details and RegistrationBusiness Crimes and Compliance 2011 Update – Key U.S. and International Risk Management Developments
On Demand Webinar Course
Faculty: Ross Booher, Bass, Berry & Sims PLC
Audrey Chen, Jun He Law Offices
Nishant Joshi, Amarchand & Mangaldas & Suresh A. Shroff & Co.
Ruchi Mahajan, Amarchand & Mangaldas & Suresh A. Shroff & Co.
Catriona Munro, Maclay Murray & Spens LLP
Duration: 90 minutes
Course Number: DL1020
Course Type: Audio/PowerPoint Presentation/Online Q&A
Course Registration Fee: Lex Mundi Member Fee: No Charge / Non-Member Fee: $150
This webinar covers key legal and enforcement developments that occurred in 2011 and their risk implications for entities and individuals involved in international business.
Course Details and RegistrationBusiness Development in Cross-Border Transactions: Making the Pitch
On Demand Webinar Course
Faculty: Larry Bodine, Lawyers.com and martindale.com
Douglas Forbes, Thompson Dorfman Sweatman LLP
Darius Lewington, Maclay Murray & Spens LLP
Duration: 90 minutes
Course Number: DL1025
Course Type: Audio/PowerPoint Presentation/Online Q&A
Course Registration Fee: Lex Mundi Member Fee: $125 / Non-Member Fee: $150
Join Larry Bodine, Editor-in-Chief of Lawyers.com and martindale.com, Douglas Forbes, Regional Vice-Chair (North America), Lex Mundi Cross-Border Transactions Practice Group and member of Thompson Dorfman Sweatman LLP, and Darius Lewington, Partner, Maclay Murray & Spens LLP, as they discuss business development in cross-border transactions, with an emphasis on making pitches to potential clients. The webinar focuses on effective ways to dramatically increase your ability to bring in more clients, close potentially interested clients and master the art of the pitch. Mr. Forbes and Mr. Lewington joins Mr. Bodine in presenting the North America and European union perspectives on this topic.
Course Details and RegistrationBusiness Development through Social Networking
On Demand Webinar Course
Faculty: Debra Bruce, Lawyer Coach
Duration: 60 minutes
Course Number: D1001
Course Type: Audio
Course Registration Fee: Lex Mundi Member Fee: No Charge / Non-Member Fee: No Charge
This course compares and contrasts the different social networking approaches to enhancing business development.
Course Details and RegistrationClient Relationships and Business Development Tools for Women Lawyers
On Demand Webinar Course
Faculty: Jane DiRenzo Pigott, R3 Group
Mark Maraia, Maraia & Associates
Angela Humphreys, Bass, Berry & Sims, PLC
Lori J. Braender, Day Pitney LLP
Susan Grueneberg, Snell & Wilmer LLP
Duration: 60 minutes
Course Number: DL1016
Course Type: Audio/PowerPoint Presentation
Course Registration Fee: Lex Mundi Member Fee: $125 / Non-Member Fee: $150
This webinar focuses on challenges that women lawyers face in generating and sustaining a thriving legal practice. While many lawyers know a number of things about business development and relationship building, very few know about the full range of business development opportunities and how to exploit them. Fewer still know how to process the information that they have into an organized, systematic methodology. Lawyers want and need insights on the "hows" of business development.
Course Details and RegistrationClient-Metric Strategies for Making Your Best Business Case to Prospective Clients
On Demand Webinar Course
Faculty: Chris Kirby, Maraia & Associates
Duration: 60 minutes
Course Number: D1003
Course Type: Audio
Course Registration Fee: Lex Mundi Member Fee: No Charge / Non-Member Fee: No Charge
This course discusses how to implement effective strategies for pursuing and maintaining new business.
Course Details and RegistrationD&O Insurance: Gaps and Tax Implications in Your Master Programs
On Demand Webinar Course
Faculty: Collin Hite, McGuireWoods
Dr. Thomas Heitzer, Noerr LLP
Tripp Sheehan, Marsh Multinational Client Service
Praveen Sharma, Marsh Multinational Client Service
Anant Suchak, KPMG
Duration: 90 minutes
Course Number: DL1013
Course Type: Audio/PowerPoint Presentation/Online Q&A
Course Registration Fee: Lex Mundi Member Fee: No Charge / Non-Member Fee: No Charge
This webinar addresses issues revolving around how traditional Directors’ and Officers’ insurance does not protect foreign executives in many parts of the world. The program highlights problems and offers solutions to providing D&O coverage for foreign executives. The program also addresses tax implications when such D&O insurance is utilized. Participants will learn how to mitigate the risks when using D&O insurance for foreign executives.
Course Details and RegistrationEconomic Trends for Law Firms in 2011
On Demand Webinar Course
Faculty: Alan Hodgart, Huron Consulting
Duration: 60 minutes
Course Number: DL1015
Course Type: Audio/PowerPoint Presentation/Online Q&A
Course Registration Fee: Lex Mundi Member Fee: No Charge
This course is available only to Lex Mundi members.
This webinar discusses the different market forces driving competition in the legal profession during a changing economy. The economics of most legal practices are currently facing a twin squeeze of downward pressure on fees, intense competition exacerbated by a reduction in certain types of work, and an upward pressure on costs and heightened competition for ‘best’ in show.
Editing Paragraphs and Sentences: Clarity at the Micro Level
On Demand Webinar Course
Faculty: Timothy Terrell, Emory Law School
Duration: 90 minutes
Course Number: DL1010
Course Type: Audio / PowerPoint Presentation / Online Q&A
Course Registration Fee: Lex Mundi Member Fee: $125 / Non-Member Fee: $150
This webinar explores the method that creates focus, cohesiveness, and the appropriate emphasis in a pargraph, as well as how best to make sentences fit together smoothly.
Course Details and RegistrationFor Clients, It's All About Value
On Demand Webinar Course
Faculty: Michael Roster, Co-Chair, ACC Value Challenge Steering Committee, Association of Corporate Counsel
Duration: 60 minutes
Course Number: DL1009
Course Type: Audio / PowerPoint Presentation / Online Q&A
Course Registration Fee: Lex Mundi Member Fee: No Charge
This course is only available to Lex Mundi members.
From an in-house, law firm, and ACC perspective, this webinar focuses on the value-added services firms can provide clients.
Course Details and RegistrationGenerating New Business with Online Social Media
On Demand Webinar Course
Faculty: Larry Bodine, Larry Bodine Marketing
Melanie Green, Baker & Daniels LLP
Duration: 60 minutes
Course Number: DL1019
Course Type: Audio/PowerPoint Presentation
Course Registration Fee: Lex Mundi Member Fee: No Charge/ Non-Member Fee: $150
Join Larry Bodine, Esq., Strategic Marketing Consultant with Larry Bodine Marketing and Melanie Green, Director of Business Development and Marketing, Baker & Daniels LLP as they describe the merits of LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, blogs and YouTube in building a law firm’s clientele. You’ll learn which medium is best to find business clients, which is best for consumer clients, and which produces the cheapest cost per lead. In this practical and common-sense program, you’ll also learn their magic multiplication marketing method to extend the reach of your online initiatives. There are 194 million U.S. Internet users and you’ll discover how to turn many of them into your clients.
Course Details and RegistrationHiring and Integrating Lateral Partners
On Demand Webinar Course
Faculty: Paula Alvary, Hoffman Alvary & Company LLC
Duration: 60 minutes
Course Number: D1007
Course Type: Audio
Course Registration Fee: Lex Mundi Member Fee: No Charge / Non-Member Fee: No Charge
Many law firms continue to hire laterals and acquire smaller firms, even during the current economic downturn. This course explores what arrangements work best for both the firm and the incoming lawyer.
Course Details and RegistrationLegal Project Management: Part 1 - Pricing and Productivity
On Demand Webinar Course
Faculty: Alan Hodgart, Huron Consulting Group
Duration: 60 minutes
Course Number: DL1001
Course Type: Audio / PowerPoint Presentation
Course Registration Fees: Lex Mundi Member Fee: $125 / Non-Member Fee: $150
The first in Lex Mundi’s three-part series on the critical topic of legal project management, this webinar presents an overview of the importance of project management in law firms and discusses how law firms can develop fixed fee pricing models.
Course Details and RegistrationLegal Project Management: Part 2 - Meeting Client Needs by Maximizing Project Management Techniques
On Demand Webinar Course
Faculty: Alan Hodgart, Huron Consulting Group
Duration: 60 minutes
Course Number: DL1003
Course Type: Audio / PowerPoint Presentation
Course Registration Fees: Lex Mundi Member Fee: $125 / Non-Member Fee: $150
The second in Lex Mundi’s three-part series on project management, this webinar addresses how inside and outside counsel can work collaboratively to maximize the benefits of project management techniques.
Course Details and RegistrationLegal Project Management: Part 3 - Implementation and Training
On Demand Webinar Course
Faculty: Alan Hodgart, Huron Consulting Group
Duration: 60 minutes
Course Number: DL1004
Course Type: Audio / PowerPoint Presentation
Course Registration Fee: Lex Mundi Member Fee: $125 / Non-Member Fee: $150
The third in Lex Mundi's three-part series on project management, this webinar provides tips on how to implement project management processes and techniques and organize in-firm training on them.
Course Details and RegistrationMaking Documents Coherent: Editing at a Macro Level
On Demand Webinar Course
Faculty: Timothy Terrell, Emory Law School
Duration: 90 minutes
Course Number: DL1011
Course Type: Audio / PowerPoint Presentation / Online Q&A
Course Registration Fee: Lex Mundi Member Fee: $125 / Non-Member Fee: $150
This program demonstrates how the key to any good document is not the "information" it contains, but the "meta-information" that prepares the reader to absorb and appreciate the information by describing its context, such as its purpose, structure or origin.
Course Details and RegistrationManaging the Top, Middle and Bottom Line: Maximizing Profits in an Unforgiving Economy
On Demand Webinar Course
Faculty: Darryl Cross, LexisNexis
Duration: 60 minutes
Course Number: DL1014
Course Type: Audio/PowerPoint Presentation/Online Q&A
Course Registration Fee: Lex Mundi Member Fee: No Charge
This course is available only to Lex Mundi members.
Successful firms must strategically manage their top line by focusing on the most profitable clients and prospects. They must also reduce expenses due to redundancy and incurring costs that cannot be passed along to the client. And, they must address productivity, efficiency and the effectiveness of their internal operations. This last component, also known as the “middle line”, is where many firms are finding the answers to balancing client expectations and firm desires. This webinar discusses how technology, strategy and a client-centric team approach can help firms outperform their competitors even in the toughest of markets.
Course Details and RegistrationMeasuring What You Manage
On Demand Webinar Course
Faculty: Nick Jarrett-Kerr, NJK Jarrett-Kerr Consulting
Duration: 60 minutes
Course Number: DL1021
Course Type: Audio/PowerPoint Presentation/Online Q&A
Course Registration Fee: Lex Mundi Member Fee: $125 / Non-Member Fee: $150
This webinar examines the use of performance metrics, Key Performance Indicators and scorecards as management tools.
Course Details and RegistrationMeeting the Challenge: Delivering Value to Clients
On Demand Webinar Course
Faculty: Michael Roster, Co-Chair, ACC Value Challenge Steering Committee, Association of Corporate Counsel
Duration: 60 minutes
Course Number: DL1026
Course Type: Audio/PowerPoint Presentation/Online Q&A
Course Registration Fee: Lex Mundi Member Fee: No Charge
This course is only available to Lex Mundi members.
Delivering value continues to be a topic of ongoing discussion between law firms and their clients nationwide and worldwide. This webinar discusses specific targets that are likely to help define what value means, for both firms and clients, concepts about how metrics, training, marketing, client satisfaction surveys, billing methods, and forms of partnering can contribute to delivering value, and what all of this means to firms and clients going forward.
Course Details and RegistrationMentoring, Coaching and Championing – Instilling a Law Firm Mentoring Culture
On Demand Webinar Course
Faculty: Jane DiRenzo Pigott, R3 Group
Duration: 60 minutes
Course Number: DL1008
Course Type: Audio/PowerPoint Presentation
Course Registration Fee: Lex Mundi Member Fee: $125 / Non-Member Fee: $150
This webinar discusses mentoring as a business imperative and how to construct and implement programs that will effectively foster a mentoring culture within law firms.
Course Details and RegistrationMining (and Minding) Your Client Base
On Demand Webinar Course
Faculty: Darryl Cross, LexisNexis
Duration: 60 minutes
Course Number: DL1018
Course Type: Audio/PowerPoint Presentation/Online Q&A
Course Registration Fee: Lex Mundi Member Fee: No Charge / Non-Member Fee: $150
This webinar discusses how client profiling can be used to grow profits and loyalty from your existing and future client base
Course Details and RegistrationMining Your Relationships
On Demand Webinar Course
Faculty: Darryl Cross, LexisNexis
Duration: 60 minutes
Course Number: DL1023
Course Type: Audio/PowerPoint Presentation/Online Q&A
Course Registration Fee: Lex Mundi Member Fee: No Charge / Non-Member Fee: $150
This webinar discusses mining your relationships in order to grow profits, improve client satisfaction, and gain an edge over the competition.
Course Details and RegistrationNew Opportunities for Private Healthcare Providers
On Demand Webinar Course
Faculty: Colin Zick, Foley Hoag LLP
Joao Marcelo Santos, Demarest e Almeida
Duration: 90 minutes
Course Number: DL1027
Course Type: Audio/PowerPoint Presentation/Online Q&A
Course Registration Fee: Lex Mundi Member Fee: No Charge/Non-Member Fee: $150
The Brazilian healthcare industry is projected to be one of the largest emerging sectors of private investment in the nation. This webinar analyzes current market trends and structure, discusses factors that are driving growth in the Brazilian healthcare sector, and compares them with private healthcare investment landscapes in North America.
Course Details and RegistrationOverview of Regulatory and Permitting Framework for an Offshore Wind Power Generation Facility
On Demand Webinar Course
Faculty: Robert Pontelle and Jocelyn Thompson, Alston & Bird
Graeme Dennis, Clayton Utz
Duration: 60 minutes
Course Number: DL1022
Course Type: Audio/PowerPoint Presentation/Online Q&A
Course Registration Fee: Lex Mundi Member Fee: No Charge / Non-Member Fee: $150
This webinar provides an overview of some of the major legal and regulatory issues associated with the siting and licensing of an offshore wind power facility off the coast of the United States, with a particular focus on a deep-water project on the Outer Continental Shelf. The program also provides a summary of the types of agreements governing the sale and transmission of electricity generated by such a facility, as well as the regulation of those agreements by Federal and State agencies.
Course Details and RegistrationProfessionalism on an International Scale
On Demand Webinar Course
Faculty: Timothy Terrell, Emory Law
Duration: 60 minutes
Course Number: DL1007
Course Type: Audio / PowerPoint Presentation / Online Q&A
Course Registration Fee: Lex Mundi Member Fee: $125 / Non-Member Fee: $150
This program covers the challenges professionalism presents to the legal industry along with identifying and discussing the six values that define its substance.
Course Details and RegistrationRecognizing Biases We All Don't Have: Unexamined Bias in the Legal Workplace
On Demand Webinar Course
Faculty: Lauren Rikleen, Rikleen Institute for Strategic Leadership
Duration: 60 minutes
Course Number: DL1017
Course Type: Audio/PowerPoint Presentation
Course Registration Fee: Lex Mundi Member Fee: $125/ Non-Member Fee: $150
Supervising professionals bring a good faith approach to the assignment, evaluation, and promotion processes. But a substantial body of research demonstrates how unconscious biases can inadvertently disadvantage others in these decisions which have a tremendous impact on an individual’s career. Understanding this dynamic is integral to the implementation of an assignment and evaluation process that minimizes the intrusion of unconscious bias.
Course Details and RegistrationRegional Update Series for Managing Partners – Asia/Pacific
On Demand Webinar Course
Faculty: Tiziana Sucharitkul, Tilleke and Gibbins
Nick Jarrett-Kerr, NJK Jarrett-Kerr Consulting
Audrey Chen, Jun He Law Offices
Jeremy Lam, Deacons
Duration: 60 minutes
Course Number: DL1012
Course Type: Audio/PowerPoint Presentation/Online Q&A
Course Registration Fee: Lex Mundi Member Fee: No Charge
This course is available only to Lex Mundi members.The purpose of the webinar is to provide managing partners around the world with concise updates on important developments that affect the legal industry, management issues facing member firms, and economic and political developments that impact investment in the Asia/Pacific region.
Course Details and RegistrationTransactional Risk Insurance: Using Transactional Risk Insurance Solutions to Close the Deal
On Demand Course
Faculty: Collin J. Hite, McGuireWoods LLP
Richard Beresford, McGuireWoods LLP
Craig Warnke, MARSH
Will Hemsley, MARSH
Duration: 90 minutes
Course Number: DL1028
Course Type: Audio/PowerPoint Presentation/Online Q&A
Course Registration Fee: Lex Mundi Member Fee: No Charge/Non-Member Fee: $150
Join Craig Warnke and Will Hemsley with MARSH, the world's leading insurance broker and risk adviser, and Collin J. Hite and Richard Beresford, Partners, McGuireWoods LLP, Lex Mundi member firm for USA, Virginia as they discuss warranty and indemnity insurance as well as tax indemnity insurance and typical uses. The panel will also provide an overview of contingent liability insurance and what it covers.
Course Details and RegistrationUnderstanding the New U.S. Sunshine Act and Its Impact on Health Care Providers and Industry
On Demand Course
Faculty: Colin Zick, Foley Hoag LLP
Pat Cerundolo, Foley Hoag LLP
Bill McKenzie, DePuy
Duration: 90 minutes
Course Number: DL1029
Course Type: Audio/PowerPoint Presentation/Online Q&A
Course Registration Fee: Lex Mundi Member Fee: No Charge/Non-Member Fee: $150
This webinar discusses proposed regulations for physician payment and ownership transparency under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (“PPACA”), also known as the “Sunshine Act,” that will change the way industry and U.S. health care providers interact. The U.S. Sunshine Act applies to U.S. pharmaceutical, biologic device manufacturers, medical supply manufacturers, and GPO’s (Group Purchasing Organizations), and will likely be extended to all physicians eventually.
Course Details and Registration