Overview
December is a very busy month; many corporate 'year ends' and holiday event plans shorten an already busy work schedule leaving little time to collect CLE credits. Osler is here to help! We can't help with your holiday shopping but we are hosting a series of seminars to assist you in obtaining your professionalism credits. Attend any of the sessions in person at our Toronto office or join us via webinar.
NOVEMBER 30, 2012
Improving / Optimizing Productivity -
Too Much to Do, Too Little Time: Prioritization Strategies for Lawyers and Drowning in Email
Ann Gomez, Productivity Consultant
John MacDonald, Partner, Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
Lawyers face countless competing demands for their time and attention. It can be hard to manage expectations when you are inundated with messages and every task feels like a priority. During this double session, lawyers will learn how to take control of their work, manage priorities and handle the flow of email in the most effective way. In the first session, we will talk about setting realistic plans, estimating work effort, protecting time and concentrating on the work at hand. We will discuss the importance of leveraging deadlines and tightening backlogs. Finally, we will address the common causes of procrastination that impact most professionals.
In the second session, lawyers will learn how to take control of their inboxes. We will discuss the Touch it Once principle, as well as other strategies for staying on top of the volume including focusing, batch and sequential processing. We will also share strategies to manage the little tasks including daily planning, task management and electronic organization. And, we will talk about straightforward strategies to clear the email backlog – regardless of whether that includes 100 or 10,000 emails.
REGISTRATION
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12:00 to 12:30 p.m. - Networking Lunch
12:30 to 1:15 p.m. - Prioritization Strategies
1:15 to 2:00 p.m. - Drowning in Email 12:30 to 1:15 p.m. - Prioritization Strategies
1:15 to 2:00 p.m. - Drowning in Email
Continuing Professional Development
Ontario: An application has been submitted to The Law Society for 1.5 Professionalism Hours.
New York: New York admitted LPs will be entitled to 1.5 credit hours, which can be applied towards Law Practice Management.
Québec: An application for recognition for this program will be made in accordance with the Règlement sur la formation continue obligatoire des avocats.
DECEMBER 5, 2012
Professionalism: Why It Matters
Anita Anand, Centre for the Legal Profession, University of Toront
Jeremy Fraiberg, Partner, Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
Mark Gelowitz, Partner, Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
David Forster, Assistant General Counsel North America, Magna International
Join us for an interactive and innovative learning session as our expert panelists consider fact scenarios and discuss navigating ethical and professional issues in law today.
Professor Anita Anand, Academic Director of the Centre for the Legal Profession at the University of Toronto Faculty of Law, will set the stage with a presentation on Why Professionalism Matters followed by a panel discussion of challenging practice issues, including:
- managing the interests of a corporate client that acts through individuals
- handling inadvertent disclosure of confidential information
- conflicts of interest
- investigating facts and up the ladder reporting
- interacting with lawyers and our duty of civility
REGISTRATION
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12:00 to 12:30 p.m. - Networking Lunch
12:30 to 2:00 p.m. - Presentation 12:30 to 2:00 p.m. - Presentation
Continuing Professional Development
Ontario: Total CPD = 0.0 Substantive Hours + 1.5 Professionalism Hours.
New York: New York admitted LPs will be entitled to 1.5 credit hours, which can be applied towards Ethics and Professionalism
Québec: An application for recognition for this program will be made in accordance with the Règlement sur la formation continue obligatoire des avocats.
DECEMBER 11, 2012
Introduction to Legal Project Management
Michael Fekete, Partner, Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
Mara Nickerson, Chief Knowledge Officer, Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
Peter Daubaras, Practice Innovation Leader, Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
Daniel Shap, Managing Counsel, CIBC
Why do some projects go “off the rails” and what can you do about it? As in-house counsel increasingly comes under pressure to deliver more for less, Legal Project Management not only keeps projects on track, but creates efficiencies and predictability, and ultimately, better return on investment. This session looks at project management processes in a legal context, including:
- the basic principles of project management, key terminology, and the phases of a project
- strategies and tools to approach planning and management of a project
- strategies to introduce legal project management
REGISTRATION
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12:00 to 12:30 p.m. - Networking Lunch
12:30 to 1:30 p.m. - Presentation 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. - Presentation
Continuing Professional Development
Ontario: An application has been submitted to The Law Society for 1.0 Professionalism Hours.
New York: New York admitted LPs will be entitled to 1.0 credit hours, which can be applied towards Law Practice Management.
Québec: An application for recognition for this program will be made in accordance with the Règlement sur la formation continue obligatoire des avocats.
Attending in person? All seminars will be held in our Toronto office:
Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
1 First Canadian Place, 63rd Floor Client Centre
Toronto, Ontario
Participating by webinar?
Instructions for testing your computer and internet connection will be included with your confirmation upon registration.
Please be advised that all sessions will be recorded for Osler's archived learning library.
If you have questions, please contact Vaughna MacKenzie at seminars@osler.com.