Chicago-Kent College of Law, Janders Dean International, and SeyfarthLean Consulting are excited to offer two, half-day educational sessions to be held in conjunction with the Janders Dean & Chicago-Kent College of Law Legal Horizons Conference.

These events will take place the day before the unique conference (13 July) in Chicago and will feature in-depth explorations of data+law and Agile Legal Project Management.

These are two separate sessions taking place on a single day. Sign up for one or both, but be aware that seating is extremely limited (25 per session). See below for more details.

Quantified Law Primer (08:00AM-12:00PM)

Interaction with relevant data and artful visualization is now common in our daily lives. The power of data is better understood than ever before. Meanwhile, law firms and corporate legal departments are under increasing pressure to achieve greater awareness, control, and forecasting of legal work in order to meet billing/spend targets and mitigate risk. These and other forces have converged to speed investment in “quantified law” projects in all corners of the legal market.

While market interest in this area is high, the ability to spot opportunities and understand how to capitalize on those opportunities has proven elusive for law firms and corporate legal departments alike. In response, Chicago-Kent College of Law and Janders Dean are excited to offer this unique Quantified Law Primer.

Designed for lawyers and strategic disruptors, this session brings industry leaders and data+law champions from Chicago-Kent and Janders Dean together to present a 4-hour intensive workshop exploring the crossroads of data and law. This condensed primer will cover:

• Industry trends in analytics and use within the legal industry
• Analytics toolkit – including data capture, storage, analysis and visualization techniques
• Machine learning and AI trends – within the legal industry and outside of legal practice
• Business cases and business opportunities for expanded use of data in legal practice
• Hands-on exercises to explore real-life examples of data use and apply techniques learned in the workshop

This Quantified Law Primer will be jam-packed with insights from leaders who have executed progressive industry projects. Workshop contributors, advisors, and presenters include Dan Katz (Chicago-Kent College of Law), Karl Haraldsson (Janders Dean), and Andrew Baker (Janders Dean).

Price: 450 USD

Agile LPM Workshop (01:00PM-05:00PM)

New and changing pressures in the legal industry are forcing legal service providers to seek new methods of managing legal work. As a result, legal project management has become a phenomenon in all major markets across the globe and is now becoming common within progressive law firms and legal departments.

Not all legal work is the same, however, and classic project management approaches are falling flat in complex areas of work. Enter Agile legal project management. Developed outside of the legal industry, Agile methods have proven a fit for complex, non-linear work, and the framework is now being explored by the most forward-thinking service providers in the industry.

SeyfarthLean Consulting and Janders Dean are excited to offer this unparalleled Agile LPM Workshop designed by recognised pioneers in the legal industry. This workshop will cover:

• Industry trends in LPM
• Agile basics
• Agile project management translated for and applied to the practice of law
• The connection between Agile execution and legal process definition
• Case studies of Agile LPM applied to both transactional and litigation matters
• Hands-on exercises to explore Agile LPM techniques

This workshop will be fast-paced and full of insights garnered from extensive experience. Workshop contributors, advisors, and presenters include Kim Craig (SeyfarthLean Consulting), Andrew Baker (Janders Dean), and Justin North (Janders Dean).

Price: 450 USD

Space for both offerings will be extremely limited. The number of seats will be capped at 25 people per session.