AIPLA Presents...
Career and Practice Management Series
The global economy is in a state of unprecedented fluctuation. These changes can impact how each and every one of us practices law, regardless of practice location and clientele. In this special series of informal webinars, experts, consultants and advisors will discuss law practice management issues to help weather these uncertain times.
AIPLA is pleased to provide these free webinars exclusively for AIPLA members to provide you with tips, tricks and general advice guiding you through the current situation and for many years to come. There is no CLE available for these webinars.
Maintaining and Gaining Career Momentum in Spite of the Economic Downturn January 22, 2010 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Don't let an economic downturn slow your professional development -- here's how to maintain and even gain momentum in these troubling economic times. The panel convened by the Education, Young Lawyers and Law Students Committees at the 2009 Annual Meeting is congregating again to further discuss the timely issue of how to deliver value to your firm and its clients in a troubled economy. The panel will provide tips that are applicable to law students, junior/senior-level associates and young partners. Law students, especially those graduating in the next year, will learn techniques for approaching job interviews and where to look for a job. The discussion will provide strategic advice for first year associates with deferred offers, including how to stay on the radar and use the time off to their advantage. Junior-level associates will learn tips for expanding your practice, including writing papers, doing pro bono work, and staying active in bar organizations like AIPLA. Panel members will also offer valuable insight for senior-level associates who are up for partner in the near future, as well as junior partners who are trying to make their mark at their firm. Join us for a lively discussion on these very timely topics!
Presenters:
Danice Kowalczyk - BCG Search
Janet Gongola - USPTO Solictor’s Office
Dean Nakamura - MDIP LLC
Hathaway Russell - Foley Hoag
DeAnn Smith - Foley Hoag
There is no CLE available for this webinar.
Download the speaker's slides CLICK HERE
If you were unable to attend Click Here to view and listen to the recorded version of this webinar.
The Media and Its Portrayal of IP July 22, 2009 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
The last several years have witnessed a flurry of transformative patent reform activity. The Supreme Court has issued key rulings affecting the availability of injunctive and declaratory relief, revised the law of obviousness, and limited the extraterritorial reach of the patent act. Now Congress stands poised to ratify significant and far-reaching changes to the patent system. As a part of this activity, there has been a significant amount of media coverage of the patent system and various reasons which might or might not justify reform. Given the media’s well-recognized power to influence public attitudes, it is important for patent system participants, interest groups, and policy-makers to understand the picture presented by the media. Regardless of whether the media aptly describes or distorts the patent system, its influential role in the current policy debates should not be ignored.
The AIPLA Public Education Committee andthe AIPLA Online Programs Committee are pleased to present Professor Lisa Dolak who is overseeing astudy which is analyzing major newspaper coverage of the patent system from January 1, 2005 through December 31, 2008 to systematically assess how the press portrayed the U.S. patent system. We believe it is helpful to all practitioners to get an objective rather than anecdotal picture of how patents are being portrayed in the media and so are providing this seminar free of charge. The program will also briefly address AIPLA's current efforts in developing programs to help educate the public and its representatives about the value of IP and opportunities for concerned or interested attorneys to get involved in these efforts. These efforts range from youth education, to education generally on the internet, to efforts more directly aimed at the public's representatives in the congress and the courts.
Presenters:
Lisa Dolak- Board of Advisors Professor of Law, Syracuse University
Michael Piper- Conley Rose, PC
There is no CLE available for this webinar.
Download the speaker's slides Lisa Dolak and Michael Piper
Download the speaker's papers Paper 1 and Paper 2
If you were unable to attend Click Here to view and listen to the recorded version of this webinar.
Managing IP Portfolios in the Current Economic Climate March 19, 2009 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
The current economic environment has forced in-house corporate counsel and private practitioners to rethink how IP portfolios are managed. This program discusses best practices for managing IP procurement and litigation, balancing in-house and outsourced work, facilitating knowledge management resources, and managing costs. This program also discusses the collaborative relationship necessary between in-house corporate counsel and private practitioners for successfully managing a corporation’s IP portfolio.
Presenters:
Lee C. Bromberg- Bromberg & Sunstein
Nancy Klembus- Kimberly-Clark Corporation
Bruce D. Sunstein- Bromberg & Sunstein
There is no CLE available for this webinar.
Download the speakers' slides Click Here
If you were unable to attend Click Here to view and listen to the recorded version of this webinar.
Personal Business Planning in Unusual Times January 23, 2009 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Business development trainer and coach, Stewart Hirsch, developed a Business Plan Boot Camp for which four of our members created and shared their own business plans. One of those members, Barbara Fiacco, along with Stewart, presented the Best of the Boot Camp.
This Webinar covered the following topics:
• Why you should have your own plan
• The elements of a strategic personal business plan
• Ten Best Practices to create your own plan.
There was no CLE available for this webinar.
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