Revisiting the Legal Operations and Innovation Forum

On April 4, 2023, the Harvard Law School Center on the Legal Profession hosted the Legal Operations & Innovation Forum: From Data to ESG, an invite-only event bringing together legal operations and innovation professionals from around the world to discuss the latest trends and developments in the field.

The forum featured a variety of speakers, including Harvard Law School faculty, legal operations leaders from leading companies, and experts from the legal technology industry. The speakers addressed a wide range of topics, including the use of data and analytics in legal operations, the future of ESG compliance, and the challenges and opportunities of legal technology. In addition to the speaker presentations, the forum also included interactive workshops, collaborative group discussions, and a keynote address. The forum built on a series of legal operations and innovation colloquia CLP has hosted over the years.

Find the full schedule below.

9:30 – 9:45 AM ET – Welcome and Plan for the Day

·      David B. Wilkins, Lester Kissel Professor of Law, Vice Dean for Global Initiatives on the Legal Profession, Director, Center on the Legal Profession

9:45 – 11:00 AM ET – Live Case Study – Legal Operations and Innovation at Microsoft

·      Hossein Nowbar, General Counsel, Microsoft
·      Tom Orrison, Director of Legal Operations, Microsoft
·      Nancy King, Chief of Staff, Corporate Legal Affairs, Microsoft
·      Faculty – David B. Wilkins, Lester Kissel Professor of Law, Vice Dean for Global Initiatives on the Legal Profession, Director, Center on the Legal Profession

11:00 –11:15 AM ET – Break

11:15 AM – 12:15 PM ET – Breakout Group Case Studies Around ESG & Legal Data

·      Structured working groups facilitated by Harvard faculty
·      Participants will work together in teams on a case studies developed by conference organizers, presenting ideas to the entire group following lunch
·      Case studies include the role of data on topics such as Modern Foreign Slavery, Environmental Protection, Vendor Diversity, Foreign Corrupt Practices

12:15 – 1:15 PM ET – Lunch

1:15 – 2:30 PM ET – Share Out from Breakout Group Case Studies

·      Moderators – Memme Onwudiwe, Lecturer on Law, Harvard Law School
·      Jerry Ting, Lecturer on Law, Harvard Law School
·      David B. Wilkins, Lester Kissel Professor of Law

2:30 – 3:30 PM ET – Making Sense of it All: Developing an Integrated Service Model

·      Darren R. Guy, COO – Office of the General Counsel, AIG
·      Yesenia Pilar Santiago​, Vice President, Head of Global Legal Operations, TelevisaUnivision
·      Daniel Yi, Member, CLOC Board; HLS Lecturer on Law
·      E.A. Rockett, Senior Director – Office of the General Counsel, Adobe

·      Faculty – David B. Wilkins, Lester Kissel Professor of Law, Vice Dean for Global Initiatives on the Legal Profession, Director, Center on the Legal Profession
 
3:30 – 3:45 PM ET – Break

3:45 – 5:45 PM ET – Results of a Center on the Legal Profession Survey of Legal Operations and Innovation Professionals

This session will be presented as part of two JD classes – The Legal Profession Seminar (Wilkins and Fong) and Startup Entrepreneurship and Innovations in Legal Technology (Onwudiwe and Ting). Participants will hear the results of a survey of legal ops and innovations professionals being conducted by the Center as well as engage in small group discussions with HLS students.

·      David B. Wilkins, Lester Kissel Professor of Law
·      Bryon Fong, Lecturer on Law, Harvard Law School
·      Memme Onwudiwe, Lecturer on Law, Harvard Law School
·      Jerry Ting, Lecturer on Law, Harvard Law School
·      Course Guest: Stephanie Corey, Co-Founder, CLOC and LINK

5:45 – 8:00 PM ET – Dinner and Keynote Discussion

·      Jonathan L. Zittrain, George Bemis Professor of International Law, Vice Dean for Library and Information Resources, Faculty Director, Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society, Professor of Computer Science, Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Professor of Public Policy, Harvard John F. Kennedy School of Government