Legal Operations & Innovation Forum: From Data to ESG

Logistics for Attendees

Description

This forum, dedicated to legal operations and innovations professionals from around the world, will include case studies with Harvard Law School faculty, interactive workshops, collaborative group discussions, and the presentation of results from a major survey on the future of legal operations and innovations.

This event is invite-only and RSVP is required.

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Logistics

Pre-event dinner (optional)
April 3, 2023
6:00PM

Nubar @ the Sheraton Commander
16 Garden St, Cambridge, MA 02138

Legal Operations & Innovation Forum
Tuesday, April 4, 2023
9:00 am – Dinner/8:00 pm et

Campus of Harvard Law School
1563 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA 02138
Center on the Legal Profession and Executive Education Classroom
Pound Hall
Room 201

  • You can see a map of Harvard Law School here. As Harvard Law School doors remained locked, staff will be on hand at Pound Hall however if for whatever reason you have trouble, you can text/call Toshanna Santos at 617-652-4210 to let you in.
  • Attire: Business casual

Schedule

9:00 – 9:30 AM ET – Check in and Continental Breakfast

·      Pound Hall, Room 201

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

NOTE – Please read the linked memo in advance of the session, paying particular attention to pages 1-6 as well as the first paragraph of the “Reorganizing for the Future” section.

·      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; Senior Counsel for Special Projects and Innovation, U. S. Department of Justice
·      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

Note: Dinner will take place in Milstein West on the Harvard Law School Campus. We will direct participants.

Hotel Information

We have arranged for special discounted hotel rooms at Porter Square Hotel and Hotel 1868, both a 15 minute walk from campus. Guests will need to call or email to book their reservation and reference the code to receive the discounted rates. You cannot book online to receive discounted rates. Click here for booking instructions.

Other local hotels include:

Sheraton Commander Hotel
16 Garden Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
617-547-4800

The Charles Hotel
One Bennett Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
617-864-1200
617-864-5715