Tailored tracks to suit your role
Whether it’s updated offerings, a compensation restructure, or a technology investment you
need to get right, the decisions made in the next 12 months will define the next chapter of your
firm. These two tracks are your blueprint.
Partner
Partners
Demand is up, competition is sharper, and the pressure to evolve is coming from clients, associates, and the market simultaneously. This track is where you work through these strategic decisions, not hear about them.
Legal Administrator
Legal Administrators
You’re the people who drive change and actually implement it. This track, built in partnership with ALA, is designed to help you navigate this time of flux and build the business case for how the firm should invest and grow.
Agenda and session information
Partner
Legal Administrator
Opening Keynote: The Inflection Point
8:45-9 a.m. PT | 11:45-12 p.m. ET
The legal landscape is changing faster than most firms are moving. This opening sets the strategic context for the day and frames what the shift in the legal market means specifically for the decisions partners and legal administrators are making right now.
Speaker: Ed Walters, VP, Legal Innovation & Strategy, Clio
Partner
[CLE] The New Economics of Mid-Sized Firms
9-10 a.m. PT | 12-1 p.m. ET
- Identify where AI is compressing billable time and how to restructure pricing before clients use it as leverage against you
- Navigate the internal equity problem when AI lifts some practice groups and barely touches others
- Use matter-level data to decide what work to grow, reprice, and eliminate
The Legal Administrator’s Operational Roadmap
9-10 a.m. PT | 12-1 p.m. ET
- Map the AI opportunities within your direct control: intake, billing, document management, and vendor evaluation, and identify where to start for the fastest wins
- Build the internal business case for technology investment and get partner buy-in without waiting for top-down mandates
- Lead change management across your firm, from training and adoption to the resistance you’ll inevitably hit along the way
Partner
[CLE] Today’s Implications on Client Relationships & Expectations
10:15-11:15 a.m. PT | 1:15-2:15 p.m. ET
- Understand how AI is changing what clients expect from outside counsel: turnaround times, pricing transparency, and scope
- Recognize where client expectations and firm capabilities are diverging, and how to manage that gap before it affects the relationship
- Position your firm’s approach to AI in a way that builds client confidence and earns trust under review
Hiring & Talent: Is AI Actually a Retention Strategy?
10:15-11:15 a.m. PT | 1:15-2:15 p.m. ET
- Reframe your recruiting pitch for a market where the honest answer to “what will I learn here” is changing
- Recognize where the career track is breaking down and what retention actually requires right now
- Apply strategies for managing AI adoption at the equity partner level, including supervisory obligations when partners oversee AI-assisted work product
Existing Customers
See Clio Work in Action
11:15-11:45 a.m. PT | 2:15-2:45 p.m. ET
See how Clio Work handles legal research, document analysis, and drafting in a system built specifically for legal work.
New to Clio
See Clio in Action
11:15-11:45 a.m. PT | 2:15-2:45 p.m. ET
See how Clio optimizes the operations legal administrators actually own: intake, billing, matter management, and document workflows, with AI built into the tools your firm is already using.
Partner
Legal Administrator
Build a Firm That Thrives in Uncertainty
12-12:45 p.m. PT | 3-3:45 p.m. ET
Most firms leave conferences with good intentions. This panel is about what happens next.
- Understand where the gap between strategy and execution lives at a mid-sized firm, and what the firms that close it are doing differently
- Get an unfiltered look at how peer firms have navigated technology adoption, talent pressure, and shifting client expectations at the same time
- Walk away with the one decision you can make this week that moves your firm forward
Speaker: Ed Walters, VP, Legal Innovation & Strategy, Clio
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In partnership with the Association of Legal Administrators (ALA)
We’re excited to welcome ALA as the official partner of the Legal Administrator track at the Law Firm Leadership Summit. As the leading organization for professionals managing the business of law, ALA members possess deep knowledge and expertise to help ensure law firm excellence at every level.
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FAQ
Is the law firm leadership summit actually free to attend?
Yes, it is 100% free!
Will session recordings be available to watch later?
Yes, as long as you are registered for the law firm leadership summit, you will receive an email with a link to all the session recordings. Please note that the certificate and CLE/CLM credit will not be granted for on-demand sessions.
How do I watch the sessions live?
The law firm leadership summit will be hosted on the Zoom Events platform. When you register, you will receive a calendar hold, so be sure to save the event to your calendar! You will receive your link to access the summit one week prior to the event, as well as reminder emails from Zoom one day and one hour before it starts.
What is Clio?
Clio is the global leader in legal AI technology, empowering legal professionals and law firms of all sizes to work smarter, faster, and more securely. Trusted by hundreds of thousands of users in over 130 countries, Clio’s Intelligent Legal Work Platform combines powerful technology with industry-leading security to define the future of legal work. Get in touch.