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In-House Best Practices: I will Survive (and Thrive)! Presented By: Whitney Brandt Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP Nashville, TN Betsy Hults Jones Day Atlanta, GA Erica Larios Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati Palo Alto, CA Donna Kramer Sullivan and Cromwell LLP New York, NY Presented at: ACLEA 53 rd Annual Meeting July 29 th – August 1 st , 2017 Montréal, Québec

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In-House Best Practices:

I will Survive (and Thrive)!

Presented By:

Whitney Brandt Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Nashville, TN

Betsy Hults Jones Day

Atlanta, GA

Erica Larios Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Palo Alto, CA

Donna Kramer Sullivan and Cromwell LLP

New York, NY

Presented at: ACLEA 53rd Annual Meeting July 29th – August 1st, 2017

Montréal, Québec

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Whitney Brandt PillsburyWinthropShawPittmanLLP

Nashville,TN

Marcelle Burns  is  a Gomeroi‐Kamilaroi  first nations woman  and Pre‐doctoral  Fellow  at  the  School of Law,  University  of  New  England  (Australia).    She  has  over  twenty  years'  experience  in  the  field  of Indigenous peoples and  laws, as a  legal practitioner and academic.   Her research  interests  include the recognition of First Nations in international and domestic laws and Indigenous knowledges and cultural competency in legal education.  She is Project Leader for the Indigenous Cultural Competency for Legal Academics Program which aims to support academics to create inclusive learning environments for First Nations students, and build cultural competencies  in all students, thus  improving  legal service delivery to First Nations communities in the long term.      

Betsy Hults JonesDayAtlanta,GA

Betsy Hults  is the Firmwide CLE & Lawyer Training Manager for Jones Day, based  in the Atlanta office.  She has been with Jones Day for 34 years, starting as a paralegal and working her way up through the ranks  in  several administrative positions,  including  training and  recruiting.   Betsy holds a B.A. degree from  Vanderbilt  University  and  a  paralegal  certificate  from  the  Institute  for  Paralegal  Training  in Philadelphia.   She  is a member of ACLEA where she belongs to the  In‐House SIG and the Membership Committee.  She and her husband have two children‐‐ a son who is married, employed as an engineer in Atlanta, and "off the payroll" and a daughter who is earning a Master's Degree in Secondary Education.                

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Erica Larios WilsonSonsiniGoodrich&Rosati

PaloAlto,CA

Erica Larios is the Training and MCLE Administrator for Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati.  She has been with WSGR  for  16  years, working  through  several  roles within  the  firm's  Professional  Development department.   Erica manages the CLE regulations and requirements for all of the firm's attorneys, both nationwide and  internationally.    In addition,  she assists  clients and  friends of  the  firm with  their CLE requirements  and  works  with  many  different  CLE  regulators  to  ensure  the  firms'  programs  are accredited.   Currently, one of her  favorite  tasks  is  assisting brand new attorneys with understanding their CLE  requirements, and providing  them with  the  tools  for how  to meet  them.   Erica holds a B.A. degree in Liberal Studies from Sonoma State University.  She is a member of ACLEA where she will soon be finishing her role as co‐chair of the MCLE Committee and recently began her role as co‐chair of the In‐House SIG.   Erica and her husband have an 8 year old son, who recently became a 3‐time California State Wrestling Champion.         

Donna Kramer Sullivan&CromwellLLP

NewYork,NY

DONNA M. KRAMER manages CLE for Sullivan & Cromwell LLP in New York. To prepare for her law firm career, Donna  studied writing,  film,  and  theatre,  and was  employed  as  a  jazz  singer,  copywriter,  set designer,  sound  engineer,  makeup  artist,  joke  writer,  dancer,  costume  designer,  bartender,  club promoter, house painter,  and  radio DJ. Donna  also  spend one undignified  summer mucking  stalls  at Belmont  Racetrack,  which  experience  has  proved  more  relevant  to  her  career  in  continuing  legal education  than  you might  think.      In 1997,  after 7  years  as  an  S&C paralegal, Donna was drafted  to puzzle out New York's new CLE rules and has been somewhat obsessed with CLE ever since. In addition to her full‐time CLE responsibilities, Donna has written, directed, and produced 19 live variety shows and 50+ videos. In her spare time, Donna writes her daily blog (myonebeautifulthing.com), designs mermaid costumes, and binge‐watches PBS shows on Netflix.   

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In‐House Best Practices: I Will Survive (and Thrive)!

July 31, 2017

Whitney Brandt, Betsy Hults, Donna Kramer & Erica Larios

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Your Panel

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• Whitney Brandt – Senior Coordinator: Talent Development & CLE, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP: 3.5 years

• Betsy Hults ‐ CLE & Lawyer Training Manager, Jones Day: 34 years

• Donna Kramer ‐ Asst. Manager ‐ CLE and Special Projects, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP: 27 years

• Erica Larios ‐ Administrator, Professional Development, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati: 17 years

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Agenda

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The idea

The Program Development

The Audience

The Faculty

The Production

The Feedback

• The lifecycle of a program –Start to finish

The Nightmares

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How We’re Feeling

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How We Want to Feel

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How to get there

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Perfecting The Idea

• Best practices:

o Using your resources (Business Development, the Involved PSL, Junior Associates, Business Intelligence/Research Teams, Education Committee)

o Identifying your needs (surveys)

o Challenges and Solutions

• The awkward “no thanks”

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The Strategy of Program Development

• How to implement

• Setting deadlines

• Assessing technology

• Sending the invite – enticing the attendees

• Best practices for communication

• Challenges with multiple offices

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The Audience 

• Identifying your market

• The carrot on the stick 

o Lunch?

o CLE?

o Voting Devices?

o Videos + lecture?

o Storytelling?

• The various generational gaps

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The Faculty

• The repeat offender 

• Working with vendors/outside presenters

• Providing direction (learning objectives)

• Setting deadlines 

• The herding

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The Production

• Taking it up a notch from the ‘talking head’ and content

• Innovative ideas – what works, what doesn’t

o Knowing your culture

• Assignments/homework before programs

• Being more than a free meal

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The Feedback

• Best practices for soliciting good, constructive feedback

• What works, what doesn’t

• How to implement and tweak programming

• The file cabinet of death – putting evaluations into a drawer to never be read/revisited

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The Nightmares & The Struggle

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