What makes ALA’s 2016 Annual Conference & Expo the must-attend event of the year? It’s the education, networking, solutions and resources from more than 200 business partners in the Exhibit Hall, the ability to connect with speakers after their sessions, and more.

1. May 22-25
Los Angeles Convention Center
Los Angeles, California
Your Roadmap to Modern Resources, Invaluable Connections and Expert Guidance
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2. Welcome
The 2016 ALA Annual Conference & Expo is already ramping
up to be your roadmap to modern resources, invaluable
connections and expert guidance.
We look forward to seeing you in Los Angeles — the City of
Angels! We know you won’t regret it!
DeAnna L. Lopez, CLM, SPHR, SHRM-SCP
2016 ALA Annual Conference & Expo Planning Committee Chair
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3. Keynote Address
Daymond John
ABC reality TV series, Shark Tank
Five Shark Points:
Fundamentals for Success in
Business and Life
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ALA’s Annual Conference & Expo focuses on issues
facing leaders in private law firms, corporate,
government, non-profit and legal aid agencies.
Legal industry-
focused
education
Products and
services for
legal
professionals
Networking
opportunities
with peers and
business
partners
Continuing
education
credits
Interactive
workshops,
case studies
and discussions

5. Education
Choose from more than 75 education sessions in five key legal management areas.
Sessions are led by industry experts who present leading-edge information on the
challenges and solutions that impact law firms and departments in today's
demanding professional environment.
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Communications
and
Organizational
Management
Financial
Management
Human Resources
Management
Legal Industry
and Business
Management
Operations
Management

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What’s New?
Our new Advanced Profitability Track: A Deep Dive into Legal
Pricing, Projects and Processes is a set of sessions designed
specifically for your financial success.
Idea Exchanges topics include Chapter Leader; Small, Medium
and Large Firm; Human Resources; Corporate and Government;
Branch Office and Professional Development Advisory
Committee.

7. Advanced Profitability Track:
A Deep Dive into Legal Pricing, Projects and Processes
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• Learn how to maximize profitability
• Hear from high-level speakers that have developed a
structured set of sessions designed specifically for your
financial success

8. Legal Lean Sigma© and Project Management: Driving Efficiency, Value and
Competitive Advantages
Law Firm Profitability in the New World
Win/Win Pricing
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Advanced Profitability Track:
A Deep Dive into Legal Pricing, Projects and Processes
Monday, May 23

9. Idea Exchanges – Sunday, May 22
Personal Injury Plaintiff Idea
Exchange
Large Firm Principal
Administrator Idea Exchange
Branch Office Idea Exchange
Corporate Idea Exchange
Intellectual Property Idea
Exchange
Chapter Leaders Idea Exchange
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Large Firm Administrator Idea
Exchange (100+ Attorneys)
Human Resources Idea
Exchange
Professional Development
Advisory Committee Idea
Exchange
CLM Preparation Idea Exchange
Government Idea Exchange

10. Idea Exchanges – Sunday, May 22
Continued
Medium Firm Idea Exchange (31-99 Attorneys)
Small Firm Idea Exchange (1-30 Attorneys)
International Idea Exchange
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11. Education – Monday, May 23
Keynote Five Shark Points:
Fundamentals for Success in
Business and Life
The Paper2Digital Law Firm
The Cell Phone Experience:
Implications for the Workplace
Coaching Attorneys on How to
Coach Attorneys and Staff
Writing a Successful Response
to a Request for Proposals:
Part 1
Reboot Your Energy
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Keeping Partners Informed
with Key Performance
Indicators
Savvy Social Security Planning
for Boomers
Take a Field Trip: Breaking the
Mold of Your Leadership
Development
Project Management for the
Legal Administrator
Legal Lean Sigma® and Project
Management: Driving Efficiency,
Value and Competitive Advantages
Law Firm Profitability in the
New World

12. Education – Monday, May 23
Continued
Workplace Investigations: The
HR Sleuth in Action
Unflappable: How to Look
Smart When You Have to Think
on Your Feet
Writing a Successful Response
to a Request for Proposals:
Part 2
Diversity is a State – Inclusion is
a Choice
How to Confront Performance
Problems Without Being a
Quiet Herd Cutter
Wellness Programming: From
Start to Finish
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Key Issues in Effective
Profitability Enhancement
Savvy Medicare Planning for
Boomers
It's Not Who You Know, It's
Who Knows YOU!
Pricing, Profitability, Project
Management and Other
Leading Trends
Defend Yourself Against Bad
Decisions
Social Media and the National
Labor Relations Board

13. Education – Monday, May 23
Continued
Can Law Firms Innovate? How
to Drive Important Change in
Your Firm
Win/Win Pricing
From Here to the Cloud: A
Roadmap to Bridging the Gap
Interviewing: How to Stop Hiring
the Best Applicants and Hire the
Best Employees Instead
Speak With Ease and
Confidence
How Legal Administrators Can
Support Business Development
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Office Body and Brain
Training 101

14. Education – Tuesday, May 24
How to Build a Budget You Can
Count On
Tax Update
Where Client Service Teams
and Business Development
Intersect
The Changing Landscape for
Paralegals and Practice Support
Professionals
Uniform Scanning from
Anywhere
Utilizing Your Real Estate to
Support and Implement
Change
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Trajectory Code
The Power of Body Language
Overcoming the Discomfort
with Differences
Creating a Great Workplace
through the Gift of GAB: Goals,
Attitude, Behavior
Perils and Pitfalls of Law Firm
Accounting
Reduce Risk and Increase Profits:
Commercial Litigation Finance as
a Lucrative Law Firm Resource

15. Education – Tuesday, May 24
Continued
Deeper Dive on Minimization
The Next Chapter: Insights from
Cushman & Wakefield's National
Legal Sector Benchmark Survey
Using Influence and Impact:
Become an Effective HR
Business Leader
Are Your Firms' Desktops
Secure? Are You Sure?
Forensic Business
Development Research
Reconsidering Legal Space
Needs: Learning From
Corporate America
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Become the Rainmaker of Your
Firm's Bottom Line
Understanding Financial Data
Diversity Data Requests:
Guiding Your Internal and
Client-Facing Efforts
Mergers, Moves and Leasing
Bite-Size is the Right Size: The
Move Toward Brief, Targeted
Learning

16. Education – Tuesday, May 24
Continued
Fast Forward®: Driving Top-Line Revenue for Your Law Firm
Toxic Employees, Toxic Workplaces
Engage Your Team and RETREAT
Marathon Leadership: 26.2 Lessons for Modern Leaders
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17. Education – Wednesday, May 25
Finding the Funny in Change
Substance Abuse in the Legal
Industry
Problematic Partners: Handling
Underperformance and
Misbehaviors
Recovery, Renewal and
Reinvention: Navigating the
Next Decade
Make It Rain! Accelerate Your
Cash Flow, Buoy Your Profits
and Evaporate Your Risk
The Coming Tsunami
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Innovative Design Strategies for
the Small Law Firm
Brezina Memorial Session:
Civility Pays
Choosing Your Entity
Lawcountability: The Next
Generation in Business and
Professional Development
The Changing Role of the Legal
Secretary
Digital Marketing and the
Power of Story

18. Education – Wednesday, May 25
Continued
Is the Legal Industry Ready for
Mobility?
Why People Do What They Do
Impact of the 2016 Election on
the Affordable Care Act
How to Manage Your Money:
Personal Finance 101
Conflict Issues in a 21st
Century Life Sciences Practice:
Ethics
Working Through the
Bureaucratic Red Tape of
Decision-Making
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When You Want To Be
H.E.A.R.D. – Negotiate!
How to Plan For a Successful
Retirement
Budgeting Between
Settlements: Avoiding the Cash
Crunch
Federal Employment Law
Update
Workplace Ethics: How To Keep
Your Job Without Losing Your
Integrity
Leveraging the Power of
Generational Differences

19. Education – Wednesday, May 25
Continued
De-Mystifying Data Breaches and Information Security Compliance
Equipment Leasing: Considerations and Strategies
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Corporate Education Session

20. BOLD Bites
Massive Change, One Bite at a
Time
5 Must-Do Desk Exercises
Persuasion Principals Made
Simple
Performance Indicators for Law
Firms: The Client’s Point of
View
What is Reasonable
Accommodation Under the
ADA?
The Role & Responsibility of
the Business Professional in the
Delivery of Value & Efficiency
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10 Minutes to Better (Shorter,
More Productive, Less Stupid)
Meetings
Fast Forward: Top 10
Takeaways
What Makes a Law Firm
Marketer Successful?
Inclusion of Lawyers with
Disabilities
How to Get E-Learning Up and
Running Quickly Without
Breaking the Bank
What Mark Twain Learned Me
Bout Public Speakin’

21. BOLD Bites – Continued
The Business Case for
Transformational Leadership
Using Humor in Your Personal
and Professional Life
Less Paper vs. Paperless: Why
One is Doomed to Fail
Five Steps to Mitigating Fraud
and Risk
Adden Humur Two You're
Presentashun
What Trends are Turning into a
New Era of Legal Services
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Employee Recruitment,
Engagement and Retention for
a Professional Services Firm
Why You Should Worry About
Even Small Data Breaches
Preventing Fraud in Your Law
Firm
Coach Them UP or Coach Them
Out
Choosing Inclusion: How to Have
the Courageous Conversations
that Create Change
Maximizing LinkedIn for
Lawyers

22.  Be a part of the future! Based on
member feedback and on-
demand education trends, ALA is
excited to provide a pilot virtual
conference experience – FREE!
 Watch and chat live during select
sessions. You will also be able to
interact with speakers, business
partners and other attendees.
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23. Continuing Education Credits
Earn valuable credits for Certified Legal Manager (CLM)SM, CPE, CLE,
HRCI and/or SHRM certification at various education sessions. There
is even a CLM Track for earning all necessary general education
credits during conference! Learn more about ALA’s CLM designation
at alanet.org/clm.
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24. Exhibits
The Exhibit Hall will showcase a
powerhouse of solutions,
emerging trends, knowledge
and business partnerships. Here
you can take your toughest
questions and find the industry
experts with practical answers.
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Market-ready
solutions
Tomorrow’s
technology
Hands-on
demonstrations

25. “As a 20-year member of ALA, I can honestly say ALA was my lifeline as the firm I am
with grew from a very small 10-person firm to the current 85-person firm. When I was
new to the job, people and printed resources were much needed. Not only the members
of my chapter were called upon, but from ALA’s conferences I was also able to network
with the smaller firms that met my needs at that time. As the firm grew, so did my need
for new information, particularly as we passed some magic numbers for state and
federal benefits. ALA members came to my rescue. Even though I have six department
heads and an office manager that now report to me and are responsible for some of the
day-to-day people issues, I still rely on ALA to meet my needs for information. It is the
first source I turn to.”
—Brenda A. Majewski
Kohn Law Firm S.C.
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26. “All 10 of the ALA Annual Conferences that I have attended presented me
with opportunities to learn new skills, to see the latest trends and gadgets in
the legal market, to meet new friends and to rekindle old relationships. This
year, I decided to give a little bit back to ALA by volunteering to introduce one
of their wonderful educational session speakers to the ALA attendees. It felt
great to be more than just a participant this year (even if it meant working
outside my comfort zone) and to actually play a very tiny part in the ALA
Annual Conference experience. I would encourage everyone to walk the walk
and talk the talk by volunteering and earning a Session Manager ribbon!”
—Fran Puntillo, CLM
Weiner Lesniak, LLP
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