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Work Smarter, Not Harder: Hidden Gems for Elevating Satisfaction, Eliminating Time Sucks, and More

Creative Ways to Enhance Your Efficiency Without Sacrificing Quality

Division
NBI (100422)
Event Date
06/24/2025
Event Time
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM EDT
Event Planner
Nicole Vandermoss
Email
nicole.vandermoss@nbi-sems.com
Phone
(715) 835-8525

Course Experience

Throughout this course, you are asked to present examples to illustrate what you are trying to teach. This could include case studies or hypotheticals, “war stories,” demos of relevant software and/or tools, email management software tutorials, or other demonstrations – whatever is appropriate for your topic.

Program Description

Creative Ways to Enhance Your Efficiency Without Sacrificing Quality

Are you sick of drowning in emails and trying to juggle competing deadlines? Here's how we can help! In this practical course, our veteran practitioners spill tips and tricks for banishing productivity killers, time robbers, and energy zappers from your daily practice. Find out how to automate tasks to simplify your workflow, discover the value of integrating AI within the law firm, and form long-term strategies for ongoing improvement. What are you waiting for? Register today!

  • Uncover practical guidance for managing your email inbox.
  • Supercharge your efficiency with tried-and-true time management tips.
  • Formulate strategies for automating tasks and optimizing your workflow.
  • Assess the pros and cons of different tech tools for law firms.
  • Develop strategies for elevating the effectiveness of legal meetings.

*Any mention of specific products in this program is intended as part of a general overview and does not constitute NBI's endorsement or recommendation of any specific product or provider. This program is not sponsored by any technology or electronics provider.


Who Should Attend

This program is designed for attorneys. Paralegals may also benefit.


Course Content

  1. Effortless Email Management Tips for Busy Attorneys
  2. Time Management Techniques for Skyrocketing Your Efficiency
  3. Establishing Long-Term Plans for Continuous Improvement
  4. Prioritizing Your Mental Health: Managing Stress in the Legal Sphere
  5. Simplifying Your Workflow While Earning More: A Quickstart Guide
  6. The Tech-Driven Law Practice: Free Up Your Time With Top Tools
  7. 6 Tips for Enhancing Law Firm Meeting Effectiveness

Agenda / Content Covered

All times are shown in Eastern time.
  1. Effortless Email Management Tips for Busy Attorneys
    10:00 - 10:30, Ana Juneja
  2. Time Management Techniques for Skyrocketing Your Efficiency
    10:30 - 11:30, Ana Juneja
    1. Saying Goodbye to Time Sucks Across Different Practice Areas: Encouraging Productivity
    2. Setting and Scheduling Your Priorities
      1. Prioritization Techniques (e.g., Eisenhower Matrix)
      2. Competing Deadlines: How to Prioritize Tasks Without Feeling Overwhelmed
      3. One Step at a Time: Breaking Down Projects Into Individual Tasks
    3. The Shape of Success: Setting and Following Routines
    4. If You Can Do It in 10 Minutes, Do It Now!
  3. Establishing Long-Term Plans for Continuous Improvement
    11:45 - 12:15, Jonathan J. Schutrum
  4. Prioritizing Your Mental Health: Managing Stress in the Legal Sphere
    12:15 - 1:15, Jonathan J. Schutrum
    1. Identifying Common Stressors in the Legal Workforce
    2. How to Set and Maintain Boundaries With Clients and Colleagues
    3. Preventing Burnout While Elevating Client Satisfaction and Productivity
    4. Knowing When You Have a Problem: Substance Use Issues and Unhealthy Coping
    5. Tips for Minimizing Stress: Mindfulness, Exercise, etc.
  5. Simplifying Your Workflow While Earning More: A Quickstart Guide
    1:45 - 3:15, Kristofer Clark
    1. Delegating Tasks Without Sacrificing Work Quality
    2. Automating Repetitive Workflows to Minimize Errors and Save Time
    3. Project Management Principles for Legal Teams
    4. Cutting Through the Red Tape: Automating Document Management and Contract Review
    5. Building an Efficient Legal Team
      1. Attracting and Retaining Talent While Getting Rid of Dead Weight
      2. Addressing Inefficiencies Caused by Staff Turnover
      3. Outsourcing Legal Work: When and How
  6. The Tech-Driven Law Practice: Free Up Your Time With Top Tools
    3:30 - 4:30, Katie Brown
    1. Your Microsoft Office 365 Time-Saving Tool Box
    2. The Smart Way to Integrate Artificial Intelligence (AI) Into the Firm
    3. Case Management Software
    4. Evaluating ROI of Tech to Ensure Alignment With Your Goals
  7. 6 Tips for Enhancing Law Firm Meeting Effectiveness
    4:30 - 5:00, Katie Brown

Materials Due Date: 05/20/2025


Materials

If you’re covering any of the following topics, we HIGHLY recommend you include one or more of the following identified sample documents with your materials: I. Effortless Email Management Tips for Busy Attorneys (sample email templates) II. Time Management Techniques for Skyrocketing Your Efficiency (lists of productivity apps and/or podcasts for attorneys) III. Simplifying Your Workflow While Earning More: A Quickstart Guide (task management app comparisons and/or project management templates) IV. The Tech-Driven Law Practice: Free Up Your Time With Top Tools (comparisons of legal tech tools) V. 6 Tips for Enhancing Law Firm Meeting Effectiveness (meeting agenda templates) VII. Prioritizing Your Mental Health: Managing Stress in the Legal Sphere (resources for mental health support) Attendees love sample forms! Even if your topics are not above – if you can think of any templates, checklists, letters, agreements, provision language, reports, or legal forms that are appropriate for your topic – you are encouraged to provide them.

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Katie Brown is the associate dean for information resources at Charleston School of Law. Her research and scholarship interests are in the areas of intellectual property, acting skills for lawyers, law and literature, management, and a variety of legal research related topics. Ms. Brown has taught specialized, beginner, and advanced legal research courses and seminars on legal technology for practice, art of advocacy, and contracts. She is a very active member of the American Association of Law Libraries (AALL). Ms. Brown has participated in a variety of leadership roles throughout the association chapters and special interest sections. She earned her B.F.A. degree from DePaul University, her master's degree in library and information science from the Drexel University iSchool and her J.D. degree from Seattle University School of Law. In 2024, Ms. Brown also received the Inaugural Technology & Ethics Award from the Association of American Law Schools Section on Technology, Law and Legal Education (AALS).

Kristofer Clark is an attorney with de Beaubien, Simmons, Knight, Mantzaris & Neal, LLP. His practice is centered around representing defendants in personal injury cases. Mr. Clark earned his B.S. degree from University of Central Florida and his J.D. degree from Stetson University College of Law. He is a member of The Florida Bar and Orange County Bar Association. Mr. Clark is admitted to practice in all Florida State courts.

Ana Juneja is an award-winning intellectual property attorney and the founder of Ana Law®. She advises corporations, SMEs, start-ups, celebrities, and athletes with all facets of intellectual property in America and globally. Ana Law® is the first and only law firm that offers guaranteed patent, trademark, and copyright services. Ms. Juneja has a 100% success rate for IP registrations. She often teaches and speaks on emerging issues surrounding technology, security, AI, and global IP theft. Ms. Juneja is licensed in several states including Illinois, Texas, New York, Wyoming, and Washington, D.C., and focuses her day-to-day practice on IP prosecution, IP litigation, and IP portfolio management.

Jonathan J. Schutrum is an associate in the Dickie McCamey & Chilcote, P.C.'s litigation department, where he focuses his practice in medical and professional malpractice defense, nursing home litigation, municipal and governmental litigation, product liability, and insurance defense litigation. An experienced attorney, Mr. Schutrum has successfully prosecuted and defended legal actions in both New York state and federal courts. He also has experience handling and resolving matters through alternative dispute resolution and mediation. Mr. Schutrum graduated, magna cum laude, from George Washington University, before earning his law degree from the Syracuse University College of Law. He is a member of the New York State Bar Association and Bar Association of Erie County.

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