Due to the Shelter-In-Place order for Santa Clara County, this session has been cancelled.

(Yes, we see the irony.)

Law Firms and the Day You Hope Will Never Come: Preparing for Disaster

It could be a burst pipe, a fire in a neighboring suite, a workplace violence incident, an earthquake, a weeklong power outage due to wildfires, or the coronavirus impacting your office....it doesn’t have to be a natural disaster that could close your firm or affect its reputation.

Does your firm’s current business continuity plan address all the essential components necessary to seamlessly continue providing services to clients if such a situation were to occur?

If not, then this session is for you.

In this interactive session, we will discuss incident management, crisis communication systems, sheltering-in-place vs. evacuation, IT recovery and cybersecurity protection, alternate workspace options, risk management, and compliance, coronavirus concerns, and comprehensive written business continuity plans.

Learning Objectives:

• Discuss why compliance issues, client audits, RFP requests, and the professional responsibilities of lawyers have changed the playing field for Business Continuity in the legal field;

• Explain the importance of having a written Business Continuity plan;

• Identify the key/essential elements of a comprehensive Business Continuity plan;

• Apply the techniques discussed by completing a template that can be used by your office to write or enhance your firm’s Business Continuity plan

RSVP: Please register by March 17 using the REGISTER link.

If questions or to cancel a reservation, contact [email protected] to avoid being charged.

Kathryn Scourby (Kathy) is the Principal of KNS Consulting, LLC.

She works with professional service firms to achieve their goals in the areas of business continuity, disaster preparedness, risk management, and compliance.

Kathy, a certified business continuity professional, trains management professionals and all levels of staff at private service firms and facilitates table-top exercises in these focus areas.

Kathy retired in 2017 after thirty- three years with international law firm Hunton & Williams, LLP and has more than thirty-seven years of experience in the legal industry. Additionally, Kathy served on the International Board of Directors for the Association of Legal Administrators (ALA), was a trustee for the Foundation of the Association of Legal Administrators, and currently serves on ALA's International Relations Committee. She continues to receive outstanding reviews as a frequent presenter at ALA conferences, ALA, ACP, and other Association local chapters and with private service firms on disaster recovery, business continuity, and risk management issues.

We appreciate the generous support of our chapter sponsors. Thank you!

Be sure to meet all of our distinguished Chapter Business Partners -- building a positive business relationship and understanding their services is advantageous when you need a product or service at a moment's notice. Business partners are an important resource for legal management professionals to perform their jobs, plan for the future, and build their knowledge about changes and trends in products and services for the success of their firms.

CLM^SM Application Credit:
1 hour in the subject area of Operations Management (OM)

CLM^SM App Credit for Functional Specialists: 

1 hour in the subject area of Operations Management (OM)  towards the additional hours required of some Functional Specialists to fulfill the CLM application.

CLM^SM Recertification Credit:
1 hour in the subject area of Operations Management (OM)