Leading Your Firm in the Digital Ecosystem:

What You Need to Know About Ai, Smart Contracts, Cryptos, Metaverse, and NFTs

In 2007, Apple launched the iPhone and the world changed forever with new ways for people to communicate, make decisions, and interact with clients and colleagues. Progressive business leaders were able to leverage it for competitive advantage while others lost time catching up. Today, you cannot imagine managing your firm or business or your personal life without one.

Similarly, you may not know how smart contracts work, what the metaverse is, what cryptocurrencies and blockchains are, or understand how they relate to you. But, not long from now, you will not be able to manage your firm or business, practice law, or perhaps even buy a house without using these disruptive technologies.

This session will unveil their mysteries and equip legal industry leaders to understand and discuss them and make decisions about their use.

Learning objectives:

• Participants will gain an understanding of how emerging technologies will change managing the business of law, affect legal practice areas, and provide strategic advantages. 

• This session will prepare participants to discuss blockchain related technologies with stakeholders, understand ways to use them, and identify related business partners and products. 

• From beginners to advanced users, this session will enhance the ability of legal management professionals to relate emerging technologies to their firms and businesses.
   
  

RSVP

Please register by November 16 using the REGISTER link to receive the Zoom access information. The Zoom access information is provided in your registration confirmation.

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

View the Event Registration List by selecting the meeting from the drop-down list.

Cost

No cost for ALA members and ALASVC business partners. Guests $20.

Speaker

Geoffrey M. Williams, CLM, MBA, M.Div. is COO/CFO at Cunningham Bounds, LLC on the Alabama Gulf Coast. He is ALA’s 2022-23 President-Elect and is a current member of ALA’s Board of Directors.

Mr. Williams is a Certified Blockchain and Law Professional by Blockchain Council, earned the Graduate Certificate in Law Firm Management from George Washington University, and his MBA from Louisiana State University in Shreveport. He is also a Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer and has a minor degree in computer science.

He has consulted for service firms, led chapter board retreats and educational sessions, and taught at various national and regional conferences on topics including leadership, strategy, and the future of work.

Sponsors

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.

Education Credit

CLM^® Application Credit:
This session does not qualify for CLM application credit.

CLM^® Application Credit for Functional Specialists: 
1 hour in the subject area of Operations Management (OM) to fulfill the CLM application.

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