This event, presented by the Practising Law Institute, will offer a faculty composed of law firm leaders, general counsel, consultants and academics who will provide attendees with a framework for developing an understanding of the elements of law firm leadership; how to evaluate and overcome challenges, both internal and external, and benefit from new opportunities. Topics to be discussed include:

• The status of the law firm industry today - What does the future hold?
• Must there be winners and losers? How to recognize success and what is failure?
• A range of responses to the current economic environment and other challenges facing law firms today
• What do clients really want and are law firms providing it?
• Should you manage your firm by the numbers, and if so which numbers or not?
• How law firms strategize - should they be driven by profits, clients, importance of engagements, values, or something else?
• The constraints placed on the freedom of action by ethical rules that define the profession
• What your associates and other professionals want from the firm
• How to plan for leadership succession

WilmerHale Co-Managing Partner Bill Perlstein will be a featured panelist at this event. He will speak on the panel entitled, "Why Must Law Firms be Strategic?"