CLOC Cares: San Francisco Bay Area

CLOC Cares is coming to the San Francisco Bay Area group. Join this volunteer event at Sacred Heart in San Jose. This is a great opportunity to give back to your community while connecting with your local CLOC peers.

The mission of Sacred Heart is “…to build a community free from poverty by creating hope, opportunity, and action. We provide essential services, work together to improve our lives, organize for justice, and inspire our community to love, serve, and share.”

Volunteers will join for various activities which may include sorting and hanging clothing donations, bagging clothing selections, recording donations and giving out receipts, bagging produce or chicken, monitoring and restocking pantry shelves, and/or pantry monitoring.

Associated with CLOC San Francisco Bay Area

CLOC Mexico: Optimizing Legal Budgets – Effective Spend Management Techniques

Join this CLOC Mexico group event exploring innovative spend management approaches in the legal sector. Discover how legal ops teams can enhance cost-effectiveness through strategic spend management initiatives.

Learn from Fran, an expert in regulating budgets, rate increases, and managing relationships with external firms. Explore the benefits of fixed fees and competitive bidding, including a trial with Pursuit’s specialized software. Understand how to facilitate live auctions among multiple firms and the advantages of outsourcing with ALSPs.

We’ll cover various budget types, such as hourly, fixed fees, phase payments, and outcome-based contracts. This session is tailored for in-house legal teams in Latam and includes practical tips on enforcing outside counsel billing guidelines. Don’t miss this opportunity to transform your legal spend management and drive substantial cost reductions.

Associated with Mexico

CLOC Mexico: LEGAL OPS Foundations – Moving from Reactionary to Anticipatory with Jessie Santiago

Join this CLOC Mexico group event designed to help legal operations professionals transition from a reactive approach to a proactive strategy. Learn from industry experts about strategic planning, organizational optimization, and the core functions of legal operations as outlined by CLOC. Discover how to identify key areas for improvement, implement effective project management, and utilize technology to enhance efficiency. This session will provide actionable insights on establishing strong partnerships, setting strategic priorities, and fostering a culture of continuous improvement. Don’t miss this opportunity to elevate your legal operations to the next level.

Associated with Mexico

CLOC Mexico: Transformación Legal – El Viaje con CLOC de un GC

Descubra cómo los principios de CLOC pueden transformar las operaciones legales de su equipo. En este webinar, exploraremos cómo un General Counsel ha aprovechado estas prácticas para optimizar la eficiencia y fomentar la innovación dentro de su departamento legal. Analizaremos métodos para mejorar la colaboración, optimizar procesos y gestionar presupuestos de manera más efectiva. Esta sesión le proporcionará enfoques prácticos y probados que pueden maximizar el valor de las operaciones legales en su organización. No se pierda esta oportunidad de obtener insights valiosos y aplicables para su propio equipo.

Associated with Mexico

 

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CLOC New York: Maximizing Legal Ops – KPI Informed Strategic Planning

Join your CLOC New York peers for this in-person discussion focused on optimizing your legal department. We’ll dive into measuring Key Performance Indicators (KPI), calculating Return on Investment (ROI), and using these metrics to guide strategic planning as we look ahead to next year. Learn beside peers while networking and connecting with legal operations professionals in the New York region.

Space is limited -register now to save your spot and check back for additional event details.

AGENDA

  • 4pm-5pm: Arrival and open networking
  • 5pm-5:20pm: Critical KPI’s for a Legal Department and How to Calculate ROI to Establish Metrics
    • Jessica Jones Escalera, Managing Director, Head of Legal Operations – Americas @ HSBC 
  • 5:20pm-5:40pm: Utilizing Metrics to Guide Operations and the Legal Departments Strategic Planning
    • Jessica Williams, Director of Legal Team Strategy and Operations, FanDuel 
  • 5:40pm – 6:00pm: The General Counsel’s Perspective: Impact of Strategic Planning on the Organization
    • Alexia Maas, Founder & CEO | General Counsel & Business Adviser, Stratevix 
  • 6:00pm – 7:00pm: Happy hour & open networking

Hors d’oeuvres and beverages provided. This event is graciously supported by Malbek.

Associated with CLOC New York

CLOC San Francisco Bay Area Roundtable: e-Billing and Outside Counsel Management – Part 2

Join your CLOC SF Bay Area regional group for a continuation of our last virtual roundtable. This month’s discussion will again be all about e-billing and outside counsel management. Topics will include AFAs, accrual management, and metrics/business intelligence. Bring your questions and expertise and let’s learn from each other. We will be limiting the number of attendees to ensure group participation, so register early.

This session will be moderated by Deborah Haile, Associate Director, Legal Operations at Gilead Sciences, Inc.   

Associated with San Francisco Bay Area

 

CLOC Pittsburgh/Ohio Regional Roundtable Discussion

Join your CLOC peers in the Pittsburgh/Ohio region for a virtual roundtable discussion sharing insights around your legal ops opportunities and challenges.

AGENDA

  1. Welcome
  2. Regional Group Updates
    1. ACC & CLOC Event
  3. Discussion Topics
    1. Share & Tell – recent/current projects
    2. What are you budgeting for in 2025?
    3. ALSPs and Contractors
    4. LegalOps interns?
    5. Latest and greatest in Legal Tech
      1. AI
      2. CLM
      3. Process Orchestration / Workflow
      4. Chatbots
      5. Other?
  4. Closing Remarks

Associated with Pittsburgh/Ohio

CLOC Pacific Northwest Cheers & Chats Happy Hour

You’re invited to join the CLOC Pacific Northwest group for a Cheers & Chat happy hour generously sponsored by Consilio.  This event will feature a brief discussion on legal spend management and brings together legal operations professionals in the region to connect, share experiences, share a cheers, and chat about trending topics impacting a day in the life of legal ops. 

Space is limited – register now to save your spot.

Happy hour location: Vista Suites at Ascend Prime Steak & Sushi.

Free parking available in the Lincoln Square South Parking Garage.

Associated with CLOC Pacific Northwest

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