On March 18, 2015 in New York City, Above the Law will host CONVERGE—a conference designed for attorneys as well as law firm communications, marketing, business development, public relations, and technology professionals.
CONVERGE will feature a series of panel discussions on a full range of challenges and opportunities facing the legal industry, including:
Justin Smith, CEO of Bloomberg Media Group, will deliver the opening remarks for the conference. Panels will be CLE-accredited by Marino Legal and CONVERGE's continental breakfast and luncheon will offer a great opportunity to network with other attendees.
8:00am College Hall Foyer |
Guest Check-In |
8:00–9:00am Dwight Ballroom |
Continental Breakfast |
9:00am College Hall |
Opening Keynote Q&A with Justin Smith, CEO of Bloomberg Media Group Interviewer: ATL Managing Editor David Lat |
9:30–9:45am | Break |
9:45–10:45am College Hall |
PANEL 1 Online Reputation, Privacy and the Law CLE - NY: 1.0 credit, Professional Practice; NJ, PA: 1.0 credit, General Moderated by ATL editor Staci Zaretsky Confirmed Panelists Kashmir Hill - Senior Editor, Fusion Michael Gottlieb - Partner, Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP Leeza Garber - Corporate Counsel & Director of Business Development at Capsicum Group, LLC Mary-Rose Papandrea - Professor at Boston College Law School An exploration of the intersection of law and policy issues relating to online reputation, information privacy, client confidentiality, cybersecurity, and other related topics, with a special emphasis on recent jurisprudence such the Google “right to be forgotten” case. |
10:45-11:00am | Break |
11:00–12:00pm College Hall |
PANEL 2 Pitching the Mainstream Media sponsored by Hellerman Baretz Communications Moderator: ATL Managing Editor David Lat Confirmed Panelists Ashby Jones - Deputy Bureau Chief, Wall Street Journal Law Bureau John Hellerman - Partner, Hellerman Baretz Communications Casey Sullivan - Senior Editorial Director, Bloomberg BNA All legal industry communications and public relations professionals face the steep challenge of telling their organizations’ story beyond the confines of the industry press. Learn from prominent members of the mainstream media what it takes to pique their interest in legal stories. |
12:00–1:30pm | Lunch Reception |
1:30–2:30pm College Hall |
PANEL 3 Emerging Technical Trends and Best Practices CLE - NY: 1.0 credit, Skills; NJ, PA: 1.0 credit, General Moderator: ATL Editor Joe Patrice Confirmed Panelists Tasha Cooper, Esq. - President, UpwardAction® Dan Lear - Director of Industry Relations, Avvo Ryan Lytle - Social Projects Manager, Mashable Michael C. Schmidt - Partner, Cozen O' Connor This panel will explore the intersection of social technologies and the law. Topics to include content strategy, the use of social media for business development, SEO, blogging platforms, and more. |
2:30–2:45pm | Break |
2:45–3:45pm College Hall |
PANEL 4 The Future of Law Moderator: Breaking Media Editor at Large Elie Mystal Confirmed Panelists Dr. Silvia Hodges-Silverstein - Executive Director and Founder, Buying Legal Council Jessica Hunt - Managing Director and GM East Coast, Axiom Rakesh Madhava - CEO, Nextpoint Adam Nguyen - Co-Founder, eBrevia Avoiding the jargon-choked and inaccessible discourse which typically characterizes discussions of legal technology, this session will explore the real world, concrete implications of emerging technologies and their impact on legal careers. Let's finally settle the question of whether robots are coming to take all our jobs. |
3:45–4pm | Closing Remarks |
CONVERGE will take place at the University Club located at One West 54th Street, New York.
Please be advised of The University Club's dress code which is in effect at all times. Male members and guests are required to wear jackets, dress shirts and ties. Female members and guests are required to wear clothing meeting similar standards: tailored clothing that otherwise conforms to this rule including suits, dresses and skirts or tailored trousers with dress shirts, blouses or sweaters. Jeans, corduroy, shorts, capris, denim, sneakers, flip flops and other such casual sportswear are not considered appropriate attire. Cellular phones and personal digital assistants must remain silent and may not be used in public areas of the Clubhouse. Cell phones and PDAs may be used in the telephone booths throughout the Clubhouse.
Overnight accommodations are available at the club. For individual reservations call the Front Office Manager Lars Dewenter at 212-572-3454, or email him at ldewenter@universityclubny.org.
Above the Law is partnering with the Marino Legal Academy, an accredited Continuing Legal Education provider to certify the CONVERGE Conference for Continuing Legal Education credits. Online Registration for CLE is required. For questions about CLE and your state’s specific Continuing Legal Education rules and requirements, please call Marino Legal Academy at 1-800-562-7466.
Note: Attorneys registered for CLE credit will be contacted by Marino Legal Academy directly to complete the authentication process. Please be on the lookout for e-mail communications from Marino Legal Academy.
Interested in sponsoring ATL Converge?
Email us at events@abovethelaw.com.