Legal Executive Assistant & PA Forum

Wednesday 25 February 2009 - Thursday 26 February 2009

This is what attendees at our inaugural Legal Executive PA Forum had to say about the event:

"A very useful take on how the jobs of secretaries in legal firms are changing. I came away with concrete information I was able to implement in the work place, excited about my job and with motivation recharged"
Angela Redhead, Executive Assistant, Ward Hadaway
 
"I liked the variety of presentations and found the opportunities to compare experiences with fellow delegates very useful. I came back to work fired up and raring to go"
Sarah Birss, PA, Weightmans LLP

"It was really good to network with other PA's and gain an insight into how they cope in their similarly busy roles"
Adele Davis, Legal PA, Dechert LLP 

“I really enjoyed the event and picked up lots of useful information”
Tara Layman, Team Coordinator and Legal PA, Pinsent Masons LLP

As the current economic climate puts increasing pressure on legal firms to deliver optimum efficiency, this two-day forum will bring together the most relevant best practice case studies, joint-presentations, expert insight and interactive workshops to provide Executive Assistants, PAs and Senior Legal Secretaries from the legal sector with the knowledge and skills needed to ensure you stay at the forefront of your profession, develop your career, broaden your experience and add even more value to the business of your firm.

What’s new this year?
In its second year, this dynamic and timely event has been designed to bring you the freshest ideas and the latest case studies. This year we have added topics to showcase best examples of meeting the needs of several fee-earners simultaneously, and effectively stepping-up to a team leadership role. In response to popular demand, the Forum will also include 5 interactive workshops, led by professional training consultants, enabling you to share experiences and develop your personal and professional skills to optimise the opportunities presented by change, and deliver maximum value to your team and firm.

Hear practical insight from leading legal firms at the only event of its kind in the UK:

• A keynote presentation from Keith Wood, Chief Executive, SJ Berwin LLP will put the challenges and opportunities facing law firms into perspective for Legal PAs and Executive Assistants
• Katie Apse and Paulette Wright, PA Managers, Lovells LLP, will outline their approach to integrating the Legal PA role with other support functions to maximise resources and add value to the business.
• A joint presentation from Nick Olley, Head of Department (Commercial) and Andrea Salvage, PA, Burges Salmon LLP, will explain the changing role of the PA both in the department and the wider firm, and provide different perspectives on the formula for creating and maintaining a successful senior level working relationship.
• Carmel Brown, Secretarial Services Leader, PwC Secretary will enable delegates to draw useful parallels by presenting an example of best practice in secretarial services from outside the legal sector.

As well as providing insight into how fellow PAs and Executive Assistants from leading legal firms are meeting the challenges of their evolving roles, you will also get the chance to:

• Network with speakers and other attendees to share knowledge and ideas on how you need to adapt to succeed in this fast paced environment with demanding, diverse and expanding responsibilities.
• Learn from a variety of perspectives ranging from leading medium sized regional to major City legal firms
• Find out how to hone the confidence, communication and influencing skills required to build excellent external and internal client relationships and support business development objectives.
• Discover how to maintain the levels of motivation required to manage relentless multiple priorities and consistently deliver optimum efficiency