Succession Planning

Many of us have attended succession planning sessions at various conferences over the years.  Most of them focus on attorneys and partners of law firms.  This session is all about YOU!  How to plan for your retirement (yeah!) and successfully bring in new leadership to your firm.  This will be a panel discussion with these esteemed ALAMN current and former members:

Laura Broomell, CLM – COO at Greene Espel

Lisa Hellem – Firm Administrator at Jellum Law, P.A.

Deb O’Connor (retired) – former Administrator at Jellum Law, P.A.

Joseph Monson, Executive Administrator at Brown & Carlson

Barb Romanko (retired) – former Executive Administrator at Brown & Carlson

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HR Fishbowl

Bring all your complicated and thorny HR issues and get practical advice from your colleagues who have experienced the same thing.  This session was presented at ALA National in recent years and was very popular.

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From Prompts to Productivity: Real-World AI Use for Legal Admins, Marketers, and More

AI isn’t just for techies—and it’s not just a trend. Generative AI tools like ChatGPT, Microsoft Copilot, and others are quickly becoming everyday productivity tools across law firms. But many legal professionals still don’t know where to start—or how to move beyond curiosity into meaningful, practical use.

In this interactive session, we’ll start with a short, practical introduction to how tools like ChatGPT actually work, with live examples of how to use them to write an email, draft a simple policy, or reword a tricky message.

Then we’ll go deeper—showcasing real-world examples of how generative AI can support the kind of work you’re already doing. 

• Writing & Drafting: Policies, job descriptions, client communications, and more
• Brainstorming: Marketing ideas, process improvements, and new initiatives
• Project Planning: Checklists, onboarding workflows, meeting agendas
• Summarizing Meetings: Turning transcripts into action items and follow-ups
• Analysis & Reporting: Extracting insights from time, billing, HR, or feedback data
• Review & Clarification: Explaining complex policies, improving tone, spotting inconsistencies

You’ll learn how to apply these tools whether you’re a firm administrator, marketing leader, HR professional, or operations manager—and walk away with practical, role-relevant ideas to try the moment you get back to your desk.

Who it’s for: Law firm administrators, operations leaders, marketers, and legal professionals in any role who want to work smarter, not harder—with a realistic roadmap for using AI effectively in their daily work.

Purchase From Prompts to Productivity: Real-World AI Use for Legal Admins, Marketers, and More Video HERE (recording coming soon!)