Mastering Law Firm Analysis

Time
Start: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 (9:00am)
End: Thursday, November 12, 2009 (5:00pm)

Price
$1,795

Promotion
Bring a guest and receive a 50% discount on second registration

Location
LexisNexis
Four Penn Center
1600 John F. Kennedy Blvd
Suite 1655
Philadelphia, PA 19103

Registration
Register Online 

Course Overview
This interactive session lays the foundation for advanced analysis within a law firm, and is based on the same training Redwood’s consultants receive.  Participants will receive a combination of instruction, hands-on casework and extensive dialogue.  The goal of the course is to promote the development of participants’ analytic skill set by demonstrating its practical application in the daily environment of a law firm. This course is delivered by an instructor in a “group-live” environment.

Objectives:

At the end of this course, participants will be able to:

  • Define the law firm business model.
  • Articulate a structured analytic process focusing on improvement.
  • Name best practices in communicating analytic findings to different
    business groups, including partners.
  • Develop an action plan for producing results from analysis


Course Outline

The Role of the Business Analyst

  • Reporting vs. analysis
  • Proactive vs. reactive analysis

 The Business of Law

  • Business processes within a firm
  • Measuring the performance of those processes
  • How do the processes interact and impact overall firm performance

 Business Process Analysis

  • Identifying opportunities
  • Data mining
  • Benchmarking (internal / external)
  • Exception reporting
  • Trending
  • Opportunity valuation

Course Level
This course covers advanced levels in the content

Prerequisites
Experience with Excel
Knowledge of law firm’s business

Advance Preparation
None

CPE credits
16

Course Registration
Registration can be done by clicking here, or by contacting christopher.katchuk@lexisnexis.com 

For questions, or to schedule an on-site, send an email request to christopher.katchuk@lexisnexis.com and we will contact you to schedule.