The legal industry is at a pivotal inflection point as artificial intelligence forces a fundamental rethinking of how legal services are priced, staffed, and delivered.  This work demands more than technology implementation.  It requires a holistic methodology that addresses AI’s broad implications for the law firm business model.  AI has the capacity to accelerate a wide array of legal tasks in a way that directly challenges the relevance of the billable hour and the traditional leverage model.  While most firms acknowledge that AI has the potential to disrupt their pricing and staffing strategies, few have taken a comprehensive approach that reexamines end‑to‑end processes, designs AI-enabled workflows, and addresses the underlying business dynamics.  This session explores that tension head‑on, highlighting how leading firms are integrating legal service redesign with structured change management to progress from AI experimentation to AI impact.

Get the key takeaways from LVNx 2026 in one focused, 60-minute conversation. Whether you couldn’t make it to Chicago or simply couldn’t attend every session on the agenda, this webinar will bring together standout insights, ideas, and lessons from across the conference experience.

Featuring a panel representing different roles and perspectives across the LVN community, the discussion will highlight what resonated most, what sparked new thinking, and what attendees can put into practice at their firms and organizations. Designed to complement the conference materials available on the LVN website, this session offers a practical way to catch up on what you missed and revisit the ideas worth carrying forward.

Join us for a candid, Q&A-style conversation with Chris Emerson, Chief Legal Operations and Innovation Officer at Quarles, as we explore how artificial intelligence is reshaping not just legal service delivery, but the non-lawyer work day as well. Designed for legal project management, pricing, and practice management professionals, this session will move beyond high-level discussion to focus on what AI can actually do for you in practice. We will cover core concepts—including the language of AI, foundational tools, and emerging capabilities such as agents—while grounding the conversation in real-world application inside law firms.

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Attendees will leave with a clearer understanding of AI terminology, a framework for evaluating tools and workflows, and concrete ideas for how to incorporate AI into pricing strategies, matter management, and practice group operations.

Join us for a candid, Q&A-style conversation with Susan Lambreth, one of the legal industry’s most respected voices on practice group management, legal project management, and law firm leadership.
With more than 25 years advising law firms and working with a significant portion of AmLaw 100 and 200 firms, Susan brings a practical, real-world perspective on what actually drives performance in today’s environment.

In this interactive session, we will explore:

• What effective practice management looks like today—and where firms are still falling short

• The connection between practice management, pricing, and client value

• The biggest challenges facing practice group leaders and business professionals today

• What the next 3–5 years may hold for law firm operations and leadership

What if small changes in pricing strategy could significantly improve your results? This session breaks down the essential pricing concepts that drive success, from understanding value and risk to using pricing signals and discounting strategically. Learn why giving clients pricing options can reshape conversations and outcomes. Leave with actionable strategies to refine your pricing approach, strengthen client relationships, and drive more profitable engagements.

This webinar is a preview of the crash course session for this year’s LVNx Conference Experience. It will cover litigation basics for non-lawyers, offering both a US and UK perspective on why litigation is different, what you need to know about the terminology and structure of disputes, where the (expensive) traps are, and where legal ops can add most value to your litigation teams.

Designed for professionals newer to legal pricing, this session simplifies the often-complex world of Alternative Fee Arrangements (AFAs). Speakers will share practical tips and real-world examples from decades of experience to help attendees craft fee structures that align client expectations with firm profitability. The focus will be on identifying AFA opportunities, understanding risk-sharing dynamics, and building models that offer clear value to both parties—replacing rate haggling with collaborative, outcomes-based solutions.

Key Takeaways:

• Understand the mutual benefits of AFAs over traditional hourly billing

• Identify opportunities where AFAs make strategic and financial sense

• Learn how to balance risk and reward across different AFA models

• Explore the key components of a well-structured AFA and how to mitigate potential risks

As non-legal, business services professionals, we all come from disparate backgrounds. While some among us do have law degrees, many do not. Regardless of background or degree, it’s important that we all have a solid understanding of the legal matters we are supporting. Appreciating the key phases, driving factors, and inflection points for a matter levels up the quality of service we can bring to our lawyers. This session will demonstrate how to ensure you and your teams have the substantive legal knowledge required to act as strategic advisors for your firm’s lawyers. Our panelists include a Law Firm Partner, and two Senior Managers, who can each speak to their unique experience and perspective on this topic. We will leave you with practical tips to close the skills gap including how you can use AI to enhance your day-to-day and immediately implement with your teams.

If recent trends offer any indication, demand for law firm business professionals will continue to grow for the foreseeable future. Big law outfits are continuing to build their teams and expand capabilities. Midsize firms are following suit to ensure they build operational efficiencies and to maximize revenue potential in an increasingly competitive environment. This session brings together esteemed colleagues who have successfully navigated environments in both big law and midsize operations, with the aim of sharing their insights as to the opportunities and challenges that are present within each situation. In doing this, the goal is to educate attendees so that you come away with a better understanding on potential career opportunities, know the right questions to ask when presented with/are pursuing a role, and, coming away with an understanding of how to best position yourself to maximize your value proposition with respect to your current/future role(s).

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