COMPLIMENTARY WEBINAR
Overview
April 20, 2022 12 PM CST
Hosted by Thomson Reuters
Summary
According to the 2022 State of the Corporate Law Department report published by Thomson Reuters, the three top priorities of legal departments (efficiency, safeguarding, and effectiveness) have not changed over the years. And when investigated at a more detailed level, these priorities reveal that the typical department today is positioned as more of an organizational cost-center than value-center.
However, this is not as much due to the specific priorities as it is due to the approach toward them. For example, when legal departments more proactively address risk management, then their perceived value within the organization rises. And when the law department measures their performance across a broader spectrum of metrics—including customer satisfaction, for example—then this also helps shift the perception of the law department from cost-center to value-center.
In this webinar, we will explore these priorities in greater detail and provide an action plan to help you move your law department from a cost-center to a value center.
You will learn:
- Legal spend benchmarks to enable you to compare your business to competitors’ and evaluate your spend levels and allocations
- Evidence-led advice on how to optimize your department’s performance and deliverables
- Peer insights collated from other corporate legal departments across the world to inspire innovation and transformational change
- And more . . .
Speakers
JENNIFER DEZSO
Director, Client Relations
Thomson Reuters
Jen is the Director, Client Relations and sits within the Thomson Reuters’ Market Insights and Thought Leadership team. This team spearheads one of the largest ongoing study of corporate law departments provide law firms with the information they need to make data-driven strategic decisions.
For the past 17 years, Jen has benchmarked and tracked the legal industry. Her analysis has helped identify exactly how corporate counsel think about their law firm relationships and pinpoint the best opportunities for law firms to build more loyal—and profitable—clients. Jen draws on direct research with corporate legal buyers and her deep experience in the legal industry to help law firms grow by: developing high-impact client feedback programs, training professionals in client acquisition and growth, and delivering strategic consulting to organizations looking to improve performance and develop more business.
In addition, Jen is a frequent presenter and author on market trends, how to identify and create opportunities in the market, and implementing organizational best practices in client relationship development.
GINA JURVA
Attorney/Manager
Market Insights & Thought Leadership, Corporate and Government
Thomson Reuters
Gina Jurva is an attorney and former state deputy district attorney in the San Francisco Bay Area. Since joining Thomson Reuters she has served as Senior Legal Writer and Editor and currently serves as Manager, Enterprise Content-Corporates & Governments for the Thomson Reuters Institute (TRI).
On behalf of TRI, Ms. Jurva leads content and multi-media activities to highlight solutions to some of the world’s most pressing corporate risk, regulatory compliance and public and private sector challenges including anti-money laundering (AML), human trafficking and fraud. Ms. Jurva is the host of the video series, “Thomson Reuters Talks Financial Crime,” and a co-host of the podcast, “Thomson Reuters Market Insights.”
She also manages thought leadership content related to emerging trends in corporate law departments.
In previous roles at Thomson Reuters, Ms. Jurva worked as the Manager for the Risk & Compliance platform. Additionally, she worked at National Public Radio (NPR) in San Francisco creating news and radio pieces.