06 Oct 2016
The Build Your Character Program on Planning and Organizing is scheduled for Tuesday, October 18th. Debbie Foster, a nationally recognized thought leader on efficiency and innovation in professional legal organizations, will present a series of programs at the College of Law.
“Communication Breakdown, It's Always the Same (But It's Avoidable)”
October 18 | 8:30-9:30 a.m.
Room 113
“Power of Process - Why and How to Put Process into Your Daily Tasks”
October 18 | 12:10-1:15 p.m.
Auditorium
“Carpe Diem - Seize Opportunities to Make Change (aka How to be a Good Leader)”
October 18 | 1:30-2:30 p.m.
Room 113
“Keeping Your Clients Happy and Coming Back for More - Defining Value In Your Firm”
October 18 | 4:00-5:00 p.m.
Room 113
Foster’s 20+ years of experience, and mix of strategic management and strong leadership skills, has enabled her to develop a unique ability to work with law firms and legal departments to help them navigate the ever-changing legal services delivery landscape.
Foster has been working with law firms and legal departments since 1995, originally implementing software solutions ranging from practice management and time/billing/accounting to document management. This quickly led to her helping solve general law office management issues. It became abundantly clear that in addition to helping clients with their software and technology, what was really needed was help thinking about one’s firms and departments like a business, and running them accordingly.
Foster is very active in the Law Practice Division of the American Bar Association, and is currently serving on the Publication Board. She was the Chair of ABA TECHSHOW 2010 and remains very active in TECHSHOW. Foster is also very active in Local and State Bar Associations as well as the Association of Legal Administrators, and she regularly speaks on topics relating to technology, management, finance and marketing of a law firm.