The legal profession is a unique, stress-filled, and highly regulated industry, and your attorneys and staff must work as a cohesive team to accomplish challenging tasks that are taken for granted in other industries. We understand this, and we have created a series of fun, highly interactive seminars and constructive team building activities that were specifically designed for the needs of your industry.  Let our team of experts design a custom event for your next meeting that builds teamwork and gives back to your community!

• Allows for fun teamwork with a purpose.
• Lets team members build camaraderie in a high energy team activity.
• Creates an emotional conclusion that will have your team clamoring about the experience.
• Can be customized into two-hour or three-hour team events or combined with fun classroom training for a one-day or two-day team retreat.

Our philanthropic team building activities have three parts; Step one is an icebreaker that teaches a valuable memory technique, step two incorporates principles of team building while creating an item that will be donated to charity, and step three is the unique experience of having the recipients join the group to accept their gifts. These events have the following benefits:

We have a number of team building events and activities perfect for annual meetings, retreats, summer associate and new associate training. Our team building activities have a great balance between learning something and having a lot of fun. One of the most popular team activities for the legal profession is our Charade Murder Mystery event where your team gets to play detective to solve a murder in which every person in the room was a witness. The best part of the activity is that your partners are the "criminals" in the hilarious story line, and your associates get to practice their legal skills while interrogating them to solve the murder. This program is ideal for both partner meetings and summer associate kickoffs or conclusions.

Download the Charade Murder Mystery Brochure

“Both the Build-a-Bike ® program for our partners in the spring and the Murder Mystery for our summer associates were very well received.  Fiona did an awesome job.” – Goodwin Proctor, LLP

“I would definitely work with Leader’s Institute ® again. Thanks for making our team building event run so smoothly, people are still talking about it.” – Fenwick and West, LLP

In your firm, you can spend a lot of time and money searching for the perfect associates to staff your team, or you can grow the next generation of partners from within. The good news is that when a firm develops a culture of teamwork with a focus on the individual growth of the associates and team members, the firm becomes even more competitive in the marketplace when hiring staff and associates. The High Impact Leaders leadership development program focuses on helping your individual attorneys and staff members become skilled communicators and negotiators, self-confident public speakers, and seasoned managers in a fraction of the time that it would take via experience alone. Increase creativity, solve problems faster, and create strong, autonomous leaders throughout your firm with High Impact Leaders!

• Pre and Post-Assessments to determine strengths and measure growth.
• Over 40 one-hour modules for easy customization
• Free in-person consultation with an instructor
• Up to 35 participants can be trained at one time
  

• Succession Planning
• Law Clerk Development
• Team Building
• Mergers or Acquisition of Companies/Departments
• New Team Formations
  

“Our Executive Director was very pleased with the training. We received good feedback from many of our employees and I have even placed the leadership card set out in reception so that everyone will see it first thing in the morning.  Everything went very well and everyone walked away with something they can use.” – Association of Legal Administrators

"The content was awesome and the instructors were captivating! Through interaction and participation, I have learned better team building, leadership, and conflict resolution qualities."  – Georgia Department of Labor

"The summary of the Leadership Skills were great. I really liked that they were put onto cards so I can put them on my desk to help reinforce what I have learned." – Internal Revenue Service

The legal profession has a unique set of challenges related to presentation skills and public speaking. First, as important as great speaking skills are to lawyers and attorneys, how do we take the time to fine-tune this skill without losing billable hours? Our instructors are skilled at delivering short and impactful sessions followed by individual coaching sessions for each attorney to reduce the loss of billable hours. 

Another challenge is that many situations in the courthouse require an attorney to make highly technical or complex presentations to very non-technical people. That is why, when you are choosing a training provider to deliver presentation skills classes, you need a partner who knows your industry inside and out. Although our "off the shelf" presentation skills classes are second to none, our legal profession development team can create and deliver a highly customized solution for the specific needs of your team!

• How to Deliver Dry Content without Losing the Jury/Judge
• Opening and Closing Statements that are Memorable
• Condensing Your Case Down to the Most Important Items
• Adding Showmanship to Your Delivery
• Prepared Versus Impromptu Persuasive Speeches
• How to Pitch a Client and Seal the Engagement
• The Perfect Elevator Speech
  

"The class was great. I really learned how to think on my feet and formulate presentations. I liked it a lot. I will be sending some of my supervisors." – Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP

“The instructor had a lot of experience and I was glad to get his advice on a number of public speaking topics.” – Stillman & Friedland

Keynote Speakers: We have some very accomplished keynote speakers on our staff, but we also have an extensive speakers bureau with access to over 1000 professional athletes, coaches, business leaders, motivational speakers, and authors.

Breakout Sessions: With over 30 professional instructors and speakers on staff with specialties in various areas of business, The Leader's Institute ® for Healthcare has an almost unlimited selection of breakout session topics for your conventions or annual meetings.

A Few Sample Topics for the Healthcare Industry:

• Turn Stress into Enthusiasm and Energy
• Building a Team Culture when Everyone's Out to Get You
• Running on Empty -- How to Increase Your Energy Gas Tank
• Unleashing the Extraordinary You --  Increasing Your Brain Power
  
• Seven Key Ways to Reduce Conflict in a Stressful Environment
• Multicultural Communication within Your Company
  

“I have to tell you, EVERYONE has said that over a period of 16 years with Legg, this was their absolute favorite event!!  We had grown men cry when the children walked in and saw those bicycles waiting for them! Their eyes said it all!  FANTASTIC way to end  a perfect event!” – Legg Mason

“The event was a huge success!! The speaker was fabulous and made sure everyone was involved. She had some great pointers and was very energetic. We've already had a few other groups inquiring about your programs.”

If you are looking for a way to build camaraderie, train your staff, reward your team, or if you just want to add some energy and fun to a stuffy old meeting, our instructors can help!

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