Legalweek 2020: Change Management – How to Get Lawyers and Staff to Buy-In to Change

Michele DeStefano, Bill Garcia, and Ari Kaplan share insights on the elements of successful change management in law firms

Progressing to meet the needs of changing technology and new legal business models is not an easy task for many lawyers and their staff, but is increasingly necessary as the profession moves into the future. Ralph Baxter hosts as Legalweek 2020 panelists Michele DeStefano, Bill Garcia, and Ari Kaplan offer key tactics from their session for fostering effective change management.

Michele DeStefano is the founder of LawWithoutWalls, a professor of law at the University of Miami, and affiliated faculty at Harvard Law School’s Executive Education Program.

Bill Garcia is chief practice innovation officer at Thompson Hine, LLP.

Ari Kaplan is the founder of Ari Kaplan Advisors and a legal industry analyst and speaker.