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The BUYING LEGAL COUNCIL® is the international trade organization for professionals tasked with

SOURCING LEGAL SERVICES and MANAGING LEGAL SERVICE SUPPLIER RELATIONSHIPS.

LEGAL PROCUREMENT BEST PRACTICES CALLS

We regularly hold members-only calls for buyers of legal services. Our calls focus on practical information and solutions. We cover issues you face in your daily work, best practices, and the latest trends in buying legal services.
Questions on legal procurement? Need to ask an expert? Want to hear about best practices?
Buying legal services is quite the challenge. Dial into our peer-to-peer calls: ask experienced legal procurement professionals anything you want to know about best practices and "how-to's". 

Get new ideas, new insight, and learn about best practices: Dial into our Legal Procurement Best Practices calls. Thought leaders will focus on a specific topic, hold a brief presentation, followed by time for Q&A. 

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Upcoming events


Please note that our EMEA/Americas calls are held at:

Europe: 18:00 EET / 17:00 CET / 16:00 GMT
Americas: 11:00am ET / 10:00am CT / 9:00am MT / 8:00am PT



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Members can access information from past conference calls and listen/watch the recordings of previous presentations. Click here.

  • February 13, 2019 | The RULES - An Introduction to Law Firm Economics with Timothy Corcoran (BringinTim.com)
  • December 12, 2018 | Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainability in the Legal Industry with Pamela Cone (Amity Advisory)
  • November 7, 2018 | Revolutionize legal resource allocation with Contract Review Automation with Shmuli Goldberg (LawGeex)
  • November 14, 2018 | Introducing Standards for Matter Coding with Justin Ergler (GSK) and Toby Brown (Perkins Coie)
  • October 17, 2018 | eDiscovery: 5 Considerations with Christopher Schultz (Level 2 Legal)
  • September 26, 2018 | 10 Trends in Legal Tech with Bob Ambrogi
  • September 19, 2018 | Getting Better at Matter Management Reporting & Document Management with Paul Roy (Charter/Time Warner Cable)
  • June 6, 2018 | Will Law Firms become Software Businesses? with Peter Connor (AlternativelyLegal)
  • May 23, 2018 | Legal Tech Trends with Mark Greene (Market Intelligence LLC)
  • April 11, 2018 | Rate Review Process with Vandana Dhamija (Legal Operations Consulting)
  • March 21, 2018 | Global Data Privacy (GDPR): How to Comply & Lessons Learnt with Kolvin Stone (Orrick)
  • March 21, 2018 | Innovative Options for Financing your Litigation Spend with Susanna Taylor (LCM)
  • February 7, 2018 | The Synergy of Pricing and Legal Project Management with John O'Donoghue (Herbert Smith Freehill)
  • January 24, 2018 | Reverse Auctions as a Negotiations Tool with Matt Rossman (XL Catlin)
  • January 10, 2018 | Controlling Billable Hour Spend When AFAs Aren't An Option with Stephanie Arkin (Chain IQ)
  • December 6, 2017 | How to Build a Legal Budget with Catherine Krow (Digitory Legal)
  • November 29, 2017 | Buying Legal Services - The Wal-Mart Way with Alan Bryan (Walmart)
  • November 21, 2017 | The New Legal Industry Ecosystem - Opportunities & New Thinking Required with John Knox (LOD)
  • November 8, 2017 | Our Journey to Digitized Legal Spend Management with Benno Quade (Software AG)
  • October 18, 2017 | Disruption and Trends - Buying Effectively in a Dynamic Legal Services Market with Juan Crosby (PwC)
  • October 11, 2017 | Buying Legal Council Resources & Tools You Can Use with Silvia Hodges Silverstein (Buying Legal Council)
  • September 27, 2017 | Developing an Advanced Retainer Fee Model with Sandy Duncan (Lloyds Banking Group)
  • September 20, 2017 | The Impact of Blockchains & Smart Contracts on Legal Services Demand & Spend with Nitin Gaur (IBM Blockchain Labs)
  • June 14, 2017 | CIBC's RFP Process for Managing and Sourcing Legal Matters with Richard Brzakala (CIBC-Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce)
  • June 7, 2017 | Succeeding with Alternative Fee Arrangements with Pier D'Angelo (Allens)
  • May 24, 2017 | Commoditization of Legal Services with Jaap Bosman (TGO Consulting)
  • May 3, 2017 | Brexit Impact on Legal Spend with Nick Williams (Proxima Group)
  • April 12, 2017 | Artificial Intelligence for Legal Services with Ron Friedman (Firemen & Company)
  • April 19, 2017 | Legal Procurement 101 with James Lloyd (Air Swift)
  • March 22, 2017 | Sourcing Legal Services - Maximising Value with Marty Harlow (GlaxoSmithKline)
  • March 1, 2017 | Cyber Security for Legal Services with Jason Anderman (American Express)
  • February 8, 2017 | Legal Procurement Disruption and Technology with Gerard Chick (Skanor Group)
  • February 8, 2017 | Implications of the major trends in the legal services supply chain with George Beaton (Beaton Capital)
  • January 18, 2017 | Improve your RFP with John de Forte (De Forte Associates)
  • December 14, 2016 | Operational Excellence in Legal Procurement: How to Create it with Mo Zain Ajaz (National Grid)
  • November 30, 2016 | Legal Procurement 101 with Sarah-Jayne (SJ) Aldridge (Prudential Financial Services)
  • November 16, 2016 | Performance Ratings: Increasing Performance Transparency with Ewa Stormowska (Impacore)
  • October 19, 2016 | Can "Value" be Measured? VRQs (Value-Related Qualities) with Steve Lauer (Lauer & Associates)
  • October 12, 2016 | Legal Procurement 101 with Olivia Knight (Credit Suisse)
  • September 28, 2016 | Navigating Change in the Legal Category Mark Beese (Leadership for Lawyers)
  • September 22, 2016 | RFPs: Pricing Insights from a law firm's perspective (Part 2) Matt Prinn & Bart Gabler (both K&L Gates)
  • June 22, 2016 | RFPs: Insights from a law firm's perspective (Part 1) Matt Prinn (K&L Gates)
  • June 8, 2016 | Understanding your Legal Spend Laura Doyle (Yerra Solutions)
  • May 25, 2016 | Translating Business Processes to Lawyers Ian Stockley (Freeths)
  • May 18, 2016 | Legal Procurement 101 Justin Ergler (GlaxoSmithKline) 
  • April 20, 2016 | Delivering Value: Partnership of Legal Procurement and Legal Operations Elizabeth Lugones (BD) 
  • April 13, 2016 | Legal Procurement 101 Magen McClintock (KeyBank) 
  • March 30, 2016 | Getting your Message Heard: How to Speak "Lawyer" with Leah Cooper (Leah Cooper Consulting)
  • March 9, 2016 | Legal Procurement 101 Robert Kulesh (Citi) 
  • February 17, 2016 | Benchmarking Law Firms with Aaron Katzel (AIG) 
  • February 10, 2016 | Negotiating with Law Firms with Richard Stock (Catalyst) 
  • January 27, 2016 | Legal Procurement 101 with Suraj T.M. Prashad (MetLife) 
  • January 13, 2016 | Pricing: Combat or Collaboration - Which produces the best outcomes? with Richard Burcher (Validatum) 
  • December 16, 2015 | How to get better service from law firms with Nancey Watson (NL Watson Consulting Inc)
  • December 2, 2015 | Legal Procurement 101 with Susan O'Brien (Bank of America)
  • November 24, 2015 | Best Practices for legal services RFPs with Jason Winmill (Argopoint)
  • October 28, 2015 | Better than discounts: AFAs with Vincent Cordo (Shell Oil Corporation)
  • October 14, 2015 | Legal Procurement 101 with Felicia Suggs (Johnson & Johnson)
  • September 9, 2015 | Legal Procurement 101 with Marc Calhoun (Abercrombie & Fitch)
  • July 8, 2015 | How to get Law Firms to Change with Ken Grady (Michigan State Law School) 
  • June 24, 2015 | Legal Procurement 101 with Beth Wallace (Wallace Consulting) 
  • June 2, 2015 | How Law Firms Think with Jose Pariente (White & Case) 
  • May 27, 2015 | Legal Procurement 101 with Jason Winmill (Argopoint)
  • April 22, 2015 | Legal Procurement 101 with Danny Ertel (Vantage Partners)
  • April 17, 2015 | Supplier Report Cards for Law Firms with Andy Krebs (Intel Corporation)
  • March 17, 2015 | Legal Procurement 101 with Justin Ergler (GlaxoSmithKline)
  • March 5, 2015 | Understanding Privilege with Jo Ellen Hatfield (Bunge)
  • November 18, 2014 | Best Practices for Reining in eDiscovery Cost with Greg Witczak (RBS) and Tom Morrissey (Purdue Pharma)