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What is lawpartneringSM?
What is the LawPartneringSM Institute?
How is the Institute organized?
Who can enroll in the Institute?
What is the history of the Institute? Who are its founders?
How do I access the online Discussion Forums?
How do I change information in my membership profile?
What do I do if my email address changes?
What do I do if I forget my member password?
How do I terminate my membership in the Institute?
What are the opportunities to advertise at this site?
How do we list our organization as a lawpartneringSM resource?
Whom should I contact if I have other questions?
What is lawpartneringSM?
"LawpartneringSM" is the term we use to refer to and distinguish partnering relationships, arrangements and networks involving the delivery of legal and law-related services and products from other types of strategic partnering ventures.
What is the LawPartneringSM Institute?
The LawPartneringSM Institute is the only online portal dedicated exclusively to
providing comprehensive information, education and support for attorneys in corporate
and private practice, legal administrators, law firm marketers and others interested
in developing mutually beneficial lawpartneringSM relationships. The mission of the
Institute is to facilitate meaningful change in the legal profession.
How is the Institute organized?
The LawPartneringSM Institute is modeled after other institutions of higher
learning. Facilities open to the public include the Institute's -
Information Center
Admissions Office
Bookstore
Development Office
Facilities accessible only to enrolled Institute members include the -
Learning Center
Library
Resource Office
Who can enroll in the Institute?
Membership in the LawPartneringSM Institute is free and open to anyone interested in
what the Institute has to offer. Use of this Web site, however, is conditioned upon
the user's compliance with the Institute's Terms Of Use and
Privacy Policy.
What is the history of the Institute? Who are its founders?
The LawPartneringSM Institute is the outgrowth of numerous conversations, meetings
and activities that began at the annual convention of Commercial Law Affiliates in
San Antonio, TX, in March 1999. At that meeting, Peter Jenkins, now President of
LawPartnering, Inc., and Jim Shomper, Corporate Counsel and Manager of Law Firm
Partnering at DuPont Legal, first discussed the possibility of holding national
forums for corporate counsel on the subject of law firm/client partnering arrangements.
In October 1999, Peter Jenkins outlined the framework for an online resource to
supplement the national conferences that were being planned. The First Annual
Partnering & Convergence Forum for corporate counsel was held in Santa Monica, CA,
on December 9-10, 1999, through the collaborative efforts of DuPont Legal,
Commercial Law Affiliates, Legal Research Center, Jaffe Associates and West Group,
in cooperation with the American Corporate Counsel Association. The Second Annual
Partnering & Convergence Forum was held in Chicago, IL, on May 22-23, 2000; and the
first partnering conference for law firm leaders titled, "Partnering 2000," was held
in Washington, DC, on June 15-16, 2000.
The marked success of these programs emphasized the need for a reliable online
educational resource that attendees at the national conferences and others could
turn to for information and support relevant to lawpartneringSM initiatives. In
July 2000, Peter Jenkins revised his initial work and created the present design
of the LawPartneringSM Institute. The site was launched in December 2000.
How do I access the online Discussion Forums?
Access to the Discussion Forums is available only to
members of the LawPartneringSM Institute. In enrolling,
you will be asked to provide your email address and to
select a personal password, which you will need to use
whenever you log-in to the site.
The navigation bar on member's Homepage provides
links to the Institute's Learning Center, Library and
Resource Office and their respective sub-pages.
Under Learning Center, select "Discussion Forums" to
access the list of forums and our online discussion groups.
How do I change information in my membership profile?
Click on the "Preferences" button, which is included at the
bottom of every page in the member-only areas of the site.
On the "Your Preferences" page, you can change your
profile information and set other preferences to customize
your use of the site.
What do I do if my email address changes?
Click on the "Member Log-In" button.
Log-in by entering your old email address and password.
Click on the "Preferences" button, which is included at the
bottom of every page in the member-only areas of the site.
Select "Email Settings" and enter your new email address.
Click on the "Set Preference" button at the bottom of
the "Your Preferences" page to confirm the change.
What do I do if I forget my member password?
Send and email to sysop@lawpartnering.com advising that
you have lost or forgotten your password. We will send
you an email with a temporary password that you can use
to log onto the site.
When you receive your temporary password, log onto
the site and click on the "Preferences" button, which is
included at the bottom of every page in the member-only
areas.
Select "Change Password," enter your temporary pass-
word and new preferred password where indicated, and
then click on "Set Preference" to confirm your choice.
How do I terminate my membership in the Institute?
Simply send an email to admin@lawpartnering.com with
the words "Cancel My Membership" in the subject line.
Within a few business days, your email address and
password will be removed from our member database.
What are the opportunities to advertise on this site?
For information about sponsorship opportunities, please
send an email to sponsorships@lawpartnering.com or
call 520-776-4600.
Someone from the LawPartneringSM Institute will be
happy to assist in your request or answer any questions
you may have.
How do we list our organization as a lawpartneringSM resource?
For information about listing your company or firm with
the Institute's Resource Office, please send an email
to resources@lawpartnering.com or call 520-776-4600.
Someone from the LawPartneringSM Institute will contact
you to discuss the information we will need to have from
you in order to process your application.
Whom should I contact if I have other questions?
For general information about the LawPartneringSM Institute,
please send an email to info@lawpartnering.com or call
520-776-4600.
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