Deadline Management for Lawyers and Busy Professionals, May 24, 2024 - CLE 1.2 hours

Three Sessions to Help You Get Focused:

Time Management for Lawyers and Busy Professionals feat. Paul J. Unger

March 22- Time & Distraction Management + Digital Detox (1.2 hours) – 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. Central
Professionals today are constantly distracted by technology, connectivity, and information overload. These physical and digital distractions cause very smart people to underperform and contribute to anxiety inability to focus. In this interactive session, you will learn how to build healthy boundaries with technology, how to better unplug/disconnect and take back control of technology instead of it controlling you. We will teach you distraction management techniques and a practical time management methodology that enables you regain control of your day. Be prepared to roll up your sleeves, get your hands dirty, and learn how Microsoft Outlook and other tools can help you achieve focus during the day.

April 12 - Help! My Inbox is Exploding: Email Management (1.2 hours) – 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. Central
Legal professionals today receive between 100-150+ emails or other electronic communication (via MS Teams channel, Slack, etc.) a day, much of which contains tasks that we must act upon. In this interactive session, you will learn how to efficiently process email and get your inbox under control. We will help you process those emails & tasks in a way that those items never get lost. We will get our hands dirty and learn how to use Microsoft Outlook and other tools that your organization uses to manage emails.

May 24 - Task and Deadline Management (1.2 hours) – 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. Central
Legal professionals must manage hundreds of tasks, deadlines and statute dates of limitation dates related to matters. We receive information & tasks from meetings, depositions, telephone calls, website inquiries, instant messages, social media, as well as through very high volumes of emails every day. Prioritizing these deadlines and achieving work life balance requires that you have the proper tools and processes in place. Most legal professionals have the tools but lack a methodology or understanding of the technology to process all this information. In this interactive session, you will learn how to build a master task list that captures everything that you must do, so those items never get lost. We will teach you a method for daily planning, weekly planning and project forecasting that will vastly improve your work life balance and your level of organization.

Fees: $65 per session; $150 for all three

CLE credit:

MO 1.2 hours; KS 1.0 hour Law Practice Mgmt.; IL, IA, NE pending

*Other jurisdictions available by request

Presenter:

Paul Unger, Esq.

Affinity Consulting