In-House Counsel Institute

Schedule (subject to change)

Thursday, June 10, 2021 – Developing an In-House Mindset
8:00am – 8:15am Introduction and Goals
Anna Han, Interim Dean, Santa Clara Law
Laura Norris, JD ’97, Director, Entrepreneurs’ Law Clinic & Tech Edge J.D. Program, Santa Clara Law
Joy Baker Peacock, (Conference Moderator), Managing Director of the Privacy Law Initiative and Interim Managing Director, High Tech Law Institute, Santa Clara Law
8:15am – 9:15am

Breakfast with the GC’s
Dana Rao, General Counsel, Executive Vice President, Adobe Systems
Niki Armstrong, Vice President, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary, Pure Storage
Landon Edmond, Chief Legal Officer & Secretary, Klaviyo
Laura Norris, JD ’97, (moderator) Director, Entrepreneurs’ Law Clinic & Tech Edge J.D. Program, Santa Clara Law 

9:15am – 10:00am

Workshop – Writing Memos as an in-house counsel
Linsey Krolik, JD/MBA ’00, Principal at Law Office of Linsey Krolik, Adjunct Professor at SCU Entrepreneurs’ Law Clinic

10:00am – 10:15am Break
10:15am – 11:00am

Panel – Leading and Navigating in a Distributed Workforce
Andre Marais
, Managing Principal – Silicon Valley Office, Schwegman Lundberg and Woessner, P.A.
Molly Kocialski, Director of the Rocky Mountain Regional United States Patent and Trademark Office
Renee Brown, Director Intellectual Property, LinkedIn
Sonya Sigler, , JD ’92, (moderator) CEO, Practigal LLC

11:00am – 11:30am

How to Build an Inclusive Culture and Diversity in Innovation
Jeremiah Chan, Associate General Counsel, Head of Patents Licensing and Open Source, Facebook

11:30am – 12:00pm

Congressional Efforts to Reign in “Big Tech” Through Antitrust Legislation: Will They Kill “The Golden Goose?
Don Polden, Professor of Law, Santa Clara Law

Bonus Webinar – Know Your Value: The Secret to Getting Promoted While Working Remotely
June 10, 2021, 1:00pm – 2:00pm

Do you feel like you are working more now than ever and not getting noticed? Are you worried that while you are working from home that your career is languishing? Are you wondering how to get promoted when you can’t be seen?

In this highly interactive Know Your Value workshop you will learn the secret to getting promoted whether you are working from home or in an office. You will walk away with transformative tools to build your confidence in talking about yourself and your accomplishments. 

This event is free, but registration is required.

For more information and to register, visit the event page

Friday, June 11, 2021 – Problem Solving and Crisis Management in the post-COVID era
8:00am – 9:00am

Breakfast with the GC’s
Kate Schuelke, SVP, Chief Legal Officer & Corporate Secretary, Seagate Technology
Riley Russell, JD ’88, Chief Legal Officer & Global Senior Vice President, Sony Interactive Entertainment
Jim DeGraw, General Counsel, Volta
Wendy Lim,  LLM ’01, (moderator) Director and Associate General Counsel, Facebook Reality Labs

9:00am – 10:00am Substantive Panel
Mark Aldrich, Senior Counsel, Research and Development, Airbnb
Mark Webber, Managing Partner, United States, Technology and Privacy, Fieldfisher

10:00am – 10:15am Break
10:15am – 11:30am

Workshop – Crisis Management
Jeff Klaben, MBA ’09, Managing Member, TrustTeq LLC, Adjunct Professor, Santa Clara University

11:30am – 12:00pm Demonstrating ROI and How to Get the Privacy Tech Tools You Need
Lourdes Turrecha, Privacy Tech and Law Fellow, Adjunct Professor, Santa Clara Law
Michelle Dennedy, Co-Founder and Partner, Privatus Consulting and Stealth

Thursday, June 17, 2021 – Legal Counseling for Products, Innovation and Digital Transformation
8:00am – 9:00am

Breakfast with the GC’s
Clint Smith, BS ’67, Chief Legal Officer, Discord
Marjorie Goux,
Chief Legal Officer, Rodan & Fields
Joe Fitzgerald, Chief Legal Officer & Corporate Secretary, Lacework, Inc.
Andrew Vu, JD ’93, Vice President and General Counsel, Mercedes-Benz Research & Development North America, Inc.
Greg Lundell, JD ’04, (moderator) Partner, Haley Guiliano LLP

9:00am – 10:00am Substantive – Product Counsel Panel
Jennifer Stefanski, Product Counsel, SurveyMonkey
Stacy Chan, JD ’17, Senior Counsel, Commercial and Product, Druva
Brittany Cuthbert, JD ’15, Senior Product Counsel, Coinbase
Roxana Niktab, JD ’10, (moderator) Senior Counsel, Amazon Lab126

10:00am – 10:15am Break
10:15am – 11:30am

Workshop – Design Thinking for Lawyers
David J.F. Gross, Partner, Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP
Michael J. Kaufman, Incoming Dean and Professor of Law, Santa Clara Law

11:30am – 12:00pm Hot Topic – Software Development in the Wake of Google v. Oracle
Tyler Ochoa, Professor of Law, Santa Clara Law

Bonus Webinar – Open Source Licensing: How to Deal with Common In-House Use Cases
June 17, 2021, 1:00pm – 2:00pm

As open source software continues to become more prevalent, in-house counsel needs to be able to identify and manage the attendant risks. Common use cases include a company’s use of open source software, distribution of a product containing open source software, sharing open source code with third parties, and contributing to and starting open source projects. Policies to consider implementing around each use case will also be discussed.

This event will qualify for 1 hour of MCLE. Santa Clara Law is a California State Bar CLE approved provider.

This event is free, but registration is required.

For more information and to register, visit the event page

Friday, June 18, 2021 – Recruiting, Developing Talent and Operationalizing Legal Functions – Legal-ops, LegalTech and DEI
8:00am – 9:00am

Breakfast with the GC’s
Eugenia Bergantz, JD ’15, General Counsel, Corporate Secretary, Planful
Diane Honda, JD ’96, Chief Administrative Officer, General Counsel and Secretary, Barracuda Networks
Jeff True, JD ’97, General Counsel, Zoom Video Communications
Mary Fuller, (Moderator), Senior Clinical Fellow, Santa Clara Law

9:00am – 10:15am Substantive – Current Status of Legal Ops, Outside Counsel Management, RFP Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Christine Coats, VP Legal Operations, Oracle
Jill Fukunaga, Director of Legal Operations, DocuSign
Akshay Verma, JD ’06, Director, Head of Legal Ops, Facebook
Stephanie Corey, (Moderator), Co-Founder and General Partner, Uplevel Ops & UpLevel Analytics

10:15am – 10:30am Break
10:30am – 11:00am Legal Tech
Pablo Arredondo, Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer at Casetext, and Fellow, Stanford CodeX
Omar Sweiss, Founder and CEO, Justice Bid LLC
Stephen Bower, VP, Customer Success, Parley Pro

11:00am – 12:00pm Workshop
Alison Gilliam, MBA ’01, JD ’16, Director, Legal Operations, Attorney, Seagate Technology

12:00pm – 12:30pm Wrap Up