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The post In Praise Of Smaller Legal Tech Conferences: Lessons From Case Status\u2019s Client Experience Summit<\/a> appeared first on Above the Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n

For the second time in a month, I attended a first-time conference. And, once again, the inaugural conference exceeded my expectations.<\/p>\n

Several weeks ago, I wrote about Kaleidoscope<\/a>, the debut conference produced by 8am. This time, I found myself at the Client Experience Summit<\/a>, the inaugural conference of the legal technology company Case Status<\/a>, held in its hometown of Charleston, S.C., Sept. 24-26.<\/p>\n

As the legal tech conference landscape becomes increasingly crowded \u2013 in this month alone, there are multiple conferences every single week \u2013 a counterintuitive trend is emerging: smaller, customer-focused conferences are also delivering value, but in a more targeted way.<\/p>\n

The Power of Focus<\/strong><\/h3>\n

The two-day summit centered on a single, critical question: How can law firms improve their clients\u2019 experience? As cofounder and CEO Andy Seavers<\/a> (pictured above) said in his opening keynote, \u201cWithout the client, there is no case. Without the client, there is no firm. This is a client business and we need to put an emphasis on the client.\u201d<\/p>\n

This was not a sprawling event trying to be everything to everyone. Instead, it brought together practitioners from small and medium-sized firms \u2013 mostly focused on personal injury, immigration, family, and employment law, and all united in their interest in better serving their clients.<\/p>\n

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Employment lawyer Christy Granieri said her \u201ctechnology-first\u201d firm will not accept clients unwilling to use the Case Status app.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

This targeted approach created something you do not always find at larger legal tech conferences: opportunities for peer-to-peer learning and sharing. When one speaker, the leader of a California employment firm, described her practice as \u201ca Case Status firm\u201d \u2013 going so far as to say she will not take clients unwilling to use the app \u2013 you could almost sense it resonate with others in the room.<\/p>\n

What Made It Work<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Much like the Kaleidoscope conference, this first-time summit felt polished and professional. Among the elements that made it so:<\/p>\n