Planning a law firm retreat—whether for your department, your attorneys, or practice groups—often falls to marketing and business development teams who are already balancing multiple priorities. Between securing logistics and wrangling calendars, the content side of the agenda can become a last-minute scramble. Filling slots with recycled or forced topics doesn’t always deliver impact or desired results. We help firms overcome this hurdle by curating and delivering tailored retreat content designed to support connection, leadership development, innovation, and strategic alignment.
Through our deep bench of consultants—both within Gladstone and beyond, including former law firm CMOs, marketing strategists, analysts, technology professionals, and client experience experts—we offer a one-stop solution for law firm event programming. Whether you need a few focused sessions or a full-or-multi-day retreat agenda, we work with you to understand your goals, then design a lineup that flows, aligns with your firm’s culture, and simplifies your job.
We draw from our extensive network and can also work with your own network to build custom agendas and can deliver sessions as a cohesive team. This means no disconnected speakers or pushy pitches, just thoughtful programming with substance and energy. With a single point of contact and a collaborative planning process, our goal is to make your job easier while delivering an experience your attorneys and professionals will talk about long after the retreat ends.
Additionally, we work with client feedback and insights, both directly from your firm and via our roundtables, to develop and deliver speaking and training content that directly addresses your firm’s most pressing challenges and goals. We can even create new content specifically tailored to emerging or stated needs.
Sample Retreat Sessions & Keynotes
- Strategic Planning in a Shifting Legal Landscape
- From Silos to Synergy: Cross-Department Collaboration
- The Future of Legal Marketing & Business Development
- Professional Writing Skills for Lawyers and Legal Teams
- Professional Writing Skills for Legal Marketing Professionals
- Using AI in Legal Marketing: Opportunities, Limits & Practical Tips
- Saying a Diplomatic No: Maintaining Boundaries When Relationships Matter
- Crisis Management & Communications for Marketing Leaders
- Maintaining DEI Momentum Without Alienating the Firm
- Leadership Skills for the Next Generation of Partners
- Innovation Without the Buzzwords: Practical Applications of AI
- Client Experience as Competitive Advantage
- Managing Up, Down, and Across: Internal Communication Strategies
- Making the Most of Your CRM and BD Technology Investments
- Authentic Self-Promotion for Women – Self-Care for Your Personal Brand
- Assess Your Firm’s Readiness to Grow and Change
- Lead Your Practice/Industry Group Effectively Without Destroying Your Practice
- Future Leaders: Help Your Rising Stars Grow Beyond Being Strong Individual Contributors
- From Expense to Asset: Help Your Staff Help Your Firm Become the Best Place for Your Lawyers to Practice
- Building a Strong Business Development Culture in a Law Firm: The Six Pillars
- Strategic Collaboration: Moving from Cross-Selling to Cooperation
- Client Experience Improvement – Begin Here
- Cashing-In on the Conference: How to Turn Non-Billable Events into New Business Opportunities
- The 7 Secrets of Simplified Rainmaking
- Power of the Pipe: From Novice to Rainmaking Pro with One Powerful Tool.
