Legalweek 2026 Hudson River Hustle 5K Run & Walk

Date: Wednesday, March 11  

Location: 
Meet at North Javits Center Entrance
445 11th Ave, New York, NY 10001   

Time: 6:30 a.m. EDT 

Start Legalweek 2026 off on the right foot—literally! Join Level Legal and Ari Kaplan of Ari Kaplan Advisors for an exclusive 5K Run & Walk through Manhattan’s West Side on Wednesday, March 11. Designed for all paces and fitness levels, the Hudson River Hustle 5K Run & Walk gets you outside to enjoy a crisp New York morning before the day’s sessions and networking. It’s also a great way to meet fellow attendees and see the area around the Javits Center. Register to start the day with a win! All registrants can get their picture taken (with a link to their photos), grab some fun swag, and be entered to win one of several prizes.  

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Our Framework

Understand.

During this phase, we work to step away from any assumptions and guesses about what our customers needs, and let our research findings inform our decision-making. We learn more about our customers, their problems, wants, and needs, and the environment or context in which they will use the solution we offer.

Our Framework

Define.

During the Define phase, we analyze our research findings from the Understand phase and determine what is the most important problem to solve — and why. This step defines the goal. Then we can give a clear problem statement, describing what our customers’ needs are that we are trying to solve, making sure that we heard and defined their problem correctly.

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Solve.

This phase is an important part of the discipline in our process. People often settle for the first solution, but the most obvious solution is often not the right one. During the Solve phase, we brainstorm collaboratively with multiple stakeholders to generate many unique solutions. We then analyze our potential solutions and make choices about which are the best to pursue based on learnings in the Understand phase.

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Build & Test.

This phase is critical in developing the right solution to our customers’ problem. An organized approach to testing can help avoid rework and create exceptional outcomes. Starting small and testing the solution, we iterate quickly, before deploying solutions across the entire project.

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Act.

During this phase, the hard work of prior phases comes to life in our customers’ best solution. The research, collaboration, and testing performed prior to project kick-off ensure optimal results.

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Feedback.

At the project completion, we convene all stakeholders to discuss what went well, what could have been better, and how we might improve going forward. We call these meetings “Retrospectives,” and we perform them internally as a project team, and with our external customers. The Retrospective is one of the most powerful, meaningful tools in our framework.

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