Program for Leading in the Law Summit
LEADING IN THE LAW 2025 SUMMIT
Two-day summit program Date & time:
Tuesday 25 February - 8:30 - 5pm (4 - 5pm networking drinks) Wednesday 26 February - 8:30 - 5pm
Venue:
Cliftons, Lvl 11, 60 Margeret St, Sydney, 2000
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TUESDAY 25 FEBRUARY: DAY ONE
PRESENTERS
SESSION OVERVIEW
8:30 – 9:15am 9:15 – 9:30am
Arrival tea/coffee and registration
Professor Michael Legg, Director of Centre for the Future of the Legal Profession The Hon. Andrew Bell , Chief Justice of New South Wales
Welcome and Acknowledgement
9:30 – 10:15am Keynote Address
Session One: Leading in the Law
Knowledge Area: Professional Skills
10:15 – 11:15am Panel and Q&A
Panellists include: Dan Creasey , Director of Responsible Business, King & Wood Mallesons
Session Two: ESG for Law Firms
This Panel session will explore how and why a law firm should address ESG concerns in relation to how a firm conducts itself.
Louise Lee , Special Counsel, Corrs Chambers Westgarth
Bruce MacDiarmid , Non-Executive Director, Washington H. Soul Pattinson
Jacob Varghese , CEO, Maurice Blackburn
Knowledge Area: Practice Management & Business Skills
Chair of the Panel Associate Professor, Marina Nehme , UNSW
11:15 – 11:45am
MORNING TEA BREAK
11:45 – 12:45pm Panel and Q&A
Leon Zwier, Partner, Arnold Bloch Leibler
Session Three: Leading in a Crisis Sponsored by
Shannon Finch , Group General Counsel, Westpac Adj. Prof. Pat Garcia, Group General Manager Public Affairs & General Counsel , St Vincent’s Health Australia Chair of the Panel Professor Michael Legg, Director of Centre for the Future of the Legal Profession
Performing well under a crisis – discussion of how to lead/manage others through turbulent or difficult times.
Knowledge Area: Professional Skills
12:45 – 1:30pm 1:30 – 2:30pm Panel and Q&A
LUNCH
Elise Ball , Senior Legal Counsel, King & Wood Mallesons Connexions, on secondment to Westpac Legal Shanzeh Malik , Law Clerk, King & Wood Mallesons, UNSW Student Ambassador Jackie O’Brien , Partner, Norton Rose Fulbright Chair of the Panel Julia Roy, Barrister, Sixth Floor Chambers
Session Four: Women in the Law
What should the legal profession be doing to ensure women excel and have equivalency of opportunities for leadership.
Knowledge Area: Ethics & Professional Responsibility
2:30 – 3:00pm 3:00 – 4:00pm
AFTERNOON TEA BREAK
Danielle Captain-Webb , Solicitor Advocate | Coronial Inquest Unit, Legal Aid, NSW
Session Five: Legal Hour - Lawful but Awful – The Role of the Lawyer Exploring the complexities and ethical dilemmas surrounding legal representation when a client seeks to do something that is legal, but may be harmful for the environment, people or democracy.
Glenn Hughes, Executive Chairman, Cornwalls
Dominic Villa SC, New Chambers
Jacqueline Fetchet, Principal Legal Officer, EnergyCo Chair of the Panel Professor Michael Legg, Director of Centre for the Future of the Legal Profession
Knowledge Area: Ethics & Professional Responsibility
4:00 – 5:00pm
NETWORKING AND DRINKS
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WEDNESDAY 26 FEBRUARY: DAY TWO PRESENTERS
SESSION OVERVIEW
8:30 – 9:15am 9:15 – 9:30am
Arrival tea/coffee and registration
Dr Felicity Bell, Deputy Director, Centre for the Future of the Legal Profession Juliana Warner, President, Law Council of Australia
Welcome and highlights from Day One/Recap Session One: Leading in the Legal Profession
9:30 – 10:15am Keynote Address
Knowledge Area: Professional Skills
10:15 – 11:15am Panel and Q&A
Mick Bainbridge, Director, Operational Legal Australia
Session Two: Breaking Barriers
Matthew Jones, Regional Lead for Inclusion Diversity & Equity, Asia-Pacific, Baker McKenzie
A discussion on barriers and structural challenges to leading in the legal profession and how they can be overcome.
Priya Lele , Co-Founder & Chair, She Breaks the Law
Chair of the Panel Professor Kun Fan , Associate Professor, UNSW Law & Justice
Knowledge Area: Ethics & Professional Responsibility
11:15 – 11:45am 11:45 – 12:45pm Panel and Q&A
MORNING TEA BREAK
Katherine Boyle , CEO, Welfare Rights Centre
Session Three: Access to Justice as Leadership
Dr. Warren Mundy, Independent NLAP Reviewer, former Productivity Commissioner
The principle of access to justice is fundamental to the legal profession. What does leadership look like in this context, and how can it be supported?
Judge Nell Skinner , President of the Children’s Court of NSW
Chair of the Panel The Hon. Ronald Sackville , AO, KC
Knowledge Area: Ethics & Professional Responsibility
12:45 – 1:30pm
LUNCH
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1:30 –2:15pm Speaker
Stuart Fuller, Former Global Head of Legal Services, KPMG & Chair of the UNSW Law & Justice Advisory Committee
Session Four: Innovation
What lawyers can learn from other professions
Knowledge Area: Practice Management & Business Skills Session Five: Leading in LegalTech Sponsored by
2:15 – 3:15pm Panel and Q&A
Amber Weightman, Development Manager, Infotrack
Simon Goodrich, Co-Founder, Portable
David Turner, Co-Founder, Lext
The ethical and design considerations when bringing a new product to market.
Chair of the Panel Vicki McNamara, Senior Research Associate, Centre for the Future of the Legal Profession
Knowledge Area: Practice Management & Business Skills/ Ethics & Professional Responsibility
3:15 – 3:30pm 3:30 – 4:30pm In Conversation
AFTERNOON TEA BREAK
Dr Felicity Bell, Deputy Director, Centre for the Future of the Legal Profession
Session Six: Technology – Leading Beyond Competence
Sam Nickless , CEO, Gilbert + Tobin
Leading through current change: navigating tech evolution while balancing key priorities.
Knowledge Area: Practice Management & Business Skills
4:30 – 5:00pm
RECAP AND CLOSE
**Program subject to change
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