Leading in the Law 2025 Summit (program)

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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