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

Professor Michael Legg, Director of Centre for the Future of the Legal Profession Juliana Warner, President Elect, Law Council of Australia

Welcome and highlights from Day One/Recap

9:30 – 10:15am Keynote Address

Session One: Leading in the Legal Profession

Knowledge Area: Professional Skills

10:15 – 11:15am Panel and Q&A

Mick Bainbridge, Director, Operational Legal Australia

Session Two: Breaking Barriers

Duane Keighran, Managing Director, Keighran Legal

A discussion on barriers and structural challenges to leading in the legal profession and how they can be overcome.

Vaughan Roles, Solicitor, Legal Aid NSW

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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