Practical conversations for a changing legal profession.

AI is moving rapidly from experimentation into everyday legal work. This practical session explores where AI is already adding value, where the risks remain, and what lawyers need to understand about confidentiality, verification, professional judgement and responsible use.

Flexible, project-based, secondment, fractional and portfolio work can give experienced lawyers greater choice over how they practise — but the model also brings genuine trade-offs. This session provides a balanced look at the options and what they require.

Technical capability may get a lawyer into the conversation, but it is rarely what makes a General Counsel want that lawyer back. Explore the behaviours that distinguish effective flexible lawyers, from commercial judgement and adaptability to communication and prioritisation.

Returning to legal work after a career break does not mean starting again. This session explores how to assess what has changed, refresh the capabilities that matter, position previous experience confidently and choose the right pathway back into legal work.

Moving in-house is more than changing employers. This session examines which private-practice capabilities transfer exceptionally well, what changes once you become part of the business, and how lawyers can adapt their approach to risk, communication and prioritisation.

Predictions about AI and law often fall into two extremes: replacement or no real change. This session takes a more evidence-based view of which tasks are changing, how legal teams may operate differently and which human capabilities may become more valuable.