Data sovereignty has become an operational knowledge management issue for Canadian law firms. Learn where data lives, how it moves, and what risks firms must manage.
That’s the premise of AI x KM 2026 positioning Knowledge Management as infrastructure, not support, and treating the “knowledge backbone” as the real differentiator in the next phase of legal transformation.
Why Accountability Requires Letting Go of “Control”
Knowledge discipline and architectural control now matter more than models.
There are moments in the evolution of business where two previously distinct domains collide with such force that they reshape the operating landscape for an entire generation of leaders. The convergence of geopolitics and ESG is one of those moments.
For the past several years, Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) criteria represented a clear, forward-moving consensus. That consensus has fractured. We have entered "The ESG Reset" - a fundamental reframing of the landscape driven by a potent mix of political whiplash, volatile investor sentiment, and persistent geopolitical crises.
The past year has shifted artificial intelligence in the legal sector from a theoretical "what if" to an urgent "what now." The initial excitement of generative AI has given way to the hard, complex realities of implementation, risk, client pressure, and a tangible fear of being left behind. We are no longer just "piloting" AI. We are in a full-scale race to integrate it, govern it, and prove its value.
The legal profession is standing at a new crossroads. Forces that once moved incrementally - client expectations, regulatory shifts, technology adoption, and firm culture are now accelerating in parallel. The cumulative effect is profound: law firms are being asked to reinvent how they serve clients, how they uphold responsibility in society, and how they organise themselves internally.
Highlights from Legal ESG: London 2025, where legal and ESG leaders explored risk, resilience, and the future of sustainable law and governance.
As the legal sector moves from AI experimentation to execution, Legal AI: London (Dec 3–4) brings together the thinkers, builders, and changemakers reshaping how law firms use AI to work smarter, faster, and more strategically. Across two days, attendees will explore how knowledge management, legal operations, and client services can thrive with the right mix of tech, culture, and strategy.
Generative AI once sat on the edges of legal practice—intriguing, but optional.
25-year legal veteran Anne-Marie Goodbody shares energy-first tactics to prevent lawyer burnout—meet her at Legal Wellbeing London, 11 Sept 2025.
Elizabeth highlights key changes, the need for proactive mental health strategies, and how empathetic leadership fosters healthier law firm cultures.
In this episode we sit down with Sam Jardine, Partner at Fieldfisher and a passionate advocate for mental health in the legal profession. Sam shares honest reflections on his 25-year journey in law, the importance of cultural change in firms, and why real well-being goes far beyond fruit baskets and ping pong tables.
As a key speaker at the upcoming Legal Wellbeing: London event September 11, Sam offers a preview of the conversations shaping the future of legal workplaces—covering topics like generational change, flexibility, leadership, and how lawyers can redefine success on their own terms.
Legal ESG: Toronto was a conference that brought together thought leaders, regulators, and legal innovators to discuss global ESG trends and practical strategies for collaboration, compliance, and resilience.
Data sovereignty has become an operational knowledge management issue for Canadian law firms. Learn where data lives, how it moves, and what risks firms must manage.
Inside Legal Data: London 2026 isn’t another data conference. It’s a strategy forum a place where law firms must decide whether they want to keep data as a back-office reporting tool or elevate it to the central operating system that drives pricing, execution, governance, and client value.
That’s the premise of AI x KM 2026 positioning Knowledge Management as infrastructure, not support, and treating the “knowledge backbone” as the real differentiator in the next phase of legal transformation.
Why Accountability Requires Letting Go of “Control”
Knowledge discipline and architectural control now matter more than models.
There are moments in the evolution of business where two previously distinct domains collide with such force that they reshape the operating landscape for an entire generation of leaders. The convergence of geopolitics and ESG is one of those moments.
Ahead of Legal ESG Latin America this week, Pam Cone sits down with Maria Laura Farrapeira, General Counsel at AB Mauri in Latin America. She shares with us her journey to becoming General Counsel at a global company, her greatest ESG challenge, the role of lawyers in tacking sustainability, and what gives her hope for the future. You won’t want to miss this conversation.
In this episode of the Inside Legal ESG podcast series, Pam Cone speaks with Haley Czarnek, National Director of Law Students for Climate Accountability along with Martha Agudelo Cordoba, International Director of Law Students for Climate Accountability. They share why and when the organization was founded and give a highlight on their most recent research.
In this episode of Inside Legal ESG, Pam Cone talks with Sara Magneli, ESG Counsel at Advokatfirman Cederquist, a law firm in Stockholm Sweden. The conversation covers her career path to becoming ESG Counsel, the trends (and challenges) facing ESG lawyers and their client companies today, and, of course, what gives her hope in the face of ESG headwinds around the world.
