Inside Practice's 2025 Agenda – Part 1

December 10, 2024

AUTHOR Daniel Smallwood

2024 is winding down, but as always, our eyes are on the horizon.


While we pause to reflect on this year's incredible journey, our team is already deeply engaged in shaping 2025.


The legal profession is navigating an inflection point. The convergence of technological innovation, evolving global sustainability imperatives, and shifting client and workforce expectations are accelerating transformative disruption. These challenges and opportunities will demand a recalibration of how law is practiced, taught, and led.


I'm excited to share a preview of what's ahead in the first half of 2025.


March: Leading with Talent and ESG

We hit the ground running in March with The Human Side of Legal Tech: Teams, Talent, and Change Management, hosted by Chapman, where we will rethink leadership and talent strategies amid rapid change in an emerging AI-driven world environment.  We then go online for Legal ESG: Latin America, which offers a unique lens to examine the regional ESG challenges and opportunities across South America.


April: Governance, Data, and Innovation

We start April in London, tackling the complexities of ESG reporting with ESG Data, Reporting, & Disclosures: London, quickly followed by Law Firm Data Strategy & Modernization: London, which explores how firms are transforming their data practices into a competitive advantage.


We close the month in New York at our AI x KM forum, addressing how KM professionals and Innovation teams are transforming into architects of AI integration, curators of advanced knowledge systems, and guardians of ethical AI usage—while in London (on the same day) addressing compliance, regulatory risk, and misinformation at Greenwashing: London.


May: Canada, Wellbeing, and Economic Resilience

In May, we focus inward, addressing the wellbeing of legal professionals and the economic strategies that sustain their work.


This busy month starts with the unique ESG challenges and opportunities within the Canadian legal profession at Legal: ESG Toronto, hosted by Gowling WLG.


Following our 2024 London program, Legal Wellbeing: New York will provide strategic approaches to fostering workplaces where resilience, health, and performance go hand in hand.


Legal Economics will explore the future of billing, compensation, and profitability, providing practical strategies for firms to thrive in a shifting economic landscape.


We close out May with The Future of Litigation Management which will examine how AI is changing every aspect of litigation, from discovery to trial strategy.


June: ESG Leadership

The year's first half culminates in June with a return to London for our 3rd Annual Legal ESG: London. Over two days, Legal ESG: London and the Legal ESG: Awards / UK will redefine the role of lawyers, their firms, and their clients in advancing sustainable and responsible legal practices.


In Part 2, I'll share what's in store for the second half of 2025.


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