Agenda
Thursday 23rd October 2025
| 19:30 |
Pre-conference networking supper
Meet up with fellow LawNet members for a relaxed evening ahead of the main event.
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The Olive Tree Restaurant & Garden Room, Celtic Manor
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Friday 24th October 2025
| 09:00 - 09:45 |
Registration, Exhibition, Networking & Refreshments |
| 09:45 - 10:15 |
Welcome and Introduction |
Helen Hamilton-Shaw, CEO, LawNet |
| 10:15 - 11:15 |
The Power of the Team: How Human Leadership Builds Resilient, Curious, and High-Performing Law Firm Teams
- Understand the mindset shifts needed to lead people and culture through disruption
- Reconnect with essential human capabilities through clarity, curiosity, and collaboration
- Reflect on your “leadership shadow” — and how it shapes team engagement and retention
- Learn how to build psychologically safe teams that speak up, innovate together, and adapt with confidence
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Greg Orme |
| 11:15 - 12:00 |
Networking, Exhibition & Refreshments
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| 12:00 - 13:00 |
From Busy to Bold: Culture-Building Strategies That Drive Focus and Output
- How to identify and eliminate common productivity killers
- Micro-behaviours that boost team culture and engagement
- Rethinking meetings, emails, and work habits
- Recognise and respond to the unique behavioural drivers across age groups to reduce misalignment and maximise collective output
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Grace Lordan
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| 13:00 - 13:15 |
LawNet Annual General Meeting
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| 13:00 - 14:30 |
Lunch, Networking & Exhibition
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| 14:30 - 15:30 |
Networking Discussion Groups
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| 15:30 - 16:00 |
Networking, Exhibition & Refreshments
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| 16:00 - 17:00 |
From Good to Exceptional: What High-Performing Teams Do Differently
- Understand the core drivers behind extraordinary results—excellence, autonomy, trust, individual accountability, and a culture where leaders create leaders.
- Learn from insights drawn from working with top-tier organisations including Special Forces, Formula 1, Google, PayPal, Dyson, and Olympic teams
- Explore the shift from transactional to transformative leadership, with an emphasis on integrity, humility, and personal responsibility.
- Tackle challenges facing larger, more diverse teams—from engaging millennials to fostering female leadership and building resilience through vision, values and marginal gains
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James Kerr |
| 17:00 - 17:15 |
Close of Conference
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Derek Rodgers, LawNet Chair
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| 19:30 |
Champagne Reception
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| 20:00 |
Conference Dinner (Black Tie)
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| 22:00 |
LawNet Awards Ceremony 2025/26
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