About
Our flagship event for LawNet members
As the highlight of our annual events calendar, the LawNet Conference is a chance to step away from the day-to-day, look ahead and consider what comes next.
Exclusively for LawNet members, the Conference combines the collective experience within our network with exceptional external speakers and expertise from across the wider legal and business communities.
Each year, we build the programme around the issues that matter to those leading and developing progressive law firms, while creating plenty of time for members to connect and share what they are seeing in their own businesses.
Why attend?
The LawNet Conference is designed to spark new thinking about the issues shaping law firms today and what they could mean for your firm.
Each year's theme allows us to explore an important aspect of leadership and business from different angles. We bring together speakers with expertise from across the legal sector and beyond, chosen for the fresh perspectives they can offer and their ability to make those insights relevant to the realities of leading a law firm today.
That approach has enabled us to attract speakers of an impressive calibre over the years. Recent Conferences have welcomed leading thinkers including Matthew Syed, Grace Lordan, Bruce Daisley, Harriet Beveridge, Greg Orme, James Kerr, David Rowan, Rahaf Harfoush, Adam Kingl and Christine Armstrong.
But the real benefit isn't simply hearing from great speakers. It's how their ideas prompt you to consider things differently, and what you choose to do as a result.
“The best conference yet, partly because the organisation was smooth but mainly because the quality of the speakers and the sponsors was so good.”
A Conference designed around you
We put the same care into the Conference experience as we do into creating an exceptional programme.
From the moment you book, we want everything to feel considered and easy. Clear pre-event information helps you know what to expect, while the Conference app keeps everything you need at your fingertips once you’re there. The programme is carefully paced to allow time to connect with other members and enjoy the wider event.
Our sponsors and suppliers play an important role too. Their specialist knowledge of the legal sector gives you the chance to learn more about what they offer and where they could add value within your firm.
“Everything flowed seamlessly – the conference was expertly put together.”
Who should attend?
The LawNet Conference is for the people helping to shape where their firm goes next.
That might mean you lead the firm as a Managing or Senior Partner, CEO or COO, or sit on its Senior Leadership Team or Management Board. You may have responsibility for an area such as finance, people, operations, business development, marketing or practice management. You might also be a Partner or business support leader involved in strategic projects or driving change.
If you're helping to influence the direction of your firm, you'll find plenty here that's relevant to you.
The value of being together
There is something particularly useful about spending time with people who understand the realities of leading and developing a law firm.
A conversation over coffee might offer a different perspective on an issue you've been wrestling with. Someone you meet at dinner may have already tackled a challenge that's only just appearing on your radar. A connection made here might become someone you continue to exchange ideas with long after the Conference has finished.
That's an important part of what makes the LawNet Conference different. What happens on stage matters, but so does the collective knowledge in the room.
We want you to leave having had time to think beyond the immediate, made connections that matter and, above all, feeling that your time with us was well spent.
We look forward to welcoming you.