18th Annual Bar Leaders' Conference
21 May - 22 May 2025
Session information
Description
Topics will include:
1. Bar associations and the climate crisis
2. Anti-corruption initiatives: global challenges and guidance for bars
3. How to engage young lawyers with the bar
4. Diversity and Inclusion: shifting trends and priorities?
5. Bar governance: responding to changing demands
6. Business and human rights for bars
Session / Workshop Chair(s)
| George Artley | International Bar Association, London, England; IBA LPRU, IBA Professional Wellbeing Commission |
| Christina Blacklaws | The Law Society of England and Wales, London, England; Officer, Bar Issues Commission |
| Riccardo Cajola | Cajola & Associati, Milan, Italy; Co-Chair, International Commerce and Distribution Committee |
| Sara Carnegie | International Bar Association, London, England; Council Member, IBA Diversity & Inclusion Council |
| Jonathan Herman | Federation of Law Societies of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Officer, Bar Issues Commission |
| Dominique Hogan-Doran SC | Australian Bar, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; Chair, Bar Issues Commission Regulation Committee |
| Fiona McLeod AO KC | Victorian Bar, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; Officer, Bar Issues Commission |
| Ken Murphy | Law Society of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland; BIC Past Chair, Bar Issues Commission |
| Alessandra Nascimento S F Mourao | Nascimento e Mourao Advogados, São Paulo, Brazil; SPPI Council Member |
| Berit Reiss-Andersen | The Norwegian Bar Association, Oslo, Norway; Vice Chair, Bar Issues Commission |
| Steven Richman | American Bar Association, Washington, District of Columbia, USA; Chair, Bar Issues Commission Policy Committee |
| Tshepo Shabangu | The Law Society of South Africa, Pretoria, South Africa |
| Juliana Warner | Law Council of Australia, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia; President/ Chairperson, The Law Council of Australia |