TIME / THEME
SESSION DETAILS
CONFIRMED SPEAKERS
09:00 - 09:15
Refreshments and pastries
09:15 - 10:00
Plenary session
Consumers, technology
The edge of regulation: the unregulated market, access to justice and AIÂ
Chair: Fiona McLeay, CEO and Commissioner, Victorian Legal Services Board and Commissioner
Speakers: Jelena Lentzos, Director, Policy, Strategy and Engagement, Legal Services Board of England and Wales
Marquita Brazil, Alternative Business Structures Program Manager, Arizona Supreme Court
Adhir Ramdarshan, Director Regulation, Legal Services Consumer Panel
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What kind of providers operate on the periphery and beyond regulated practice? Can such services help with access to justice? Where do AI and other technologies fit into these considerations? And what is the role of regulators in all of this?
10:00 - 11:15
Deep dive discussions
Regulation, ethicsÂ
When does delegation become dereliction?Â
Various jurisdictions are facing similar issues with lawyers delegating their work to unqualified staff – the recent judgment of Mazur in England and Wales being a case in point. When does sensible business practice become unethical?Â
Iain Miller, Partner, Kingsley Napley
Ellyn Rosen, Regulation and Global Initiatives Counsel, American Bar Association
Vivian Yim, Director of Conduct, Law Society of Hong Kong
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Diversity, admission, progressionÂ
Are we making progress on diversity in the legal profession?Â
This session takes on the harder question underneath it: whether diversity is a matter for regulators at all. That challenge is being made more openly than it was five years ago, and we would rather meet it directly than talk around it. From there we look at what has genuinely worked and is worth borrowing across jurisdictions, why improvement at entry has not always translated into progression, and how economic and financial realities shape who enters the profession and who rises through it. A discussion rather than a presentation, with the room brought in throughout.Â
Ewen Macleod, Director of Strategy & Policy, Bar Standards Board England and Wales
Katie Rusbatch, CEO, New Zealand Law Society
Carla Hoppe, Founder, Wealthbrite
Supervision, core regulation
What does proportionate regulation look like?
Proportionality is a popular catchword in regulation, but what does it mean in practice? This discussion explores what proportionality might look like in different regulatory spheres (rulemaking, supervision, enforcement), the intersections between these spheres, and how there is no one-size-fits-all solution – although we might dream of it!
Panellists:Â Dr Motlatsi Molefe, CEO, Legal Practitioners Fidelity Fund
Phil Golding, Director General, Bar Standards Board England and Wales
Elsie Lee, Registrar (Regulatory Policy), Legal Services Regulatory Authority, Singapore
11:45 - 12:45
Practical workshop sessions
11:15 - 11:45
Morning coffee
Admission, education & training, mutual recognitionÂ
Improving cross-border recognition arrangementsÂ
A practical session to find ways in which recognition of educational and professional qualifications from other jurisdictions can be more seamlessly recognised
Panellists: Deborah Wolfe, Executive Director, National Committee on Accreditation and Law School Programs, Federation of Law Societies of Canada
Chris Young, Policy Manager, Solicitors Regulation Authority England and Wales
AI, regulation, complaints handling, internal functionsÂ
Harnessing agentic AI for legal regulationÂ
A hands-on session on how to develop an AI agent led by a tech supplier to the public and voluntary sectorÂ
Workshop leaders: Adam Dustagheer and Jake Holland, DatnexaÂ
Regulation, standards, education and trainingÂ
Continuing competence and career management as regulatory tools?Â
Panellists: Dionna Alexander, Chief People Officer, Illinois Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission
Richard Williams, Policy Manager, Solicitors Regulation Authority England and Wales
Regulators share latest experience and ideas for managing continuing competence
12:45 - 14:00
Lunch
14:00 - 15:00
Keynote
The Chancellor of the High Court is head of the Chancery Division and is the judge with day to day responsibility for the Business and Property Courts. Lord Justice Birss sits in the Court of Appeal, is the Deputy Head of Civil Justice and Lead Judge for Artificial Intelligence in England and Wales. He was one of the panel hearing the appeal in the Mazur case.Â
Rt Hon Lord Justice Colin Birss, Chancellor of the High Court of England and Wales
Moderator: Sarah Rapson, CEO, Solicitors Regulation Authority England and Wales
15:00 - 15:30
Afternoon tea
15:30 - 16:30
Plenary session
Cross-border cooperation and next steps in ICLR
How can we work  better together and learn from each other? How can we further develop the ICLR?Â
Chair: Fiona McLeay, CEO and Commissioner, Victorian Legal Services Board and Commissioner
16:30 - 16:45
Concluding remarks
Monisha Shah, Chair, Legal Services Board (England and Wales)
* Programme subject to final confirmation.