London

Please head to the conference room at 09.30. A topic is displayed on the main screen for you to discuss with the delegates at your table/the delegates sitting around you.

Rona Bar-Isaac, co-head of retail & consumer sector and partner at Addleshaw Goddard, will deliver the keynote speech.

Our panel of top law firm partners will address the key issues affecting firms in 2024. This session will help delegates understand how firms operate as businesses and the role they will play as trainees. The panel will answer questions from the audience.

The panellists are:

• Chris Stack, partner – Cooley (UK) LLP
• Alison Riddle, partner – Osborne Clarke LLP
• Vik Khurana, partner – Bristows LLP
• Charlotte Henschen, partner – RPC

Your opportunity to speak with the firm representatives and your fellow delegates.

Firm-led workshops give you the chance to discover the work of a practising solicitor. From practice areas to practical skills, your workshop leaders will take you through the key issues and tasks of working in the City.

• Addleshaw Goddard – Do you have an appetite to innovate?
• Charles Russell Speechlys LLP – Putting clients first – how to build and maintain client relationships as a lawyer
• Osborne Clarke LLP – The metaverse in the legal landscape
• RPC – Cybersecurity and technology: what does a cyber lawyer do?
• Trowers & Hamlins LLP – Trends in international arbitration

Please note that lunch is served standing. This is your opportunity to speak to firm representatives.

Firm-led workshops give you the chance to discover the work of a practising solicitor. From practice areas to practical skills, your workshop leaders will take you through the key issues and tasks of working in the City.

• Baker McKenzie – International M&A
• Bristows LLP – Patent litigation: a case study
• Cooley (UK) LLP – Partnering the biotech innovators of tomorrow
• Jones Day – How do you solve a global dispute?
• Ropes & Gray International LLP – Negotiating commercial contracts

Your final opportunity to speak with the firm representatives and your fellow delegates.

Our panel of trainee solicitors will provide insight into their experiences of the law firm application process, what being a trainee is really like and their advice for prospective candidates. A representative from The University of Law will also be on hand to answer your questions about postgraduate study and employability.

The panellists are:

• Tim Edgar, Charles Russell Speechlys LLP
• Melissa Parkes, Jones Day
• Marina Sultonova, Ropes & Gray International LLP
• Alexandra White, Trowers & Hamlins LLP
• Showmir Chowdry, Addleshaw Goddard
• Alice Anderson, The University of Law