
The Return of Offline Events | Legal Industry
For the last two years, we have realized the power of technology; everyone was Zoomed-In to their workstation. Be it office work, professional networking, learning events or even family functions (birthdays, anniversaries, funerals) – were all virtual. LinkedIn, Zoom, Google Meet, Teams, and Clubhouse, to name a few, were all over.
Historically, people have travelled distances to enhance their knowledge, study, listen to experts, meet industry leaders and peers, and build networks. We have known the value that networking brings to our lives and work for a long time. Professional conferences as a medium of networking have been crucial and have enhanced our knowledge base and connections.
During the pandemic, there were debates that online events and conferences are economical and offer great flexibility. However, post-pandemic, the viewpoint has changed. Experts still believe that offline events were better as these included face to face networking, social connection and involvement.
We are not trying to bring the pros and cons of offline vs. online events through this post. The objective is to appraise our audiences with the most amazing and looked out global legal events.
Although the West is considered the epicentre of legal innovation, we have some excellent qualifiers from the East. We hope you have not missed the following events that took place in the initial five months of 2022:
Conference Start Date |
Conference Name |
City |
Country |
01 March |
ABA TechShow |
Chicago |
US |
08 March |
LegalWeek |
New York |
US |
28 April |
Global Intellectual Property Forum |
Boston |
US |
30 April |
INTA Annual Meeting 2022 |
Washington |
US |
03 May |
Legal Innovation & Tech Fest 2022 |
Sydney |
Australia |
09 May | 2022 CLOC Global Institute | Las Vegas | US |
If you have missed the above, don’t be disheartened, we still have seven months in 2022. Here is the list of remaining conferences:
Conference Start Date |
Conference Name |
City, Country |
Mode |
Summary |
17 May |
Tech Playday |
London, UK |
Offline |
Understand the elements of gamification in the legal industry |
18 May | Leaders to Leaders | Melbourne, Australia | Offline | Specifically designed for anyone moving into a leadership role by offering skills and guidance that will enhance their role. |
18 May |
Future Lawyer Week UK 5.0 |
London, UK |
Offline |
An event that focuses on the legal industry’s innovative advancements through workshops, presentations, and a hackathon by leading legal innovators. |
24 May |
London Law Expo |
London, UK |
Offline |
The expo explores a wide variety of topics, issues, and opportunities to assist law firms and legal businesses in increasing overall performance, profitability, and IT security. |
28 June | Culture + Inclusion + Wellbeing | Sydney, Australia | Offline | The conference navigates the best strategies in promoting and cultivating an inclusive work culture, focusing on mental health and employee wellbeing. |
20-22 July | TechLaw.Fest 2022 | Marina Bay Sands, Singapore | Hybrid | A thought-provoking, experiential, 'digireal' exhibition - making the metaverse real for you. |
21 August |
ILTACON 2022 |
National Harbor, US |
Offline |
A conference where industry experts and the legal community collaborate on comprehensive peer-driven programs, educational content, and face-to-face networking to discover and evolve successful legal operation strategies. |
31 August - 2 September | ALPMA Summit | Gold Coast, Australia | Offline | A 3-day event with over 25 sessions of workshops and seminars. These sessions cover HR, Marketing, Business Development, IT/Legal Technology, Strategy & Innovation, Operations, Finance & Leadership. |
August (TBC) | 4th Cybersecurity, Data Breach & Data Privacy Forum | Sydney, Australia | Offline | The forum will address the latest issues that are highly relevant to all firms and discuss ways to combat these challenges using the latest technology and strategies. |
8-9 September | 16th Lawtech Summit | Gold Coast, Australia | Offline | A networking and educational forum for many of the Top & Mid Tier law firm's CIO's across Australia and New Zealand. |
13 September | The British Legal Technology Forum | London, UK | Offline | One of the largest legal technology conference and exhibition in Europe, exploring and examining systems, strategies, processes and platforms that will drive law firms and legal businesses. |
28 September |
Legal Geek Conference |
London, UK |
Offline |
A worldwide networking event that gives information on the latest start-ups through many prestigious guest speakers. |
28 September | LawFest 22 | Auckland, New Zealand | Offline | A premier legal innovation and technology event. |
06 October |
5th Legal AI Summit |
Berlin, Germany |
Hybrid |
A hybrid event that brings together next-gen lawyers, legal experts and AI specialists to discuss accountable AI solutions, eDiscovery trends, and the future of legal technology. |
10 October |
Clio Cloud Conference |
Nashville, US |
Virtual |
The event offers a great blend of skill-building, networking, tech exploration, and more. |
14 October | Future Firm Forum | Queenstown, NZ | Offline | This forum attracts law firm leaders that wants to learn about the latest development and opportunities affecting the legal services industry. |
20 October |
Global Legal ConfEx |
Dubai, UAE |
Virtual |
Attendees gain insights on litigation, contracts, technology, software, and much more. |
27 October |
AIPLA 2022 Annual Meeting |
National Harbor, US |
Virtual |
American Intellectual Property Law Association |
October (TBC) | Lawtech Singapore | Singapore | Offline | A conference focusing on leading themes of technology relevant to the Asian legal market. |
9 November | Future-Law Legal Tech Conference 2022 | Vienna, Austria | Offline | The conference focuses on the digitization of the legal field and legal tech through workshops and interactions. |
18 November |
ICIPL 2022 |
London, UK |
Offline |
International Conference on Intellectual Property and Law |
November (TBC) | 2nd Advancing Women in Law | Sydney, Australia | Offline | An event designed for everyone that believe in developing and nurturing the role of women in the legal industry. |
Do not forget that apart from the immersive in-person experience, most of these conferences also offer Continuous Legal Education (CLE) credits.
Conference preparedness
Unlike other professionals, lawyers tend to be more thorough in their approach and mostly strategize every life event. Attending with an open mind that leaving all the notions behind while setting learning goals for ourselves is optimum.
Without much ado, now it’s time to schedule the events, buy tickets and finalize the itinerary. Best of luck and Happy Networking!!!
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