17th Annual Bar Leaders' Conference
22 May - 23 May 2024
Constanta Ballroom
Session information
Around the table: a taste of hot topics- part I
Wednesday 22 May (1530 - 1700)
Constanta Ballroom
Committee(s)
Bar Issues Commission
(Lead)
Description
Topics will include:
- Update on recent global developments concerning international trade in legal services
- Legal ethics and the IBA’s Anti-Corruption Project: BIC perspectives
- Wellbeing in the legal profession: the role of bars and law societies in tackling the crisis
- How to improve bar and law society engagement with the work of the IBA
- What should bars and law societies be doing about the Climate Crisis?
- Who speaks for the bar? Presidents, executive leadership, or its members?
Session / Workshop Chair(s)
| George Artley | International Bar Association, London, England |
Speakers
| Christina Blacklaws | The Law Society of England and Wales, London, England; Officer, Bar Issues Commission |
| Riccardo Cajola | Cajola & Associati, Milan, Italy; Senior Vice Chair, International Commerce and Distribution Committee |
| Sara Louise Carnegie | International Bar Association, London, England; Member, IBA Diversity & Inclusion Council |
| Deborah Enix-Ross | Debevoise & Plimpton LLP, New York, New York, USA; Co-opted Member, Credentials Committee |
| Dominique Hogan-Doran SC | Australian Bar, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; Vice Chair, Bar Issues Commission Regulation Committee |
| Ian Jeffery | The Law Society of England and Wales, London, England |
| Ken Murphy | Law Society of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland; Chair, Bar Issues Commission |
| Berit Reiss-Andersen | The Norwegian Bar Association, Oslo, Norway; BIC Vice Chair, Bar Issues Commission |
| Steven Richman | American Bar Association, Washington, District of Columbia, USA; Chair, Bar Issues Commission Policy Committee |
| Iain Sandford | Sidley Austin LLP, Geneva, Switzerland; Vice Chair, BIC International Trade in Legal Services Committee |
| Kimitoshi Yabuki | Japan Federation of Bar Associations, Tokyo, Japan; Chair, IBA Credentials Committee |