17th Annual Bar Leaders' Conference

22 May - 23 May 2024

Constanta Ballroom

Session information

Around the table: a taste of hot topics- part II
Constanta Ballroom

Committee(s)

Bar Issues Commission (Lead)

Description

Topics will include:

  1. Update on recent global developments concerning international trade in legal services 
  2. Legal ethics and the IBA’s Anti-Corruption Project: BIC perspectives 
  3. Wellbeing in the legal profession: the role of bars and law societies in tackling the crisis 
  4. How to improve bar and law society engagement with the work of the IBA 
  5. What should bars and law societies be doing about the Climate Crisis?
  6. 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
Sara 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
John Guerin Law Society of Northern Ireland, Belfast, Northern Ireland; Chair, Bar Issues Commission Regulation 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
Mickael Laurans The Law Society of England and Wales, London, England; Chair, BIC International Trade in Legal Services Committee
Paul Mollerup Association of Danish Law Firms, Copenhagen, Denmark; Commissioner, IBA Professional Wellbeing 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; BIC Vice Chair, Bar Issues Commission
Steven Richman American Bar Association, Washington, District of Columbia, USA; Chair, Bar Issues Commission Policy Committee
Kimitoshi Yabuki Japan Federation of Bar Associations, Tokyo, Japan; Chair, IBA Credentials Committee