IBA Annual Conference Toronto 2025
2 Nov - 7 Nov 2025
Session information
Somewhere over the rainbow: have you ever dreamed of working outside your home/bar jurisdiction?
Wednesday 5 November (0930 - 1045)
Committee(s)
Senior Lawyers' Committee
(Lead)
Law Firm Management Committee
Description
Have you ever dreamed of working outside your home / bar jurisdiction? This session will be filled with real-life stories and address legal, ethical, and other professional and practical issues to consider and how the panelists have successfully achieved working in other jurisdictions.
Session / Workshop Chair(s)
| Laura Devine | Laura Devine Immigration, London, England; Communications Officer, Immigration and Nationality Law Committee |
| Karen Monroe | Schlam Stone & Dolan LLP, Geneva, Switzerland; Secretary-Treasurer, Senior Lawyers' Committee |
Speakers
| Poorvi Chothani | LawQuest , Mumbai, Maharashtra, India; Co-Chair, Immigration and Nationality Law Committee |
| Robert M Ellison | Private Practice, São Paulo, Brazil; LGBTIQ+ Committee Representative, IBA Diversity & Inclusion Council |