Manchester

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.

Andrew Moore, employment partner at Addleshaw Goddard LLP, will be delivering the keynote speech.

Our panel of top law firm partners will address the key issues affecting firms in 2025. 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:

• Andrew Moore – partner, Addleshaw Goddard
• Dan Williams – partner, DWF Group Limited
• Suzanne Taylor – partner, Shoosmiths
• Debra Cooper – partner, Hill Dickinson LLP

This panel will be moderated by Olivia Partridge, content manager at LawCareers.Net.

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 a law firm.

Delegates will select one of the below workshops and will be emailed confirmation of their workshop choice ahead of the event:

• DWF Group Limited – Banking
• Gateley Legal – Cross-team collaboration across a legal and professional services group
• Shoosmiths – How Shoosmiths real estate shaped Manchester
• Squire Patton Boggs (UK) LLP – Curious about employment law?

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 a law firm.

Delegates will select one of the below workshops and will be emailed confirmation of their workshop choice ahead of the event:

• Addleshaw Goddard – Do you have an appetite to innovate?
• Brabners LLP – ESG in sport: levelling the playing field
• Hill Dickinson LLP – Health and social care
• Ward Hadaway – Legal due diligence

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:

• Emily Pitts – trainee, Gateley Legal
• Irem Tarasek – trainee, Brabners LLP
• Nadia Gulfraz – trainee, Squire Patton Boggs (UK) LLP
• Rosie Cryans – trainee, Ward Hadaway
• Brian Ngure – student recruitment assistant, The University of Law