London

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.

Ellen Lambrix, commercial and IP partner at Bristows 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:

• Alexandra Gower – partner, Osborne Clarke LLP
• Ben Bruton – partner, Winston & Strawn London LLP
• Charlotte Nolan – partner, Baker McKenzie
• Ellen Lambrix – partner, Bristows LLP
• TBC – Weil, Gotshal & Manges (London) LLP

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 the City.

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?
• Jones Day – How do you solve a global dispute?
• Osborne Clarke LLP – The metaverse in the legal landscape
• Trowers & Hamlins LLP – Legal technology and innovation – law firms of the future
• Weil, Gotshal & Manges (London) LLP – An introduction and case study on private equity

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 the City.

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

• Baker McKenzie – International M&A
• Bristows LLP – Patent litigation: a case study
• Cooley (UK) LLP – The life cycle of a product
• RPC – Deep dive into defamation and media law
• Winston & Strawn London LLP – Anatomy of an international arbitration hearing

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:

• Alysia Hoe – SQE student and future trainee, The University of Law
• Bijal Limbachia – trainee, Cooley (UK) LLP
• Filippo Marchiori – trainee, RPC
• Jemima Salmon – trainee, Jones Day
• Maddie Harper – trainee, Trowers & Hamlins LLP
• Simeon Laird – trainee, Addleshaw Goddard