Virtual

Alex Watson, partner in the corporate team at Michelmores 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.

This year’s panellists are:

• Nicholas Le Riche – partner, Broadfield
• Michael O’Brien – partner, Beale & Co
• Alex Watson – partner, Michelmores

Following directly on from the ‘Question time: the law firm as a business’ panel, this is your chance to speak to the panellists, talk about issues raised in the panel and get to know some more firms.

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:

• Michelmores LLP – Bounce back loans and repayment obligations
• Osborne Clarke LLP – The anatomy of a corporate deal

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.

This year’s panellists are:

• Anya Daisy Brown – trainee, Ashurst LLP
• Henry Parr – trainee, Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
• Luke Harper – trainee, Michelmores LLP
• Holly Teasdale – student ambassador, The University of Law

Following on from the ‘Question time: life as at trainee’ panel, head to the Zoom lobby to network with each of our firm sponsors, including The University of Law.

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:

• Ashurst LLP – Global loans: an overview
• Broadfield – Law that shapes lives from cities to the countryside: an inside look at planning, infrastructure and public law
• Debevoise & Plimpton LLP – Private equity and private funds

Final networking will take place in your workshops.