Held live 21st July 2020 at 15:00 (BST)
The post-covid reality for legal practitioners has changed for current law firms and their staff and also the next generation of lawyers.
How we engage with clients, how we engage and work with one another and the places and methods of our work are all now altered and refocussed.
This session delved into the new social-economic forces at work, the changing public priorities for both work and home life, the technical changes afoot within law firms right now and how the future of the legal profession has changed for the next generation of lawyers coming through, looking at both the challenges and risks of those changes and the opportunities they reveal.
To provide food for thought, insight, opinion and personal experiences, we have put together a triumvirate of speakers to provide different perspectives covering these topics; a Peer of the Realm and former multiple Secretary of State, an Editor of the Student Lawyer magazine and a Legal CIO who will facilitate the session, and of course, most importantly; You! To contribute, debate, offer opinion and take part.
Speakers
David Fazakerley
IT Director
Saffery Champness
David is the IT Director of Top 15 Accountancy firm Saffery Champness LLP, having taken up the role this year. For the last 16 years, David has held various roles with Eversheds LLP, Taylor Rose MW, K-Cloud and CTS and has experience both on the supply side as well as the client side of firms in the legal and now accountancy sectors. He is an active and founding member of DELTAS and a champion of ED&I initiatives within the various organisations he works for.
Baroness Nicky Morgan
Nicky Morgan, Baroness Morgan of Cotes read law at St Hugh’s College, Oxford and qualified as a solicitor in 1994 and worked as a corporate lawyer at Theodore Goddard and Allen & Overy specialising in mergers and acquisitions before becoming a professional support lawyer (rather like in-house counsel) at Travers Smith advising on corporate law matters.
Nicky was a Conservative MP between 2010 and 2019, she was elected as the MP for Loughborough and was re-elected in 2015 and 2017. Nicky stood down at the 2019 election and was elevated to the House of Lords as a life peer.
Nicky has held many high offices of State and Ministerial positions over the last decade, including:
• Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
• Secretary of State for Education
• Minister for Women and Equalities
• Economic Secretary to the Treasury
• Financial Secretary to the Treasury
• Chair of the Treasury Select Committee
Camilla Uppal
Editor-in-Chief and Content Manager
The Student Lawyer
Camilla is an LLB Law graduate from the University of Kent and is currently pursuing a career as a solicitor.
Camilla serves as the Editor-in-Chief and Content Manager for The Student Lawyer, an online publication run by students aiming to make legal news and articles accessible to aspiring solicitors and barristers.
Camilla also co-founded The Student Lawyer Podcast and interviews guests from the legal industry about hot topics in law, also providing career advice and inspiration to listeners.
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