The legal profession is standing at a new crossroads. Forces that once moved incrementally - client expectations, regulatory shifts, technology adoption, and firm culture are now accelerating in parallel. The cumulative effect is profound: law firms are being asked to reinvent how they serve clients, how they uphold responsibility in society, and how they organise themselves internally.
Highlights from Legal ESG: London 2025, where legal and ESG leaders explored risk, resilience, and the future of sustainable law and governance.
As the legal sector moves from AI experimentation to execution, Legal AI: London (Dec 3–4) brings together the thinkers, builders, and changemakers reshaping how law firms use AI to work smarter, faster, and more strategically. Across two days, attendees will explore how knowledge management, legal operations, and client services can thrive with the right mix of tech, culture, and strategy.
Breaking the Silence: Tackling Mental Health Stigma in the Legal Industry
25-year legal veteran Anne-Marie Goodbody shares energy-first tactics to prevent lawyer burnout—meet her at Legal Wellbeing London, 11 Sept 2025.
Elizabeth highlights key changes, the need for proactive mental health strategies, and how empathetic leadership fosters healthier law firm cultures.
In this episode we sit down with Sam Jardine, Partner at Fieldfisher and a passionate advocate for mental health in the legal profession. Sam shares honest reflections on his 25-year journey in law, the importance of cultural change in firms, and why real well-being goes far beyond fruit baskets and ping pong tables.
As a key speaker at the upcoming Legal Wellbeing: London event September 11, Sam offers a preview of the conversations shaping the future of legal workplaces—covering topics like generational change, flexibility, leadership, and how lawyers can redefine success on their own terms.
The Legal ESG Awards 2025, honours legal professionals driving sustainable, ethical, and responsible business practices.
ESG has outgrown checklist compliance; it is now a strategic discipline that spans client advisory, operations, and talent. At the same time ESG sits at a pivotal juncture where accelerating regulation is colliding with mounting political and market headwinds.
Announcing the finalists for the Legal ESG Awards 2025. The awards highlight the significant influence of legal experts in creating a responsible business landscape and challenge the profession to innovate and lead in integrating ESG principles.
Legal ESG: Toronto was a conference that brought together thought leaders, regulators, and legal innovators to discuss global ESG trends and practical strategies for collaboration, compliance, and resilience.
The legal profession is standing at a new crossroads. Forces that once moved incrementally - client expectations, regulatory shifts, technology adoption, and firm culture are now accelerating in parallel. The cumulative effect is profound: law firms are being asked to reinvent how they serve clients, how they uphold responsibility in society, and how they organise themselves internally.
As the legal sector moves from AI experimentation to execution, Legal AI: London (Dec 3–4) brings together the thinkers, builders, and changemakers reshaping how law firms use AI to work smarter, faster, and more strategically. Across two days, attendees will explore how knowledge management, legal operations, and client services can thrive with the right mix of tech, culture, and strategy.
Generative AI once sat on the edges of legal practice—intriguing, but optional.
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