The Conference Organisers are delighted to announce the speakers who will be joining us at the Conference.
Keynote Speakers
Nigel J Balmer
Research Director
Research, Victorian Legal Services Board + Commissioner
Kerri-anne Millard
Executive Director
Policy & Outreach, Victorian Legal Services Board + Commissioner
Edward Santow
Co-Director Human Technology Institute
University of Technology Sydney
Nerita Waight
CEO
Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service
Invited Speakers
Daniel Ajak
Founder & Director
Ajak & Associates Lawyers
Don Avison
Executive Director and CEO
Law Society of British Columbia
Adam Awty
CEO
Law Institute of Victoria
Simone Carton
CEO
ACT Law Society
Jimmy Chan
Council Member and Chair of Standing Committee on Compliance
The Law Society of Hong Kong
Alvin Chen
Chief Legal Officer, and Director Representation and Law Reform
The Law Society of Singapore
Jeevyn Dhaliwal K.C
President
Law Society of British Columbia, Canada
Brian Doherty
CEO
Legal Service Regulatory Authority, Ireland
Dominique Hogan-Doran SC
Senior Counsel
The Australian Bar
Ankur Doshi
General Counsel
Oregon State Bar
Anne Ferguson
Chief Justice
The Supreme Court of Victoria
Lucy Fraser
Manager, Lawyer Wellbeing
Victorian Legal Services Board + Commissioner
Lea S. Gutierrez
Administrator
Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission of the Supreme Court of Illinois
Vivienne Holmes
Professor
College of Law, Australian National University
Alan Kershaw
Chair
Legal Services Board, England and Wales
Margarette Kwayke
Director
Legal Practice Council, Free State Province, South Africa
Elsie Lee
Deputy Registrar
Legal Services Regulatory Authority, Ministry of Law, Singapore
Kabelo Letebele
Senior Manager, Communications, Media and Stakeholder Relations
Legal Practice Council, South Africa
Joanna MacMillian
Director of Regulatory Services
Law Society of Ontario, Canada
Michelle Marfurt
Manager, Policy & Regulatory Strategy
Victorian Legal Services Board + Commissioner
Simon McConnell
Council Member
The Law Society of Hong Kong
Laura McCullough
Head of Professional Conduct
Law Society of Northern Ireland
Shannon McDunnough
Discipline Counsel, Indigenous Matters
Law Society of Ontario
Fiona McLeay
Board CEO and Commissioner
Victorian Legal Services Board + Commissioner
Kendall Moholitny
Director Regulation and Professionalism
Law Society of Alberta
Motlatsi Barnabas Molefe
CEO
Legal Practitioners Fidelity Fund, South Africa
Annette Monforte
Manager, Costs Disputes & Compliance
Victorian Legal Services Board + Commissioner
Sari W. Montgomery
Partner, Robinson, Stewart, Montgomery & Doppke LLC and Adjunct Professor, Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law, Illinois
Juliet Oliver
Deputy Chief Executive and General Counsel
Solicitors Regulation Authority, UK
Shivani Pillai
Co-Chair of the Diversity and Inclusion Committee
Victorian Women Lawyers
Alida Janse Van Rensburg
Director
Legal Practice Council, South Africa
Katie Rusbatch
CEO
New Zealand Law Society
Caryn Sandler
Partner + Chief Knowledge and Innovation Officer
Gilbert + Tobin
Carly Schever
Director
Human Ethos
Melissa Scott
Deputy General Counsel and Deputy Director for Programs & Communications
The Mississippi Bar
Alicia Semple
Head of Customer Experience
Victorian Legal Services Board + Commissioner
Taimur Siddiqi
Manager, Evaluation & Impact
Victorian Legal Services Board + Commissioner
Matt Sims
Co-founder
Standpoint Decision Support / Avvy Pro
Gareth Smith
General Manager Professional Standards
New Zealand Law Society (Te Kāhui Ture o Aotearoa)
Lucinda Soon
Academic Researcher, Consultant to the legal sector and IBA Commissioner
Roden Tong
President
The Law Society of Hong Kong
Kate Wellington
CEO
Cost Lawyers Standards Board, UK
Stan Winford
Associate Director of Research, Innovation & Reform
RMIT Centre for Innovative Justice
Careen Wong
Vice-President
The Law Society of Hong Kong
Moderators
Matt Anstee
Executive Director, Legal and Investigations
Victorian Legal Services Board + Commissioner
Howard Bowles
Special Counsel
Victorian Legal Services Board + Commissioner
Gerard Brody
Chairperson and Commissioner
Essential Services Commission
Heidi Chu
Secretary General
The Law Society of Hong Kong
Lucy Dennett
Director of Policy
The Law Society for England and Wales
Britney Bowater, Esquire
Director Registration Service
Illinois Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission
Alison Hook
Co-founder and Director
Hook Tangaza
Hon Mary-Jane Ierodiaconou
Principal Associate Judge
The Supreme Court of Victoria
Ashley Morris
Director of First Nations Services
Victoria Legal Aid
Julian Morrow
Co-founder of The Chaser & Giant Dwarf, Creator of The Checkout, Host of Sunday Extra on ABC Radio National
Terri Mottershead
Executive Director
Centre for Legal Innovation College of Law (Australia, New Zealand and Asia-Pacific)
Nadia Musclow
Director, Litigation Services
Law Society of Ontario
Mark Neale
Director-General
Bar Standards Board, England & Wales
Diana Newcombe
CEO
Law Society of South Australia
Noni Sproule
Director, Relationships & Partnerships
Victorian Legal Services Board + Commissioner
Bobbie Wan
Head of Regulatory Policy and Strategy
Law Society of NSW
Contributors
Ellyn S. Rosen
Regulation and Global Initiatives Counsel
American Bar Association
Kelly Spiteri
Executive Adviser to the CEO and Commissioner
Victorian Legal Services Board + Commissioner
Kat Huynh
Manager, Project Management Office
Victorian Legal Services Board + Commissioner