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LEGAL GEEK
CONFERENCE 2026
Weds 14 - Thurs 15 Oct 2026
London
5000 attendees
Experience Europe’s most established legal innovation event. Join a curated community of GCs, partners, legal operations and innovation leaders for two days of strategic insight, practical takeaways, and high‑value networking.
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WHAT TO EXPECT
“The go-to legal technology conference, sponsored by the pillars of the community” The Law Society Gazette
250 expert speakers from law firms, in-house teams, legal ops, government, and regulators
5000 legal professionals at Europe’s largest lawtech conference, from 65+ countries
4 stages of content with workshops, roundtables, panels, and TED-style talks
Effortless networking with clients, peers, and future collaborators
Hands-on legal tech with live demos and emerging tools
Great food and barista coffee – street food, snacks, and unlimited barista coffee
Unique networking experiences like karaoke, paint & sip, run club, and more
2026 Speakers
Hear from 250 visionary founders, legal leaders, and tech innovators sharing real-world insights and fresh perspectives shaping the future of law and legal technology. More speakers announced soon! Get tickets
Sarah
Pullin
Global Director of Knowledge
Baker McKenzie
Terry
Fedigan
Head of Innovation
DLA Piper
Wayne
Barnes
Partner
Squire Patton Boggs
Emily
Tearle
Head of Knowledge Management
Travers Smith
Catriona
Wolfenden
Product and Innovation Director
Weightmans
Christian
Bartsch
CEO
Bird & Bird
Jaimini
Shah
VP, Associate General Counsel
FactSet
Alisa
Longmuir
Head of Corporate and Transformation, Technology and Operations
Vodaphone
Nick
Pryor
Director of Knowledge and Innovation
Freeths
Shruti
Ajitsaria
Partner, Head of Fuse
A&O Shearman
Mikhail
Turetskiy
Partner
Latham & Watkins
Victoria
Harris
Director - Law&
DLA Piper
Caroline
Mylward
Deputy General Counsel
Sotheby's
Saideh
Ahmadloo
Global Lead Counsel
Kraft Heinz
Rachel
Barnes
Transformation, Innovation & Change Consultant
Irwin Mitchell
Henry
Goodwin
General Partner
Leo Capital
Tamara
Steffens
Managing Director
TR Ventures
Alma
Asay
Chief Innovation
and Value Officer
Crowell & Moring
Matthew
Gough
Partner
Eversheds Sutherland
Andrei
Salajan
Director of Legal Tech & Innovation
Schenherr
Stuart
Whittle
Chief Technology and Innovation Officer
Weightmans
Bianca
de Souza
Legal Counsel & Local Compliance Officer, UK
Daimler Truck UK
Emily
Friend
Head of Legal and Compliance
TotalEnergies
Christian
Bartsch
Managing Partner
Bird & Bird
Helder
Santos
Head of Legaltech & Innovation
Bird & Bird
Nicholas
Tennant
Head of Legal Services
MDU
Serena
Wallace-Turner
Director
Radiant Law
Edward
Lynch
CEO and Founder
The Wellbeing Doctors
Roisin
Noonan
Associate Director
Deloitte
Chris
Gamble
Founder
Polaris Consultants
Oz
Benamram
Founder
SKILLS
Cherno
Jagne
Chief Operating Officer
Cloisters Chambers
Nicole
Bradick
VP, Innovation
Factor
Alex
Juras
Global Digital Counsel
Diageo
Alex
Juras
Global Digital Counsel
Diageo
More speakers will be announced soon!
WHO ATTENDS
IN-HOUSE TEAMS
39%
Leaders from in-house/corporate
LAW-FIRMS
33%
Law firm leaders & innovation teams
LEGAL TECH
21%
Early stage > large corp
COMMUNITY
7%
VCs, Regulators, Societies, Govts
"With a mix of speakers, topics, activities - there is something for everyone."
Saran Kaur, Managing Counsel, Legal Operations, CHANEL
EVENT TIMINGS
The timings are the same on both days (Wednesday 15 and Thursday 16 October 2025), with different speakers and content on each day. The full agenda with timings will be available exclusively to ticket holders via our official event app, launching around one month before the conference.
8.00AM – 10.00AM DOORS OPEN
Kickstart your day with a freshly brewed cup of barista coffee while connecting with fellow attendees.
10.00AM – 4.00PM TALKS – WORKSHOPS – PITCHES – ROUNDTABLES – NETWORKING
Content is different on each day. Dive into thought-provoking talks, participate in interactive Q&A sessions, hear new product pitches engage in practical hands-on workshops that will enhance your skills and knowledge.
4.00PM – 7.00PM LEGAL GEEK AFTERPARTY
Enjoy complimentary drinks and networking activities including beer tasting, a sommelier masterclass and karaoke.
Ticket holders have been emailed (from [email protected]) with instructions on how to download our event app to access full agenda.
2026 AGENDA
Explore the first sessions at Legal Geek Conference 2026, featuring TED-style talks, workshops, interactive roundtables, panels, Q&As, and more. Get tickets
TED-STYLE TALKS
From survey scramble to strategic asset: Weaving AI usage into a data-driven culture of transparency
This talk shows how one firm turned client AI surveys from a last‑minute compliance task into a strategic insight engine. By integrating AI tool usage data with internal firm systems, the team created real‑time visibility into how, where, and by whom AI is used, enabling stronger governance, clearer accountability, and more confident client reporting.
Beyond adoption: The collaboration layer that will decide who wins AI
With AI adoption now table stakes, this session argues that real advantage comes from the collaboration layer around the tools. It focuses on how firms orchestrate relationships between lawyers, technologists, practice groups, and clients to move beyond usage into meaningful, sustained impact.
Beyond technical excellence: The modern lawyer operating model
This session introduces a new operating model for in‑house lawyers, reframing legal expertise as the baseline rather than the differentiator. It explores how scalable judgment, commercial risk calibration, and human‑centred clarity enable lawyers to design themselves into the operating fabric of modern organisations.
Human advantage: leading law firms in the
age of AI
This session argues that as AI becomes embedded in legal work, differentiation will come from people rather than platforms, highlighting the enduring importance of judgement, trust, leadership, and culture in firm strategy.
The wig and whistle: Learnings from sport and law
Drawing on experience as both a criminal barrister and referee of the 2023 Rugby World Cup Final, this talk explores decision‑making, leadership under pressure, and accountability across elite sport and legal practice.
Bridging the Gap: the power of KM in legal innovation
This talk highlights the pivotal role of Knowledge Management professionals in successful legal innovation, acting as translators between lawyers and technologists, safeguarding quality, and ensuring new tools are properly tested, embedded, and supported through training.
Next-gen contracting: How to leverage AI to unlock contracting value
Moves the AI conversation beyond efficiency to value, showing how in‑house legal teams can use AI to unlock commercial impact across one of the most complex, time‑consuming, and expensive business processes: contracting.
AI’s growing pains in healthcare law and practice
This session offers a frontline perspective on how AI is already shaping healthcare law—from clinicians using ambient technologies to AI‑assisted litigants—highlighting real‑world benefits, emerging risks, and practical implications for legal practice.
KEY THEMES
Here are the key themes covered at Legal Geek Conference 2026 (14-15 October in London). Klick on the arrows to learn more.
Focuses on moving AI from pilots and hype into everyday legal work, with clear use cases, metrics, governance, and role‑based enablement that delivers real ROI.
Covers how legal teams can put practical, defensible governance around AI use today – addressing liability, privacy, bias, compliance, and auditability without freezing innovation.
Explores how legal services are accessed, triaged, and delivered, using service design, intake models, and operational metrics to improve consistency, speed, and risk control.
Looks at how to choose, integrate, and migrate legal tech intelligently, reducing tech debt, aligning AI with core systems like CLM, and avoiding redundant tool sprawl.
Addresses the human side of transformation – building trust, skills, and behaviour change across generations, roles, and neurodiversity profiles so AI adoption actually works.
Covers how legal teams manage sensitive data safely, including DSAR handling, DPIAs, cloud risk, cross-border data flows, and incident response planning.
Shows how small or stretched legal teams can improve performance through cleaner workflows, targeted automation, practical metrics, and fast, high-impact improvements.
Focuses on making AI safe in high-stakes legal contexts, covering human-in-the-loop design, model boundaries, testing, audit trails, incident response, and harm prevention.
Explores how legal education and training must evolve to support hybrid roles, modern skills, neurodiverse learners, and non-traditional technologists.
Examines how legal teams and firms can move beyond hours toward value-based pricing, outcome measurement, and productised services that meet modern client expectations.
Explores how alternative legal models are designed differently, covering technology choices, talent models, wellbeing, and what traditional firms can realistically adapt.
Focuses on improving collaboration between clients and firms through shared workflows, aligned incentives, clearer AI expectations, and transparent performance measures.
Provides practical, sector-specific insights showing how AI, regulation, and operations differ across healthcare, energy, government, and financial services.
Explores judicial and regulatory perspectives on legal technology, including cross-border data, privilege, international comparisons, and geopolitical considerations.
Focuses on the foundations that enable modern legal work, including strong knowledge management, AI-ready training, non-lawyer roles, and clearer career pathways.
Cuts through legal tech marketing to assess what tools actually deliver, comparing vendors, exposing common gaps, and setting realistic expectations for time to value.
Brings in founders, technologists, and creative thinkers to challenge legal orthodoxies and show how external perspectives drive innovation and resilience.
Examines how legal organisations can support long-term health, motivation, and performance through evidence-based wellbeing, culture design, and sustainable working practices.
"I loved the ethos and the energy. It felt more like a festival of collaboration than a conference"
Shilpa Bhandarkar, Former Partner and GenAI Chair, Linklaters
250
Speakers
Three
stages
22 Interactive
workshops
Street food
market
4500
Attendees
65
Countries
The two-day Legal Geek Conference brings together the global legal tech community in Shoreditch, featuring 250+ speakers, interactive workshops, and structured networking for large law firms and in-house teams.
Explore the future of law through expert sessions on cultural transformation, mental health, and resilience, essential topics for today’s legal workplace. Curated networking experiences and a full calendar of events make it easy to connect, collaborate, and expand your professional network.
SIDE EVENTS
We’ve got loads of free side events at the conference to help you meet even more people. No need to pre-register—just show up and grab your spot! Check the event app for specific timings.
Beer and Wine Tasting
Karaoke
Paint & Sip Session
Run club
Speed Networking
Permission to Geek Out: Why you need to attend Legal Geek Conference 2025
Download the toolkit for everything you need to know about Legal Geek Conference 2025 and why you can’t miss it.
CONFERENCE VIBE
Unique venue
The Old Truman Brewery has four stages, workshop rooms, and bright networking spaces – helping you connect, learn, and collaborate in a vibrant, creative setting
Casual dress
Our events are relaxed and have no formal dress code, so you can come as you are and feel completely comfortable being yourself
Networking events
Side events like karaoke, wine tasting, and painting help you connect in fun, unexpected ways – no boring networking here
Street Food
The Legal Geek Street Food Market offers a full range of catering options, keeping you fuelled and focused with healthy food throughout the day
"There’s nowhere else you’ll find the great and good of the community under one roof!"
Chris Grant, Managing Director, Client Value, Goodwin
session FORMATS
TED-STYLE TALKS
Short and sharp talks that deliver big ideas fast
PANEL DISCUSSIONS
Hear candid insights from tech and legal leaders
EXPERT-LED ROUNDTABLES
This is where the real talk happens – designed for true peer learning
INTERACTIVE WORKSHOPS
Hands-on sessions where you learn by doing – focused on practical skills
SILENT DISCO SESSIONS
Slip on a headset, tune in to the topic you care about
Q&As
Get direct answers from the people shaping what’s next
LIVE DEMOS
See the newest legal tech in action. No pitches, just practical walk-throughs!
FIRESIDE CHATS
Relaxed, one-on-one interviews that uncover personal stories and lessons learned
GET 2026 TICKETS
Legal Geek Conference 2026 is taking place on 14-15 October in London. Any questions? Check the ticket FAQs or get in touch via [email protected] (yes, it’s .co)
Law Firm Leader Tickets
For Partners, C-suite and ‘Head of’ roles at law firms. Subject to availability and approval process.
Free*
*By application
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What's included:
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2-day conference pass
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Networking app (with 1:1 meetings)
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All-day hospitality (street food lunch, drinks, snacks)
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Wi‑Fi and dedicated co-working space
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Free barista coffee
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Access to 100+ sessions and talks
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Networking side events
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Legal Geek afterparty
SOLD OUT
In-house Tickets
Senior in-house legal professionals attend for free. Subject to an approval process.
Free*
*By application
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What's included:
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2-day conference pass
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Networking app (with 1:1 meetings)
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All-day hospitality (street food lunch, drinks, snacks)
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Wi‑Fi and dedicated co-working space
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Free barista coffee
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Access to 100+ sessions and talks
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Networking side events
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Legal Geek afterparty
Law Firm Tickets
Discounted rate for law firms. Subject to availability and approval process.
£850
£
550
Price will increase to £650 on 1 May 2026 -
What's included:
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2-day conference pass
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Networking app (with 1:1 meetings)
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All-day hospitality (street food lunch, drinks, snacks)
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Wi‑Fi and dedicated co-working space
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Free barista coffee
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Access to 100+ sessions and talks
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Networking side events
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Legal Geek afterparty
Early Bird Tickets
This ticket type is for tech providers, consultants, investors, media/press, and anyone else.
£1759
£
795
Price will increase to £1095 on 1 May 2026 -
What's included:
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2-day conference pass
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Networking app (with 1:1 meetings)
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All-day hospitality (street food lunch, drinks, snacks)
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Wi‑Fi and dedicated co-working space
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Free barista coffee
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Access to 100+ sessions and talks
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Networking side events
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Legal Geek afterprty
Ticket FAQs
You must be directly employed by a law firm. All tickets must be registered using a valid law firm email address and are subject to an approval process. See our eligibility criteria.
You must be directly employed by a company where your primary role is to support that company’s in-house legal function. All tickets must be registered using an official work email associated with the company and are subject to availability. See our eligibility criteria.
You must currently hold a Partner, Managing Partner, or ‘Head of’ title (e.g. Head of Innovation, Head of Legal Ops, etc.). All tickets must be registered using an official work email associated with the company and are subject to availability.
Yes! You can purchase multiple tickets now and assign them to your team later.
If you need support, email [email protected] (yes, it’s .co)
2026 SPONSORShip now available!
We work with a select group of partners to deliver standout value, positioning you as a thought leader, generating quality leads, and joining the 93% of sponsors who return year after year.
2026 SPONSORS
Headline sponsor
Platinum
Gold
Silver
Bronze
Bespoke
Event partner
Startup Alley
Community collaborators
HOW TO FIND US
In the heart of Shoreditch, London, The Old Truman Brewery has been home to Legal Geek for eight years. It was formerly London’s largest brewery, it has transformed into a dynamic space hosting events such as SXSW, London Coffee Festival, Brick Lane Jazz Festival, and of course, the Legal Geek Conference!
THE Old Truman brewery
When: Wednesday 14 - Thursday 15 October 2026
Address: 15 Hanbury Street, Shoreditch, London, E16QR
Address: 15 Hanbury Street, Shoreditch, London, E16QR
Venue entrance (via Ely's yard):
LEGAL GEEK CONFERENCE
Weds 15 and Thurs 16 Oct 2025
London
4500 attendees
The Glastonbury of legal events, a vibrant, high-energy gathering uniting legal leaders from 65 countries. Experience the dynamic atmosphere and forward-thinking perspectives you won't find at traditional legal events.
TED-STYLE TALKS & PANEL SESSIONS
Short, sharp insights and longer panels to stay up-to-date on the latest developments in Legal Tech.
DEEP DIVES & CASE STUDIES
Go beyond theory with interactive deep dives to gain practical insights you can apply straight away.
The Legal Geek Conference is where the global legal tech community comes together for a one-of-a-kind, festival-style conference in the heart of Shoreditch. Bringing innovators from law firms, in-house/corporates and startups/scalups together into one collaborative celebration of legal tech —all united in a shared celebration of legal technology.
Featuring 250+ inspiring speakers, cutting-edge tech showcases, and structured networking opportunities, this is the must-attend event to explore the future of legal tech.
But Legal Geek is about more than just technology. Dive into expert-led sessions on cultural transformation, mental health, and resilience—topics shaping the modern legal workplace.
With curated networking experiences and a packed calendar of side events, Legal Geek makes it easier than ever to connect, collaborate, and grow your network.
250
speakers
Two
huge stages
Wellbeing
Zone
Two
huge stages
Legal tech
showcases
Delicious
Street Food
Two workshop
rooms
Investor
Meetup
Two workshop
rooms
Legal tech
showcases
Two workshop
rooms
TED-style
talks
Two
huge stages
Legal tech
showcases
Proven value: "A fantastic event with great speakers and a great variety of stalls. A must for anyone operating in the world of legal tech or those who want to expand their knowledge.” Chris George, Commercial Director (UK) and Head of Trade Operations for Western Europe, Electrolux Group
Human-centred approach: “What truly sets it apart is its focus on the human side of legal innovation - addressing workplace culture, wellbeing and diversity. It provides invaluable insights that drive our innovation strategy forward.” Isaac-David Ingman, Legal Technologist, Norton Rose Fulbright
Innovation mindset: "We need more events like these where the focus is on the art of the possible.” Maaike de Bie, Group General Counsel and Company Secretary, Vodafone
WHY ATTEND
THE networking destination for forward-thinking legal professionals. Our fast-paced, tech-focused format creates the perfect environment for connecting with innovators who are reshaping the legal landscape. This isn’t just another conference – it’s where the future of legal practice takes shape through fresh perspectives and meaningful collaboration.
