The legal landscape is evolving. Lawyers today are expected to do more than provide legal advice. They are expected to lead.
Leadership for Lawyers is a two-day executive course designed for legal professionals stepping into, or already in, leadership roles.
Whether you work in a law firm, an in-house legal team, the public sector or a regulatory environment, this practical, research-based course gives you the tools and insight to lead effectively in complex and fast-changing workplaces.
Led by experienced facilitators and legal professionals, the program blends proven leadership frameworks with honest discussions and peer learning. It provides real-world insight into the challenges and opportunities of legal leadership today.
Leadership frameworks tailored to the legal context - decision-making, influence, ethical leadership, and resilience
Practical strategies for managing teams, leading through change, and driving performance
Personal reflection tools to align your leadership approach with your values and strengths
Access to a diverse peer network from law firms, corporate legal departments, government, and the broader profession
Insights from high-profile guest speakers on what leadership looks like in 2025 and beyond
This course is ideal for:
Lawyers in management, people leadership, or strategic roles
In-house counsel seeking to lead teams or projects with greater impact
Government or regulatory lawyers transitioning into leadership
Senior associates, partners, or GCs who want to sharpen their leadership toolkit
We welcome participants from a wide range of practice areas and organisational settings.
Moises Henriques is a professional cricketer, current captain of the Sydney Sixers, and one of Australia’s most respected sporting leaders. With a career spanning over 15 years at the elite level, Moises has represented Australia in all three formats of the game and has played a pivotal role in domestic and international T20 leagues, including the Big Bash League and the Indian Premier League.
As captain of the Sydney Sixers, he has led the team to multiple championships and is renowned for his calm, strategic leadership both on and off the field. Moises is known not only for his skill as an all-rounder but also for his ability to bring teams together, guide younger players, and lead through periods of scrutiny and personal challenge.
In recent years, he has become a powerful advocate for mental health in high-performance environments, drawing from his own lived experience to promote openness, resilience, and support within elite sport. His willingness to speak publicly about the pressures of leadership and performance has resonated far beyond cricket, offering valuable lessons for leaders across all fields.
Moises recently retired from red-ball cricket to focus on the shorter formats and currently plays for the Sydney Sixers and Nottinghamshire in the UK’s Vitality Blast. In this keynote Q&A, Moises will reflect on his leadership journey, discuss the challenges of captaining under pressure, and share insights on what it means to lead with purpose and vulnerability in a high-stakes, high-visibility profession.
Anthony Kearns is an expert facilitator, adult educator, coach and humanist who helps expert professionals navigate complexity to lead change and performance in human systems. He is also an accomplished leader in his own right, having consistently led high-performing professional teams throughout his career.
Anthony has worked as a litigation lawyer, risk management consultant, OD practitioner and senior executive in insurance, large law firms and an international engineering company. He is a Senior Fellow at the Melbourne Law School where he teaches leadership as part of the Master of Law program. He has also lectured at a number of US Law Schools including Harvard where he has been a visiting lecturer since 2010 and helped design the HLS executive education program and the first law school course on the psychology of judgment and decision making.
Anthony has honours degrees in Law and Science from the Australian National University, a Master of Applied Positive Psychology (Valedictorian) from the University of Melbourne and has completed the Teaching and Learning Program at the Hasso Plattner Design School at Stanford University. He is an experienced executive coach and is accredited in Solutions-focused Coaching, Immunity to Change Facilitation, Appreciative Inquiry Facilitation, Meyer Salovey and Caruso Emotional Intelligence Test (MSCEIT), Life Styles Inventory (LSI) and Belbin Team Profile. He is also an accredited mindfulness teacher.
Rosamund Christie is the Director of ‘To the Point Communications’, a leadership and communications consultancy that addresses complex issues facing CEOs, senior executive / senior management teams and individuals. It provides programs and executive coaching tailored to the organisational system and context in which people are working, focusing on leadership in complex environments, organisational transformation and the development of personal agency in leadership.
Rosamund is Adjunct Associate Professor at the Australian Graduate School of Management (AGSM) at UNSW. She is one of Australia’s leading facilitators of Adaptive Leadership, with programs for clients including Department of Defence, NAB, CSIRO, the Australian Public Service Commission, the university sector, and for-purpose organisations.
Rosamund has an MA from University of Sydney and is a graduate of The Art and Practice of Adaptive Leadership at the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University.
She is a Board member of Professional Individualised care (PIC) which is a relationship-based model of out-of-home care for young people who have lived with complex trauma.
Alistair Marshall has helped leading law firms, accountancy practices, engineering firms, retail banks and household name corporates attract new clients and win more new, profitable business for more than 30 years.
His delivery is entertaining, energetic, engaging and inspires people to use his thought leading business development strategies immediately in their busy schedules.
Unlike many other consultants who are very theoretical, Alistair has a hands-on, practical approach, free of jargon and business school nonsense. This leads to delegates not just thinking but acting differently when it comes to growing a professional practice. His specialty is implementing simple, achievable, and cost-effective business solutions for boutique practices through to large international firms.
Professor Legg is a Professor of UNSW Law + Justice and Director of the Centre for the Future of the Legal Profession.
Michael specialises in complex litigation, including regulatory litigation and class actions, and in innovation in the legal profession.
Michael’s research interests are in complex litigation, the use of technology in litigation and the future of the legal profession. He has previously written on the use of technology assisted review in litigation, online dispute resolution / courts and the ramification of social media and the Internet of Things for civil litigation.
Michael is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Law and a member of the Law Council of Australia's Class Actions Committee.
Michael is admitted to practice in the Supreme Court of NSW, Federal Court of Australia, High Court of Australia and in the State and Federal courts of New York. He holds law degrees from UNSW (LLB), the University of California, Berkeley (LLM) and the University of Melbourne (PhD).
Dr. Felicity Bell is a Senior Lecturer and Deputy Director of the Centre for the Future of the Legal Profession at UNSW Law and Justice.
Felicity has studied lawyers and their work for over a decade. She is internationally recognised as an expert in family law and legal professionalism, and in new technologies and their impact on lawyers’ practice and regulation. Her research combines her expertise across these areas often with a basis in empirical projects. She is the co-author with Professor Michael Legg of Artificial Intelligence and the Legal Profession (Hart, 2020). Felicity has previously worked as a lawyer in private practice and in government.
Vicki McNamara is a Senior Research Associate with the Centre for the Future of the Legal Profession at Law & Justice, UNSW and a highly experienced legal sector professional, admitted to practice law in NSW.
Vicki’s previous professional experience spans both legal practice and senior business management roles at global and Australian law firms, and with legal operations teams in the financial services and FMCG sectors.
Vicki has a proven track record of designing and implementing Knowledge Management (KM) and legal technology strategies, solutions, and systems that leverage enterprise knowledge to enhance service delivery, operational efficiency, and business performance. Vicki’s management competencies include KM framework development and governance; knowledge and research services management; technology acquisition, project management and delivery; business management and planning; process redesign and transformation, and innovation strategy delivery.
Tony Song is an Adjunct Fellow for the Centre for the Future of the Legal Profession at UNSW Law & Justice.
Tony’s research covers the impact of technology on the legal profession and society, with a focus on crypto, artificial intelligence, drones, cyber, trust, ethics, remote courts, and leadership in the profession. Tony previously worked as a Research Fellow for the Future of Law and Innovation in the Profession (FLIP) Stream. As a crypto day-trader, Tony brings a unique perspective to discussions around law, regulation and policy in the realm of digital assets.
Legal Academic of the Year 2022 Finalist – Law Society of NSW Law Awards
