Truth, Trust & Technology: Implications of AI for Law 2026 Summit

Welcome to UNSW Centre for the Future of the Legal Profession, Truth, Trust & Technology: Implications of AI for Law 2026 Summit.

The one-day summit will provide a unique forum to examine not only the legal innovations in artificial intelligence but will also raise complex discussions on the truth and accuracy in legal practice and the potential new risks to the trust in lawyer-client relationships. From practical applications to big-picture questions on the future of law, participants will gain valuable insights into how AI is influencing the practice of law today – and how it may transform the profession in the years ahead.

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CFLP 2026 Summit (program)

Speakers include:

The Honourable Judith Gibson, former Judge of the New South Wales District Court

Noel Lim, CEO of Anika Legal and 2025 Victorian of the Year

Professor Michael Legg, Director of the Centre for the Future of the Legal Profession

Stephen Bray, Commissioner for Uniform Legal Services Regulation

Dr Felicity Bell, Deputy Director of the Centre for the Future of the Legal Profession

Ben Langford, General Counsel at Woolworths Group

Emma Covacevich, Chief Executive Partner at Clayton UTZ

Zeina Milicevic, Partner at MinterEllison

Vicki McNamara, Senior Research Associate at the Centre for the Future of the Legal Profession

Professor George Shinkle, Professor in the School of Management and Governance, UNSW

Professor Alex Steel, Professor in the School of Law, Society & Criminology, UNSW

Session Topics include:

• AI and learning to be a lawyer: Data and debate: the student perspective
• The Law Firm Cybersecurity Defence Playbook: Preventing and Responding to the Modern Threat
• AI, Legal Ethics & the Digital Frontier
• AI and Business Ramifications for the Legal Sector
• Scaling and Sustaining A2J with technology

Mark your calendars for 4 March, 2026 and make your way to The Mint, Macquarie Street, Sydney for a thought-provoking day of discussion and insight into the future of law in an AI-driven world.