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2025 IILACE Conference
in conjunction with CEEBA
Dear Colleagues,
For more than 25 years, IILACE has been a gathering place for bar association and law society Chief Executives from around the world to compare notes about their work successes and challenges, and to share stories and lessons about their leadership experiences. It is a peer group like no other. For new recruits and veterans alike, IILACE conferences are designed to provide significant value to participants and by extension, to the organizations that they lead. The 2025 Annual Conference will be no exception as we come together to renew old friendships and build new ones.
This year’s conference will be held in conjunction with the annual meeting of the CEOs of the bars of Europe, and it promises to offer a dynamic week of learning, collaboration, and cultural exchange in two vibrant cities - Belfast and Dublin. Hosted by the Law Society of Northern Ireland and the Law Society of Ireland, the program features thought-provoking sessions on leadership, AI, regulatory challenges, rule of law, and wellbeing in the legal profession. With expert panels, keynote speakers, and immersive local experiences, this event will be a memorable and meaningful one for all attendees.
I look forward to seeing you there!
Plan to join us!
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Review the full program
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Be sure to reserve your hotel for both Belfast and Dublin
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Review visa requirements and register here
Message from the Chairs of 2025 IILACE Conference
Dear Colleagues,
Welcome to Ireland – North and South – for IILACE 2025!
Together with my colleague Mark Garett, I am delighted to extend a warm invitation to you to visit Belfast and Dublin this September for the first part of the IILACE Conference.
For those of you who have not visited before, Belfast is the Capital City of Northern Ireland within the United Kingdom. Once a centre for heavy industries such as ship building and aircraft manufacturing, Belfast is now a transformed and thriving centre of the emerging digital economy. This city is also home to the largest concentration of international law firms in the UK outside of the City of London. We have also become a centre for the creative industries, with much of the celebrated HBO series Game of Thrones having been filmed here.
I very much hope that you will make time in your schedule to visit Belfast this September for the first part of what promises to be an outstanding IILACE conference.
I very much look forward to welcoming you to Belfast.
David A Lavery CB
CEO, Law Society of Northern Ireland
Program Committee:
Chairs: David Lavery, Law Society of Northern Ireland and Mark Garrett, Law Society of Ireland
Mia Edwall Insulander, Swedish Bar Association
Brenda Grimes, Law Society of Newfoundland and Labrador
Jonathan Herman, Federation of Law Societies of Canada
David Mulholland, The Bar of Northern Ireland
Elizabeth Osler, Law Society of Alberta
Merete Smith, Norwegian Bar Association
Robert Spagnoletti, The District of Columbia Bar
Past Conferences and Presidents:
1999 Edinburgh , Scotland (Barry Fitzgerald, President) 2000 Hong Kong (Barry Fitzgerald, President) 2001 Chicago, USA (Barry Fitzgerald, President) 2002 Durban, South Africa (Patrick Moss, President) 2003 Montreal, Canada (Patrick Moss, President) 2004 Aukland, NZ (Diane Bourque, President) 2005 Prague, Czech Republic (Diane Bourque, President) 2006 New York, USA (Douglas Mill , President) 2007 Singapore (Douglas Mill, President ) 2008 Windhoek, Namibia (John Hoyles, President) 2009 Dublin, Ireland (John Hoyles, President) 2010 Vancouver, Canada (John Hoyles, President) 2011 Adelaide, Australia ( Ken Murphy, President) | 2012 Hong Kong (Ken Murphy , President) 2013 Berlin, Germany (Jan Martin, President) 2014 Cape Town, South Africa (Jan Martin, President) 2015 Washington, USA (Tim McGee, President) 2016 Wellington, NZ (Tim McGee, President) 2017 London, UK (Cord Brügmann, President) 2018 Ottawa, Canada (Retha Steinmann, President) 2019 Tokyo, Japan (Retha Steinmann, President) 2020 Virtual, (Retha Steinmann, President) 2021 Copenhagen, Denmark (Heidi Chu, President) 2022 Washington, D.C. (Heidi Chu, President) 2023 Hobart, Tasmania (Paul Mollerup, President) 2024 Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe (Paul Mollerup, President) |