This program had been approved by the Georgia Commission on Continuing Lawyer Competency for 4.5 CLE hours
OVERVIEW
The Legal Innovation Forum is bringing its flagship forum to Atlanta in September 2025.
This half-day forum is centered on its unifying theme: Navigating disruption in a risk-on era.
The legal ecosystem and the broader business world are undergoing a profound transformation driven by a wealth of factors including the rapid rise of generative AI, financial pressure, political unrest, globalization, shifting client expectations, and increasing risk and regulatory complexity.
Generational shifts, evolving workplace dynamics, and conflicting perspectives between legal professionals and their third party partners are creating further challenges, while also presenting new opportunities for collaboration and innovation within the legal ecosystem.
This year’s forum will shine a light on the dynamics at play at the intersection of business, innovation and law, and will reveal the skills needed to be successful in the evolving legal profession. By combining legal acumen with business awareness, tech expertise and emotional intelligence, legal professionals will redefine the industry and deliver more innovative, client-centered solutions.
PURPOSE OF FORUM
Review key drivers and trends influencing the shifting dynamics of the legal ecosystem
Uncover new business models shaping the legal industry and learn how practitioners can embrace agile strategies to stay competitive and relevant
Look at best practices in law firms, legal departments and their third-party partners for driving business resilience through innovative thinking
Create a network of leading legal innovators to share knowledge and experiences to help drive change in the legal ecosystem and the organizations they support
Discussion Themes
Half-day forum | September 24, 2025, 11:45 AM – 6:00 PM ET:
Innovative Leadership in a Rapidly Changing World: How are legal leaders redefining their role amid disruption and rising complexity?
Beyond the Hype: AI and the Business of Law How is AI giving law firms and legal departments a competitive edge?
The Complexity Mandate: Legal’s Expanding Role in Digital Risk + Regulation: How is legal leading in an era of intensifying complexity and compliance?
Globalization’s Second Draft: Trade, Supply Chains + Legal Risk in a New World Order How are legal teams managing risk across borders and supply chains?
Risk, Resilience + Reinvention: Leading Through Change: How are legal functions transforming to lead through uncertainty?f
STRUCTURE
Half-day forum | September 24, 2025, 11:45 AM – 6:00 PM ET:
- Discussions and presentations focused on key topics for law firms + legal departments related to the intersection of business, innovation + the law
WHO'S ATTENDING
Join 100+ high-level decision-makers from legal departments, law firms and third party partners from across the US and overseas, including delegates from:
Legal departments: General counsel, associate/ assistant general counsel, in-house counsel, legal operations professionals
Law firms: Heads of innovation, knowledge management, senior partners, COO, CIO, chief client officers
Tickets:
ACC Georgia Members (Free to Attend)
Legal Departments (Non ACC Members)
Law Firms + Vendors
Tables of eight are available for purchase: Located in a premium location at the conference, a table offers convenience, flexibility and a significant cost discount on a per delegate basis. For more information contact jacquie@adbinsights.com
THEMES + AGENDA
11:45 - 12:35 | Registration + Networking Lunch
12:35 - 12:40 | Welcome + Opening Remarks
12:40 - 1:10 | Fireside Chat: Innovative Leadership in a Rapidly Changing World
In a time of constant disruption and rising complexity, in-house counsel are being called upon to lead in new and strategic ways. This candid conversation explores how today’s legal leaders are balancing immediate business needs with long-term resilience, while redefining the legal function as a driver of opportunity, insight, and value.
- How in-house counsel are navigating today’s cascading risk landscape
- Balancing business demands with long-term resilience
- Redefining the role of the legal functions to help them seize opportunities and navigate disruption
1:15 - 1:20 | Elevator pitch: Latitude
1:20 - 2:05 | Panel: Beyond the Hype: AI and the Business of Law
In association with
AI is no longer theoretical; it’s reshaping legal work today. This session examines how legal departments and law firms are applying AI across workflows, addressing the real-world challenges of data security and risk, and collaborating to adopt AI responsibly and ethically.
- Exploring the realities of how AI is actually impacting legal workflows and reshaping the business model of legal services
- Addressing legal risk, data security in generative AI’s real-world applications
- How in-house teams and law firms are collaborating to ensure ethical and responsible AI adoption
2:10 - 2:15 | Elevator pitch: Thomson Reuters
2:15 - 3:00 | Panel: The Complexity Mandate: Legal’s Expanding Role in Digital Risk + Regulation
In association with
From data privacy and cybersecurity to AI governance and multi-jurisdictional compliance, legal teams are at the center of a fast-evolving risk landscape. This panel explores how legal functions are not only adapting, but also leading, by shaping the data foundations, workflows, and governance structures needed to navigate digital and regulatory complexity.
Key themes:
- Managing an increasingly complex digital risk environment
- How legal is driving enterprise readiness on data, privacy, cybersecurity, and AI adoption
- Regulatory shifts across multiple jurisdictions and future-proofing operations through smarter systems and process design
3:05 - 3:10 | Elevator pitch: DILITRUST
3:10 - 3:25 | Networking break
3:25 - 4:10 | Panel: Globalization’s Second Draft: Trade, Supply Chains + Legal Risk in a New World Order
As trade dynamics shift and global supply chains evolve, legal leaders are playing a critical role in helping businesses stay agile and resilient. This session explores how legal teams are managing cross-border risk, navigating regulatory change, and supporting strategic realignment in an uncertain global context.
- Legal leaders on helping businesses stay resilient amid evolving trade policies and cross-border realignments
- Practical approaches for contract management, regulatory compliance, and risk mitigation
- Lawyers as strategic advisors to the business in an unpredictable global landscape
4:15 - 5:00 | Panel: Risk, Resilience + Reinvention: Leading Through Change
In a high-risk, high-opportunity environment, legal leaders must do more than respond. They must reinvent. This closing session focuses on how legal functions can drive innovation, strengthen organizational resilience, and build the next generation of legal leadership.
- Strategies to support the business in risk-on environments
- Turning uncertainty into opportunity through innovative legal leadership
- Developing the next generation of legal talent in a changing ecosystem

