About this Event
Welcome to the LegalTech in Leeds Annual Conference 2026!
Join us at The Rose Bowl for a day filled with cutting-edge legal technology insights and networking opportunities. Our event brings together legal professionals, tech experts, educators and innovators to discuss the latest trends shaping the legal industry. Don't miss out on engaging panels, high quality networking, and keynote speeches from industry leaders.
Agenda
8:30-9.00 - Breakfast and networking
9:10 - Welcome
9.20 - Welcome from Leeds Beckett University Professor Nnenna Ifeanyi-Ajufo, Professor of Law and Technology at the Leeds Law School, Leeds Beckett University
9.30 - Welcome to LegalTech in Leeds, Leeds Law Society Luke Corcoran, President of Leeds Law Society, Director of Leeds Law Society and Senior Lawyer in the Government Legal Department (GLD)
9.40 - Legal Technology in the UK, Lawtech UK Beth Fellner, Director of Legal Geek
9.55 - Keynote: The Efficiency Advantage: How AI Is Rewriting the Rules for Modern Law Firms Harry Black, Sales Manager, EMEA, Clio
10.15 - Panel: LegalTech Perspectives: Honest perspectives on adoption and implementation from across the legal sector. Featuring Laura Pilkington, Innovation Lead, Walker Morris, Claire Thompson, In-House Solicitor and Sheffield LegalTech Chair, Dr Virág Blazsek, Associate Professor of Law, Deputy Director, Centre for Business Law and Practice, University of Leeds School of Law, Ed Strudwick, Solicitor, Gordons LLP
10.55 - Break and networking
11.25 - Panel: AI and the Future of Legal Work: What Really Needs to Change, chaired by. Featuring James Grice, Head of Innovation and AI, Lawfront Group, Martin Beanland, Head of Service at Park Lane Plowden, Claire Zucker, Senior Account Executive, Laurel
12.05 - Fireside chat: Beyond the hype, driving AI investment and adoption. What does genuine adoption look like in practice, and what does it really take to move from curiosity to commitment? With Adam Roney, Calls9 / Kalisa.
12.25 - Lunch and networking
13.15 - IT procurement guidance Andy Evison, Director at Xexos
13.25 - AI and the Bar Henry Fingerhut from the Bar Standards Board shares their recent research and published guidance on AI usage for the Bar, joined by Paul Wright, Founder of Barrister Link and CEO of Quartz Barristers, who brings a chambers perspective to the conversation.
13.40 - Panel: Data trust fundamentals, managing change in a multi-stakeholder, multi-regulator environment. How the property market is building the foundations for secure and interoperable data, and digitally-enabled homebuying and selling. Featuring Jayne Roberts - Senior Supplier Performance Lead, Skipton Building Society Kris Byers - Pre & Post Completions Manager, MQube, Angela Hesketh - Head of Government & Public Affairs, PEXA & Board Member, Open Property Data Association, Matt Thomas, HM Land Registry, Julian Wells - Head of Communications, PEXA (panel chair)
14.20 - Keynote: Lawyer of the future, University of Law Patrick Grant, Associate Professor AI and Technology, The University of Law
14.35 - Innovation in a Day: LTIL Hackathon. The winners of the 2025 LegalTech in Leeds Hackathon, rradar, present their solution and reflect on what innovation in a day really looks like. Led by Charlotte Carruthers, Data Protection Practitioner and Kainaat Baig, Paralegal from rradar.
14.45 - Panel: Innovation and investment perspectives. The LegalTech growth landscape, what it takes to scale, where the opportunities are, and how innovation programmes and investment are driving the sector forward. Featuring Gary Gallen, CEO and Founder of rradar sharing the firm's growth and innovation journey, and Clare Streets, Innovation and Digital Lead at SuperTech WM, discussing the LawTech Open Innovation Lab and Seeds Accelerator programme.
15.15 - LegalTech Showcase - Rapid-fire presentations from LegalTech innovators, followed by a live Q&A with the audience. Chaired by Chris Grant, Head of Client Value at Goodwin.
Featuring:
- Legalito, Peter Ambrose
- AILES Project, Crish Nagarkar, Professor Leonid Bogachev and Professor Serge Sharoff, University of Leeds.
- Laurel Mary Rychlik, Account Executive at Laurel
- i agree, Helen Cutler, Co-Founder and CEO
- Collaborative Conveyancing, Luke Harris
- LegalCloud, Pelumi Okezie, Managing Director
- Katchr, Graham Moore, Managing Director
16.20 - Keynote: Ed Whiting OBE, Chief Executive, Leeds City Council
16.30 - Closing remarks
16.35 - Networking and drinks
Read the write up from our 2025 conference here: https://www.legaltechinleeds.com/article/legaltech-in-leeds-2025-a-landmark-gathering-of-innovation-insight-impact
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
The Rose Bowl, Portland Way, Leeds, United Kingdom
GBP 50.00 to GBP 100.00
