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Ethics and professional responsibility
AI is reshaping our understanding of professional competence. This session explores how the duties of competence, independence and confidentiality under the Australian Solicitors’ Conduct Rules and Legal Profession Uniform Law apply when AI informs decision-making, drafting and analysis. A panel of partners will discuss how to balance innovation with ethical responsibility, manage risks such as AI hallucinations and data exposure and design guardrails that uphold professional integrity.
Chaired by: Clare Pope
Panellists: Vanessa Mackinnon, Simon Burns, Catherine Kelso and Karen Evans-Cullen
Date published: February 2026
Video duration: approximately 64 minutes
Professional Skills
What separates effective counsel from competent technicians in an AI-driven environment? This session explores the cognitive and behavioural capabilities that underpin legal excellence: critical thinking, curiosity, judgement and adaptive learning. Drawing on insights from behavioural science and legal innovation research, the discussion will focus on how to train the mind to partner intelligently with technology, enhance decision-making and sustain the distinctly human edge that defines trusted legal advisers.
Chaired by: Jan Christie
Panellists: Sam Nickless, Craig Semple and Professor Selena Bartlett
Date published: February 2026
Video duration: approximately 66 minutes