BICBA Forum 2025

13th ANNUAL BICBA LAW FORUM & DINNER

SPONSORS

AI and The Future of the Legal Profession

CONFERENCE NOW FULLY BOOKED

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BICBA invites you to attend the BICBA Annual Law Forum & Dinner taking place on Thursday May 1st 2025 in Belfast, Northern Ireland. In 2025, we are looking forward to bringing BICBA members and friends together for the 13th time.

The BICBA Law Forum is our headline event and has gained a well-earned reputation for the curation and delivery of a captivating academic programme. Following the conference, delegates will relax at a drinks reception, dinner & speeches to close the event, with evening drinks to follow.

The BICBA Law Forum is a unique opportunity for networking and learning from leading legal minds and experts across the four jurisdictions of Northern Ireland, Republic of Ireland, England & Wales and Scotland.

With guest speakers, including

The Lady Chief Justice of Northern Ireland, Dame Siobhan Keegan
Madam Justice McBride
Mr Justice Humphreys
David Barniville J, President of the High Court of Ireland
Lord Justice Snowden
Lord Richardson
Ms Justice Roberts
Mr Justice Waksman
His Honour Judge Pelling KC
Samuel Townend KC

DATE

Thursday 1 May 2025, 9am - late

CONFERENCE VENUE

Inn of Court, Royal Courts of Justice, Chichester Street, Belfast, BT1 3JF

DINNER VENUE

The Merchant Hotel, 16 Skipper St, Belfast, BT1 2DZ

TICKETS

FULLY BOOKED. To be notified of cancellations:

MORNING PROGRAMME

09:00 - Registration & networking breakfast

09:30 - Welcome

09:45 - Opening Address

10:15 - Panel Session 1: Legal and ethical issues arising from AI: Practitioners’ perspective

11:15 - Networking break

11:30 - Panel Session 2: Practical implications of AI on current & future practice: Practitioners' perspective

12.45 - 2025 BICBA Bursary, presented by Sean O'Sullivan BL and Emma McIlveen BL.

13:00 - Lunch break & networking

AFTERNOON PROGRAMME

14:00 - Panel Session 3:
Judicial Response

15:15 - Networking Break

15:45 - Closing address

16:15 - Close and note of thanks

18.30 - BICBA AGM (members only)

18:45 - Drinks reception at The Merchant

19:30 - Dinner at The Merchant