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Regulation Forum 2025

CLL host a quarterly forum for senior leaders in major regulators and in the organisations that they regulate.

In-House Survival Peer Group for Future Legal Leaders!

A mid-level survival peer group for in-house legal professionals, focused on supporting junior to mid-level professionals in their shared challenges, career growth and promotion aspirations.

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Community Clinic

An initiative for you and by you. This community clinic is a space where in-house lawyers (you) can submit questions to each other in relation to the role of the in-house lawyer, to help with career growth and development.

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2025 Legal Leaders series for in-house lawyers

Marking the fifth year of our partnership with Thomson Reuters, we’re thrilled to present the 2025 Legal Leaders Webinar Series, a collection of four focused sessions tailored for in-house legal professionals.

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Checklist of accounting considerations / Personal effectiveness on 19/09/2025

The role of General Counsel – resilience required

Tackling everything that the modern workplace can throw at you is a real challenge if you’re the GC.

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The evolving role of in-house counsel

Practical tips and advice from those new to in-house

Managing trainee lawyers

How do I change the perception of the legal function within the business?

Recruiting lawyers into your in house team / Leading the team on 02/09/2025

Recruiting lawyers into your in-house team

We look at 12 aspects of recruiting lawyers, including some of the practical steps you can take to help you get recruitment right.

Knowledge

An initiative for you and by you.

This is a space where in-house lawyers (you) can submit questions to each other in relation to the role of the in-house lawyer, to help with career growth and development. Learn more.

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11Nov 2025

Partners with Leadership in Law 2025

Formerly known as Women, Influence & Power in Law UK (WIPL UK), Leadership in Law builds on a legacy of promoting inclusion and excellence across the legal sector.

27Oct 2025

Webinar report: How do you demonstrate your worth?

We hosted our third Thomson Reuters Legal Leaders webinar with Huma Allanna van Reesch, GC, EMEA at Starbucks and Sharonda Rochelle Blackburn, most recently Assistant GC at Microsoft.

21Oct 2025