Fall is the traditional season for legal conferences and speaking engagements in North America, and 2025 is no exception.
I will be speaking at a number of legal conferences scheduled from August to November.
Please join me along with a strong roster of industry presenters from various areas of the legal field at conferences that span from a tight focus on legal tech and the business of practice to wide ranging concerns that are transforming and impacting the global legal services market.
Below is when, where, and what I’ll be discussing. Expect my usual candid observations, direct perspectives, clear insights, and colourful commentary – plus liberal doses of humour and fun.
August 19: TECHxpo 2025 – OBA Conference Centre, Toronto and online
“Artificial Intelligence and Business Development for Lawyers”
How AI can boost visibility, streamline client communications, and drive measurable results to support strategies that convert to successful business objectives.
September 22: Family Law Now: Fourth Annual Summit – Live stream on YouTube
“Succession Planning Done Right”
Strategies and tactics for lawyer succession that prepare and preserve professional, personal, and client relationships.
October 19: Canadian Legal Summit – Toronto Event Centre
“Social Media Strategy for Lawyers — Brand Builder or Business Risk?”
Evaluate whether and why social media should fit into your legal practice, and how to harness it effectively without crossing ethical or regulatory lines.
November 2: IBA – The High Tide – Bennett Jones LLP, Toronto
“Who’s the Alternative?”
Exploring structures of and opportunities for alternative legal service providers and examining how their presence in the global legal services market impacts marketing and business development professionals within traditional law firms.
Heather Suttie is acknowledged as one of the world’s leading authorities on legal market strategy and management of legal services firms.
Since 1998, she has advised leaders of premier law firms and legal service providers — Global to Solo | BigLaw to NewLaw — on innovative growth strategies pertaining to business, markets, management, and clients. The result is creation of new value and accelerated performance achieved through a distinctive one of one legal market position and sustained competitive advantage leading to greater market share, revenue, and profits.
Heather writes on these issues at heathersuttie.ca and can be reached at heather@heathersuttie.ca