Legal Tech Conferences, Events & Awards Calendar 2023 / 2024
At Linklaters | CreateiQ, clients using our contract management platform include a cross-section of innovation-minded legal teams at Fortune 500 companies and some of the world’s largest banks. We regularly get asked for insights into legal tech conferences and events, and where best to scout the latest legal innovations, so we put together this list of the main legal tech conferences and awards events globally as a quick guide.
The following is intended as a public, legal-community crowdsourced resource so if you know of an event that you feel should make the list, please contact us for entry criteria and to submit your entry.
Legal Tech Conferences
UK & Northern Ireland
British Legal Technology Forum Mini Masterclass Series: Leadership Tools For A New Legal Era.
2nd February 2023 – Bristol
This is a competitive offering for law firms and legal businesses with team / multi discounts available for high calibre thought leadership sessions.
Briefing Live
2nd March 2023 – London
Chance to be embedded among the most senior people in law firm management, operational and strategic decision-makers sharing combined experiences.
The In-House Legal Technology Summit
13th-14th March 2023 – Marlow
The Alternative In-House Technology Summit helps GCs and heads of legal operations to gather community success stories and build closer relationships within their business to promote innovation.
Corporate Counsel & Compliance UK Exchange
18th-19th April 2023 – London
The Corporate Counsel & Compliance Exchange hosts a collaborative, interactive, discussion-based sessions with industry leaders.
Future Lawyer Week UK 6.0
24th-26th April 2023 – London
Future Lawyer Week UK is an interactive legal innovation event that provides networking opportunities, a Legal Tech Hackathon, and discussions with industry experts.
British Legal Technology Forum
10th May 2023 – London
The British Legal Technology Forum 2023 attracts 1000 visitors to panels, discussions, and exhibitions by over 100 of Europe’s most well-known technology and IT security suppliers.
RegTech Summit
17th May 2023 – London
The World's largest gathering of RegTech Leaders & Innovators
London Tech Week
12th-15th June 2023 – London
A week-long festival that gathers the world’s most inspirational founders, global leaders, senior investors, and rising stars to network and discuss the paramount role technology has within business and society.
Legal Geek Conference
4th-5th October 2023 – London
The Legal Geek Conference is designed to connect, inform and inspire legal professionals.
London Law Expo
11th October 2023 – London
The London Law Expo attracts over 1000 attendees to explore and discover a vast array of topics, issues, and opportunities to assist law firms and legal businesses.
Legal Innovators UK
8th-9th November 2023 – London
Legal Innovators is a two-day interactive conference with legal professionals focusing on high-level discussion and demonstration with the themes of technology, innovation, and the law's business.
Europe
Nordic Legal Tech Day
14th March 2023 – Copenhagen
Nordic Legal Tech Day in Copenhagen is a forum that allows attendees to network with thought leaders, entrepreneurs, and legal technologists to transform the legal industry and the work life of lawyers.
Global Process Improvement & Operational Excellence Summit
29th-31st March 2023 – Amsterdam
The Global Process Improvement & Operational Excellence Summit includes top cross-industry transformational leaders sharing thought provoking discussions on best practices and challenges to optimize strategies that transform organizations through people and new technology.
ACC Europe Annual Conference
16th-18th April 2023 – Brussels
The ACC Europe Annual Conference is for in-house counsel to share and learn from peers and subject matter experts on new perspectives for the in-house legal community.
3rd Annual Legal Operations Summit (Hybrid)
20th-21st April 2023 – Berlin
This edition will focus on maturing the legal operations function, automating processes, and streamlining workflows, finding effective ways to control costs and driving an innovation culture.
Innovate Europe
2nd-5th May 2023 – Bonne
INNOVATE Europe is HYPE's leading client forum focused on innovation management.
World Legal IP Summit
8th-9th June 2023 – Berlin
The World Legal IP Summit covers the latest trends and technologies disrupting the legal IP sector, the latest innovations helping IP lawyers, and strategies to protect digital assets and personal data.
5th World Contract Management Summit
14th-15th September 2023 – Berlin
The 5th World Contract Management Summit is a hybrid event that brings together contract management experts and leading professionals from various industries to discuss the latest trends in contract management solutions to achieve a high-performing agile CLM system.
Future-Law Legal Tech Conference 2023
8th November 2023 – Vienna
The Future-Law Tech Conference 2023 is a one-day conference discussing the digitization of the legal field and legal tech.
Web Summit
13tt-16th November 2023 – Lisbon
Web Summit brings together the people and companies redefining the global tech industry.
North America
LCS Innovations in Technology Conference
19th-21st January 2023 – Arizona
LCS hosts the Innovations in Technology Conference to promote and inform attendees about technological innovations in legal services delivery and pro se assistance.
SOLID West - Summit on Legal Innovation and Disruption
15th February 2023 – San Francisco
SOLID is a summit focused on innovation and the business of law produced through a TED-Talk style.
ABA TECHSHOW 2023
1st-4th March 2023 – Chicago
The ABA TECHSHOW Conference and EXPO is where legal professionals can gain information on the latest advancements, and the most useful technologies available.
Legalweek
20th-23rd March 2023 – New York
Legalweek New York attracts thousands of legal professionals to gather and explore business and regulatory trends, as well as technology and talent drivers impacting the industry.
Legal SEC Summit
3rd-5th May 2023 – Baltimore
ILTA's LegalSEC Summit is a two-day virtual conference focused on educating the audience about the security challenges faced by the legal industry.
CLOC Global Institute
15th-18th May 2023 – Las Vegas
Legal Ops professionals learn and discuss changes within the legal operations industry. Identifying solutions to current challenges and opportunities for their organization’s goals.
2023 World Technology Law Conference
24th-26th May 2023 – Toronto
The 2023 World Technology Law Conference is a virtual event where participants are given endless opportunities for connection and networking within the technology field.
Legal Innovators – California
7th-8th June 2023 – San Francisco
An event where attendees get to learn about and see the latest trends in legal innovation.
Legal Geek North America
29th June 2023 – Chicago
The Legal Geek Conference is designed to connect, inform and inspire legal professionals.
ILTACON 2023
20th-24th August 2023 – Walt Disney World, Florida
An educational conference that draws on the personal and collective strengths of professionals working in technology within law firms and legal departments.
6th World Legal Tech Summit
7th-8th September 2023 – Chicago
This edition will focus on practical case studies of intelligent technology application in law firms and in-house departments to improve legal documentation and analysis while providing solutions to legal challenges.
The Court Technology Conference (CTC)
12th-14th September 2023 – Phoenix
The world's largest court technology conference that brings together court professionals for two and a half days of learning, training, and networking.
Clio Cloud Conference
9th-10th October 2023 – Nashville
The Clio Cloud Conference aims to drive new levels of success for your practice, your career, and your clients.
World Commerce and Constructing Americas Summit
18th-19th October 2023 – Dallas
The World Commerce and Constructing Americas Summit provides hands-on workshops, inspiring keynotes, technology sessions, debate, and networking with industry leaders on the issues affecting the commerce industry.
Goodlawyer Summit: Future of Law
3rd-4th November 2023 – Calgary (Hybrid)
The Goodlawyer Summit brings together startup founders, entrepreneurs, builders, and investors to discuss the future of the industry.
Australia
LEGAL INNOVATION & TECH FEST
1st-2nd May 2023 – Sydney
The Legal Innovation & Tech Fest attracts 300+ legal professionals to network and discuss areas of the industry: Innovation & Tech, Client Experience & Marketing, and Skills of the Future.
The NextGen GC Summit
23rd June 2023 – Sydney
The NextGen GC Summit is an exclusive summit that features GCs and senior leaders engaging in interactive discussions on important issues facing the legal industry in Australia and New Zealand.
General Counsel Summit
7th-8th August 2023 – Sydney
The General Counsel Summit is designed for attendees to dive deeper into technical subject matter through discussions with the highest calibre experts from around the world.
Middle East & Asia
Global Legal ConfEx
15th February 2023 – Singapore
The Global Legal ConfEx attracts 200+ Law and Tech experts to gain insights on litigation, contracts, technology, software, and much more.
22nd Annual International Online Dispute Resolution Conference
17th-18th March 2023 – Bengaluru
The International ODR Forum is the premier global networking event of the international online dispute resolution community
36th LAWASIA Conference 2023
25th-28th November 2023 – Bengaluru
The Annual Conference is LAWASIA is designed to facilitate discussion of regional developments in law with legal experts across the Asia Pacific.
Legal Tech Awards Events
United Kingdom & Northern Ireland
Legal Business Awards
19th September 2023 – London
The Legal Business Awards 2023 is one the most prestigious events on the legal calendar, celebrating the best that the legal profession has to offer.
The Lawyer Awards
20th June 2023 – London
The Lawyer Awards are Europe’s biggest celebration of legal excellence.
United States & Canada
LegalWeek Leaders In Tech Law Awards
20th March 2023 – New York
The Legalweek Leaders in Tech Law Awards recognizes innovation in the legal technology sector and for working on precedent-setting, game-changing projects and initiatives in the US.
2023 American Legal Technology Awards (Awards Events and Announcements)
8th October 2023 – Tennessee
The American Legal Technology Awards celebrate examples of excellence in creative innovation and technology in the legal industry.