Events
In-House Counsel: Buy Smart – Procuring Legal Tech Without the Pitfalls
7 May 2026
Time: 10:30 to 12:00
- Procuring legal tech is no longer a nice-to-have skill for in-house counsel, it’s a core competency. This session unpacks the procurement lifecycle from needs assessment through to contract sign-off, covering how to evaluate vendors, what questions to ask, and how to avoid the most common buying mistakes.
- We’ll look at build vs. buy decisions, how to get IT and finance aligned, and what your law firms should (and shouldn’t) be telling you about the tools they use.
In-House Counsel: The Real Cost of Legal Tech – What the Brochure Doesn’t Tell You
25 June 2026
Time: 10:30 to 12:00
- The licence fee is just the beginning. This session digs into the true total cost of ownership of legal tech, including implementation, training, change management, integration with existing systems, ongoing maintenance, and the hidden cost of low adoption.
- We’ll also tackle the ROI question head-on: how do you measure value, build a business case for leadership, and know when a tool simply isn’t working? Practical frameworks and real numbers, not vendor promises.
In-House Counsel: Your Law Firms Are Using AI – Are You Asking the Right Questions?
20 August 2026
Time: 10:30 to 12:00
- Law firms are rapidly adopting AI and legal tech tools, but what does that mean for their clients? This session equips in-house counsel to have informed, confident conversations with their external legal panels about how tech is being used, whether efficiencies are being passed on in billing, and what responsible use looks like from a client perspective.
- We’ll also explore how to leverage your law firms’ tech investments to benefit your own team, and where the risks lie.
In-House Counsel: Making Legal Tech Stick – Adoption, Governance, and Getting the Most Out of Your Investment
22 October 2026
Time: 10:30 to 12:00
- Buying the tool is the easy part. Getting your team to use it — consistently, correctly, and compliantly — is where most legal tech projects succeed or fail. This closing session focuses on the practical side of embedding legal tech into day-to-day legal operations: change management, building internal guidelines for responsible use, training approaches that work, and how to future-proof your tech stack as the landscape continues to evolve.
- We’ll leave you with a governance checklist and an adoption roadmap you can put to work immediately.
In-House Counsel: Data-Driven Decision Making – How Legal Departments Can Use Metrics to Manage External Counsel Spend
28 January 2026
Time: 10:30 to 12:00 | Past Event
- Focus: Learn how to leverage spend analytics, matter benchmarking, and performance KPIs to negotiate better rates and optimise legal budgets.
- Key Points: The actual data you should be tracking (and what to ignore), how to use matter benchmarking and performance KPIs to challenge law firm fees, why reporting dashboards are only as good as the questions you ask.
Register here
Private Practice Lawyers: Beyond the Billable Hour – How Practising Lawyers Can Enhance Client Value
15 October 2025
Time: 10:30 to 12:00 | Past Event
- Focus: Explore smarter, client-centric approaches to pricing and profitability that go beyond time sheets.
- Key Points: Why the billable hour is under pressure and unsustainable, how to effectively negotiate and implement a new billing model, how to align pricing with value delivered, how to maintain cost predictability when billing parameters change, how technology supports new billing models.
Register here
In-House Counsel: Rethinking RFPs – How to Select the Right Law Firm at the Right Price
12 September 2025
Time: 10:30 to 12:00 | Past Event
- Focus: Find out how to select the right law firm at the right price.
- Key Points: How to design smarter RFPs, red flags in law firm proposals, how to get the most out of your law firm.
Register here
Construction and Engineering Law Postgraduate Certificate Course: Mandela Institute – Wits School of Law and LnP Beyond Legal
22 July 2025 to 28 October 2025
Past Event
This 15-week online course is tailored for project managers, construction professionals, engineers and quantity surveyors, procurement specialists and legal professionals eager to understand and navigate the complex world of construction and engineering contracts.
Register here
In-House Counsel: Beyond the Billable Hour – Is There a Better Model for External Legal Spend?
Thursday 19 June 2025
Time: 10:30 to 12:00 | Past Event
- Focus: Evaluating alternative fee arrangements (fixed fees, blended rates, retainers, success fees).
- Key Points: Pros and cons, negotiation strategies, cost predictability, and value.
Register here
In-House Counsel:
Managing external legal panel costs effectively
Friday 24 January 2025
Time: 10:30 to 12:30 | Past Event
You are invited to join our first 2025 “Around the Table” session on 24 January where we will tackle one of the most pressing issues for in-house legal teams: In-House Counsel: Managing external legal panel costs effectively
Register here
In-House Counsel:
Adapting to AI
Friday 8 November 2024
Time: 10:30 to 12:30 | Past Event
We are excited to invite you to our last 2024 “Around the Table” session. This interesting and topical session will take place, via Teams, on 8 November 2024, where the focus will be on In-House Counsel: Adapting to AI.
Register here
Mine Health and Safety Webinar | “Must Haves” for your Mine
Thursday 19 September 2024
Time: 10:00 to 12:00 | Past Event
Feeling lost in the maze of the Mine Health and Safety Act, No. 29 of 1996 and the Regulations binding thereunder? Unsure if you’ve covered all bases from a mine health and safety perspective? Then, this webinar is for you….
Register here
Building a Better Bond with Business: Strategies for In-House Legal Teams
Thursday 5 September 2024
Time: 10:30 to 13:30 | Past Event
LnP Beyond Legal is pleased to invite you to an exclusive free webinar tailored for in-house legal professionals like you. This event will provide valuable insights on a topic that is crucial to your role and the success of your organisation…
Register here