Building a Better Normal in Legal

Speakers

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  Jack Newton

  CEO & Founder, Clio

  Jack Newton is the pioneer of legal technology and the author of The Client-Centered Law Firm. He has spent decades helping lawyers build more efficient, productive, and client-centric practices.

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  I. Stephanie Boyce

  President, The Law Society of England and Wales

  I. Stephanie Boyce is the Vice President of the Law Society of England and Wales. In 2021, she will be the first ethnic minority president in the Law Society’s history. Stephanie was admitted as a solicitor in 2002 and holds a Master of Laws in public law and global governance from King’s College, London. She currently sits on the Law Society Council holding one of the seats from the Women Lawyers Division. She also chairs the Council Members’ Conduct Committee and holds a number of statutory appointments with her local authority.

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  Charlene Theodore

  President, Ontario Bar Association

  Charlene Theodore is President of the Ontario Bar Association in Ontario, Canada—the 10th woman and first Black woman to lead the OBA since its founding in 1907. She has served as In-House Counsel for the Ontario English Catholic Teachers’ Association since 2012, and in 2020 she was voted one of the Top 25 Most Influential Lawyers in Canada. A leader and trailblazer, Charlene is held in high esteem for her ability to find practical solutions to complex legal issues, as well as the most challenging issues facing the bar and the justice system today. An engaging speaker armed with compassion, Charlene is sought after by those who want to shift perspectives and change the ways leaders and employees think. You can follow Charlene on Twitter at @CharleneYYZ

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  Patricia Lee Refo

  President, ABA

  Patricia Lee “Trish” Refo is president of the American Bar Association, the largest voluntary association of attorneys and legal professionals in the world. As a partner at Snell & Wilmer in Phoenix, Refo concentrates on complex commercial litigation and internal investigations. She chairs the firm’s Professional Liability Litigation Group. From 2014 to 2016, Refo was the ABA’s second highest-ranking elected official as chair of its policymaking House of Delegates. She has also served as chair of the ABA’s largest practice group, the Section of Litigation, and as chair of the ABA Standing Committee on Membership, the American Jury Project, and the Association’s grassroots advocacy activity, ABA Day in Washington. Refo was also a member of the ABA Commission on Civic Education and the Separation of Powers. Refo has served on the Advisory Committee on the Federal Rules of Evidence of the United States Judicial Conference, appointed by Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist, and on the Arizona Supreme Court's Advisory Committee on Rules of Evidence. She is a member of the American Law Institute and its Litigation Advisory Panel and is a fellow of the American Bar Foundation and the Arizona Foundation for Legal Services & Education. Previously, Refo served as a director of the American Bar Endowment and as co-chair of the National Association of Women Lawyers Committee for the Evaluation of Supreme Court Nominees. Among her awards and recognitions, Refo in 2007 was named to the National Law Journal’s list of The 50 Most Influential Women Lawyers in America. She received the President’s Award from the State Bar of Arizona and has been inducted into the Maricopa County Bar Association Hall of Fame. She received her B.A. with high honors and high distinction and her J.D. cum laude from the University of Michigan.