VIDEO: Leadership in the Legal Profession

In this three-part webinar series, Professor Pip Nicholson, Dean of Melbourne Law School and experts drawn from the MLS community discuss leadership in the legal profession.

Leading Through Crisis

How do you navigate a crisis and what leadership skills are required to do so? On Tuesday 12 May, Melbourne Law School hosted a live panel discussion on what it means to lead in difficult and uncertain times featuring:

  • The Hon Justice Chris Maxwell AC, President of the Court of Appeals, Supreme Court of Victoria
  • Andrew Hudson, Executive Director of Crisis Action in New York City
  • Jenny Taing, Special Counsel at Hive Legal and Board Member of the Western Bulldogs
  • Ben Hubbard, Principal, Creswell Advisory Limited, Distinguished Visiting Scholar and Senior Fellow, Melbourne School of Government – former Chief Executive Officer Victorian Reconstruction and Recovery Authority and Chief of Staff to Prime Minister Julia Gillard

Leading People - Balancing Compassion and Performance

Is the profession's uncomfortable relationship with emotion holding lawyers back? On 13 August, Professor Pip Nicholson was joined by Anthony Kearns, Chief Client Experience Officer and Practice Leader, Consulting at Lander & Rogers and Andrea Bell, Chief People Officer at Ashurst to explore why compassion will be more important than 'being right'.

Leading Strategy and Planning to Manage Uncertainty

In the final webinar, Professor Pip Nicholson, Joel Barolsky, MLS Senior Fellow and Managing Director of Barolsky Advisors, and Dr Rodney Howard, Consultant at Cultivating Leadership will discuss strategic leadership in times of uncertainty, including a leader's framework for decision making and understanding 'identity mindtraps'.