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Join us in congratulating our Class of 2026 Fellows who were inducted Monday, June 29, at the 2026 College of Law Practice Management's Annual Meeting and Futures Conference! The induction festivities were held in New York City at the Robert, a classic modern American restaurant atop the Museum of Arts and Design, which offers breathtaking views of Central Park and Columbus Circle.

Click here to see Conference Photos.

Usage Alone Isn't Strategy: COLPM's Futures Conference Sets the Tone for Law Firm AI Planning

The conversations that filled the room at the College of Law Practice Management's Futures Conference have now made their way into the national legal press, and for good reason. What Professor Richard Susskind, noted British author, speaker, and independent adviser to international professional firms, challenged attendees to consider during his keynote wasn't a simple technology update. It was a fundamental question about whether law firms are thinking strategically about AI or merely rolling it out operationally and calling that a plan. [Read More]

2026 Michael Mills InnovAction Award Presented

Congratulations to People’s Law School, based in Vancouver, BC, the 2026 Michael Mills InnovAction Award recipient. Executive Director Patricia Byrne, BA, JD, MBA accepted the award and $10K USD prize at the Futures Conference Honors Gala on Monday, June 29. Their winning initiative, Beagle+, is a Gen Ai chatbot that delivers free, anonymous, plain-language legal information to help people effectively deal with the legal problems of daily life. By combining responsible AI, lived-experience design, and jurisdiction-specific legal accuracy, People’s Law School is making trusted legal information accessible to everyone, and we are thrilled to present them with this award. (Jennifer Manton [left] presented the award to Ms. Byrne [right] on behalf of our sponsor Calibrate.)

Futures Forum

The Socratic Method Meets the AI Generation: Teaching Tech in Law Schools

Join us on Thursday, September 24, 2026, at 2:00 pm ET / 1 pm CT / 11 am PT for a provocative conversation featuring three leading voices at the intersection of legal education, technology, and the profession's future:

Cat Moon (Vanderbilt),
Michael Pastor (New York Law), and
Jeff Ward (Duke).

Marla Crawford (Cimplifi) will moderate the session.

The panel will hold a candid, forward-looking conversation about what law students need to know—and what law schools need to rethink—as technology reshapes the profession. Together, Moon, Pastor, and Ward offer perspectives on a question facing every law school:

How do we prepare lawyers not just to practice law in a technology-driven world, but to help shape that world?

This will be a forward-looking, practical conversation about the future of legal education—with three educators who are actively building that future now. Click here to download panelist bios. Register here.

In Memoriam

The College Fellows In Memoriam pages capture College Fellows’ personal memories of their friends and colleagues, and remembrances of their contributions to the profession. If you would like to contribute a message or memory to the In Memoriam pages, please write the College Administrator.