Past Meeting Locations

Locations and Program Topics

2024
Annual Meeting and 2024 Futures Conference: "Transformative Networks"
March 12-13, Sidley Austin LLP, Washington, DC

2023
Annual Meeting and 2023 Futures Conference
—Cancelled

2022
Annual Meeting and 2022 Futures Conference
"Successes! Failures! Wisdom! Warnings! Pathways & Possibilities"
October 6-7, Suffolk University Law School, Boston, MA

2021
Annual Meeting and 2021 Futures Conference: "The Questions Shaping a Better Future"
November 15, 2021 + January 11, 18 & 25, 2022
Virtual Event

2020
Annual Meeting and 2020 Futures Conference: "Visualize the Road Forward"
October 7-9, Virtual Event 

2019
Annual Meeting and 2019 Futures Conference: "In Tune With the Practice of Law"
October 24-25, Belmont College of Law, Nashville, TN

2018
Annual Meeting and 2018 Futures Conference: "Cyber Security: This Way There Be Dragons!"
October 25-26, Suffolk Law School, Boston, MA

2017
Annual Meeting and 2017 Futures Conference: "Running With the Machines: Artificial Intelligence in Law Practice"
October 26-27, Georgia State University—Atlanta, GA

2016 
Annual Meeting and 2016 Futures Conference: "What Will Law Look Like in 2026?"
September 15-16, University of Missouri—Kansas City, Kansas City, MO

2015 
Annual Meeting and 2015 Futures Conference: "Reboot Legal Services" 
October 8-9, Chicago-Kent College of Law, Chicago, IL

2014 
Annual Meeting and 2014 Futures Conference: "Innovation"
October 16-17, Suffolk Law School, Boston, MA

2013 
Annual Meeting and 2013 Futures Conference: "The Future of Law: Who Will Perform It? Who Will Regulate It?"
October 4-5, Chicago-Kent College of Law, Chicago, IL

2012 
Annual Meeting and 2012 Futures Conference: "Innovative Minds"
October 26-27, Georgetown Law, Washington, D.C.

2011
Annual Meeting and 2011 Futures Conference: Challenging the Law Practice Model 
October 28-29, Chicago-Kent College of Law,  Chicago, IL

2010 
Annual Meeting and 2010 Futures Conference: 1, 2, 3 Reset 
October 22-23, American University Washington College of Law, Washington, D.C.

2009 
Annual Meeting and 2009 Futures Conference 
September 28-29, Sturm College of Law at the University of Denver, Denver, CO

2008 
Annual Meeting: Great Ideas, Innovations & Upheavels 
September 13-14, Chicago, IL

2007 
Annual Meeting: What Next—Anticipate Tomorrow 
Four Seasons Hotel, Philadelphia, PA

2006 
Annual Meeting: The Art of Innovation 
September 8-9, San Francisco, CA

2005
Annual Meeting:  Leadership & the Courageous Conversation, Keynote Address by David Whyte;
Luncheon Presentation: Achieving a Barrier-Free Law Firm, David Lepofsky 
September 9-10, Vancouver, BC

2004 
Annual Meeting: Dealing with Paradigm Change 
September 10-11, Chicago, IL

2003 
Annual Meeting: Brainstorming Law Firm of the Future and Samoan Circle Discussions 
September 19-20, Washington, D.C.

2002 
Annual Meeting: Future Scenario Planning with Stuart Forsyth 
Dallas, TX

2001 
Annual Meeting cancelled due to 9/11

2000 
Annual Meeting: Generation to Generation, Nancy Peppard and E-Practice, Neil Cameron and Greg Siskind 
LaJolla, CA

1999 
Annual Meeting: Leadership Styles and Multidisciplinary Practices Panel 
Denver, CO

1998 
Annual Meeting: Envisioning Our Future, Peter Bishop 
Charleston, SC

1997 
Annual Meeting, Santa Fe, NM

  • Long-Term Significance of the Trends Toward Alternative Billing Methods
  • How to Win Cases & Improve the Bottom Line Using Technology
  • Perspectives on the Electronic Frontier—Why the internet Keeps Me Up all Night
  • A Decade or a Dozen Years of Client Feedback: What Have we Learned
  • Marketing Legal Services Through an Industry Team Perspective

1996 
Annual Meeting: Panel Discussions featuring Mary Ruprecht, Gary Meukom, Joe Walker, Ron Martin and Gary Garrett 
Toronto, Ontario

1995 
Annual Meeting: Panel Discussions featuring Ward Bower, Nancy Seigel, Simon Chalton 
Washington, D.C.

1994 
Annual Meeting: Think Tank 
San Francisco, CA