Series speakers present either at the virtual 魅影直播 Law symposium, or at one of the other four conferences listed below.
Here are the links to the Final Detailed Program and the Abbreviated Program for the main 魅影直播 Law Symposium taking place 22 - 24 June 2026. To accommodate 75+ presenters' time zones around the world, the program is scheduled according to the following Toronto, Canada times, cited as EDT (GMT-4). Registration for this virtual symposium is now closed - please see the "Registrations" tab for further information about plans to record the sessions and post them to this website.
- Monday, 22 June: 2:00 PM to 8:30 PM EDT (Opening session and Sessions 1, 2, and 3)
- Tuesday, 23 June: 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM EDT (Sessions 4, 5, 6, and 7 & a lunch keynote)
- Wednesday, 24 June: 9:00 AM to 5:30 PM EDT (Sessions 8, 9, 10, and 11 & a closing session)
In addition to this, more than 70 speakers are presenting at the conferences linked below. We are grateful to conference organizers for creating space for these presentations and discussions to happen. The overwhelming degree of interest bodes well for the future of reflective practice for the legal profession.
- 鈥淩eimaging Legal Education for the Future of Law鈥 - Association of Law Teachers (ALT, UK) at University of Exeter鈥檚 Faculty of Law, UK: 16 - 17 April 2026. This has already taken place - please see the panel details below* or the articles under the News tab. For more information about the ALT conference, please see .
- 鈥淐reativity, Collaboration, and Care鈥 - Canadian Association of Law Teachers (CALT) at Western University Faculty of Law, London, Ontario, Canada: 3 - 5 June 2026. Find out more: . There is a session on Wednesday morning and another on Thursday morning involving seven speakers. See the details below.** See the article under the "News" tab. A link to the full program is available .
- ""The Future Begins Now" - Nottingham Trent University鈥檚 Centre for Legal Education, Nottingham, UK: 29 June - 03 July 2026. Find out more: . Thirteen Series speakers are involved at virtual sessions on June 29, July 1 and 2, and at the in-person conference on July 3. Their complete has been posted as of April 8. through their website. Presentation dates & times of Series' speakers are set out below.***
- "Educating the Reflective Lawyer: Human Wisdom in an Automated Age" - Australasian Law Academics Association (ALAA) conference at the University of Melbourne, Australia: 1 - 3 July 2026. Find out more: . Their final program with complete abstracts has now been posted on their . See the news article . More than four dozen speakers are speaking about reflective practice!
* Symposium Series Event at ALT: Panel held Thursday, April 16 at 13:30 - 15:00
Reimagining legal education for the future of law: Advancing reflective practice as a core professional competency in the UK
This session was the first event offered as part of the 2026 International Symposium Series: Reflective Practice for Legal Professionals. Our presenters explored different aspects and perspectives of how reflective practice has been evolving for law students and legal professionals in the UK. Following the presentations, participants were invited to share their working knowledge and observations of how well reflective practice has been accepted and implemented in the UK. Does the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning literature adequately capture promising developments? How else is reflective practice being more visibly and viably advanced? How can current and evolving developments in the UK, and the Symposium Series and its legacy website contribute to advancing reflective practice as a professional metacompetency? What else might help?
Nigel Duncan, Panel Moderator & Discussion Facilitator
Michele Leering, 鈥Exploring Reflective Practice in the Law Schools in England & Wales: Does the Literature Adequately Capture Promising Developments?鈥 & 鈥2026 International Symposium Series: Reflective Practice for Legal Professionals鈥
Roddy Cairns, 鈥Reflective Practice as Preparation for a Career as a Scottish Solicitor鈥
Chloe Sheppick, 鈥The Ever-Growing Importance of Reflective Practice for Lawyers and How This Can Be Taught at Law School鈥
Philip Drake, 鈥Building Critical Interpretation and Reflection through LEGO庐鈥
Jenny Gibbons, 鈥Reflective Practice Assessment as an Example of Realignment and Refraction鈥
** Canadian Association of Law Teachers Conference - Western University, London, ON, June 3 - 5
Here are details on the two sessions at CALT that form part of the Symposium Series. To find out about how to register for CALT - see the "Program" tab. For more details on our sessions, see the article on the "News" tab. See the speakers' bios and fuller descriptions on the "Abstracts" tab.
Wednesday, June 3, 2026 - 9:30 - 11:00 (Panel) Imperatives for Advancing Reflective Practice as a Professional Metacompetence
Annie Rochette (University of Ottawa), "Reflective Practice as a Metacompetency"
Sharry Aiken & Andrea Speltz (魅影直播 Law), "Beyond Bans: AI Literacy, Reflective Practice, and Assessment Integrity in Legal Education"
Michele Leering & Jennifer Rosen Valverde (Rutgers University, USA), "Micro, Meso, and Macro Factors Influencing the Acceptance of Reflective Practice as a Core Professional Competency: Findings from the Healthcare Disciplines and Australian and American Legal Education"
Thursday, June 4 - 8:30 - 10:00 - Reflective Practice and Transformative Learning: Promising Practices
Jennifer Rosen Valverde (Rutgers University), "Reflecting on Process Recordings as a Reflection Tool for Law Students"
Debra Haak (魅影直播 Law), '"The Critical Case Comment: Integrating Reflective Practice in a Substantive Upper Year Course"
Judy Jaunzems-Fernuk (University of Saskatchewan College of Law), "Spheres of Influence on Culture Shift and Transformation in the Legal Profession"
*** Symposium Series event at Nottingham Trent Centre for Legal Education - 29 June - 03 July, 2026
Monday, June 29: 10:30 - 11:00 Session 1 (UTC +1)
Michele Leering, 魅影直播 (Canada), "Keynote: Reflective Practice as Instrumental and Transformative: Seeding the Ground for Enhanced Professional Competence, Reflective Professionalism, Lifelong Learning, and a Cultural Shift in the Legal Profession"
Monday, June 29: 15:15 - 16:15 Session 2 (UTC +1)
Charlotte Houghteling, Marc Howe & Gayle McKerney, Oxford Brookes University, UK, "Panel: Pedagogy with Practice to Offer a More Inclusive Approach to Legal Professional Development"
Wednesday, July 1: 14:15 - 16:15 Session 6 (UTC +1)
Ashna Hudani, McGill University & Safeera Jaffer, University of British Columbia, Canada, "Situating Law within Systems of Power: Promoting Critical Reflexivity Through Curricular Reform"
Danni Bian, Georgia Gwinnett College, USA, "From Bedside Manner to Bar-Side Manner: Adapting Healthcare鈥檚 Emotional Intelligence Training for Legal Education"
Nicholas A Smith, University of Idaho, USA, "Teaching Executive Functioning to Law Students"
Thursday, July 21: 10:30 - 11:00 Session 7 (UTC +1)
Michelle LeBaron, University of British Columbia, Canada, "Teaching for Integration: Aesthetics, Resilience and Reflection
Thursday, July 2: 14:15 - 15:45 Session 8 (UTC +1)
Jane Jarman, Nottingham Trent University, "I Accuse Myself: The Unintentional Weaponizing of Reflection in a Disciplinary Context"
Friday, July 3: 13:30 - 14:30 (IN PERSON) Session 11 (UTC +1)
Michael Randall, University of Strathclyde, UK, "Implementing Reflective Practice in Legal Education at Strathclyde Law School: A Compulsory Third Year Reflective Report Module"
Leela Cejnar, University of Warwick & Hannah Gibbons-Jones, University of Nottingham, UK, "A Collaborative Reflection on Approaches to Reflective Learning for Students of Law"