Tuesday, 3 March 2026
Description
Attend and earn 1 CPD unit in Practice Management & Business Skills
This program is based on NSW legislation
Practice Management
AI in the Legal Profession: It’s Definitely Not a Fad
- The legal profession and AI: reactionary, early adopters, or revolutionary
- AI Law: Does it exist?
- AI Rules: application for corporate lawyers, government lawyers, NFP lawyers, private practitioners, and everything in-between
- AI reliability: pockets of the profession it could replace
- Future of AI Law, AI Rules, and AI Reliability
Presented by Dalvin Chien, Partner, Mills Oakley
Chair
Janine Lapworth, Independent Legal Consultant
Presenters
Janine Lapworth, Senior Consultant, Simpsons SolicitorsJanine Lapworth is a Senior Consultant with extensive experience in corporate, commercial, intellectual property, and entertainment law. She has worked at national and international law firms, as well as in senior in-house legal positions at the Australian Broadcasting Corporation and ESPN Star Sports. Janine advises a diverse range of clients, including international studios, industry groups, tech start-ups, and creative businesses, focusing on areas such as television production, distribution, publishing, and general IP contracting.
Dalvin Chien, Partner, Mills Oakley
Dalvin is a partner at Mills Oakley where he leads the ICT and Digital Law team. Dalvin is a leading technology and cybersecurity lawyer with over 20 years’ experience. He has deep expertise in technology contracting, privacy, cybersecurity, security of critical infrastructure, data sharing, e-commerce and emerging technology including Artificial Intelligence. He has led deal teams for significant technology transactions and advised on novel and complex cybersecurity and technology issues for a broad range of clients. Teams Dalvin leads has ranked in Legal 500 for Technology. Dalvin was a finalist for Cybersecurity Partner of the Year in 2023 and 2024 and for Technology Law Partner of the Year in 2022, 2023, and 2024 at the LawyersWeekly Partner Awards. He was a finalist for Partner of the Year at the LawyersWeekly Law Awards in 2024. Dalvin is a member of the NSW Law Society Data and Privacy Law Committee. Dalvin previously taught Information Technology Law, Commercial Drafting, Commercial Law, and Negotiation at a tertiary level. He is frequently called upon to provide workshops and thought leadership pieces on procurement, technology transformation, cybersecurity, innovation, data sharing, and Artificial Intelligence.
