In-house counsel must navigate a complex mix of ethical responsibilities, commercial pressures and rapid technological change. Strengthen your ability to identify and manage risk, maintain professional independence and deliver strategic value to your organisation. Explore common ethical dilemmas and professional responsibility issues, develop stronger contract drafting and negotiation skills through a focus on indemnities and risk allocation, and gain insight into how AI and legal function transformation are reshaping the delivery of legal services. Leave with practical tools and strategies to help you address today's challenges and prepare for tomorrow's opportunities.
Thursday, 29 October 2026
Ethics & Professional Responsibility
2.00pm to 3.00pm Ethical Dilemmas You May Face as In-House Counsel
- Managing conflicts of interest
- Dealing with difficult, unethical or high-pressure stakeholders while maintaining professional independence
- Understanding when to escalate concerns, seek advice or step back from a matter
- Recognising ethical issues before they become professional conduct problems
Presented by Linden Barnes, Senior Ethics Solicitor, The Law Society of New South Wales
Professional Skills
3.00pm to 4.00pm Practical Contract Drafting: Indemnities and Risk Allocation
- Draft indemnity clauses that appropriately allocate risk and avoid unintended liability exposure
- Assess whether contractual risk allocation aligns with your organisation's insurance arrangements and risk appetite
- Negotiate key indemnity, limitation of liability and risk allocation provisions with greater confidence
- Identify common drafting pitfalls and apply practical strategies to better protect your organisation's interests
Presented by Daniel Gosewisch, Legal Practice Director, NPAA Law & Consultant, Work Pac
Practice Management and Business Skills
4.15pm to 5.15pm Legal Function Transformation and AI for In-House Counsel
Presented by Matthew Morosin, Australia and Asia Pacific Lead, Deloitte
4.00pm to 4.15pm Break
Description
Attend and earn 3 CPD units including:
1 unit in Professional Skills
1 unit in Ethics & Professional Responsibility
1 unit in Practice Management and Business Skills
This program is applicable to practitioners from all States & Territories
Presenters
Matthew Morosin, Australia and Asia Pacific Lead, DeloitteMatt leads Deloitte’s Australian and Asia Pacific Legal Management Consulting and Legal Managed Services practice. Matt is passionate about transforming and optimising the delivery of legal services, including through process improvement, utilising technology, right sourcing and harnessing the power of data to drive strategic decision making. He is also a Teaching Fellow at the College of Law, delivering the Legal Operations unit as part of the Masters of Legal Business.
Daniel Gosewisch, Legal Practice Director, NPAA Law & Consultant, Work Pac
Daniel Gosewisch has spent 20 years in-house working across government, resources, retail, and general corporate sectors. He holds degrees in Law and Environmental Science from Griffith University, a Master of Laws from Queensland University of Technology, and is a Fellow of the Governance Institute. He joined WorkPac as General Counsel in May 2022 and also acts as Company Secretary. Daniel advises on commercial and legal matters across the labour hire, recruitment, training and services businesses operated by WorkPac. He also publishes regularly on associated legal topics (including as editor of lawofcontract.com.au) and undertakes pro bono work privately.
Linden Barnes, Senior Ethics Solicitor, The Law Society of New South Wales
Linden has been at the Law Society of NSW as an ethics solicitor for past sixteen years. Her role includes guidance to solicitors all over the state, presentations, articles, and providing ethics education by order of regulators. She also assists the Law Society’s Ethics and Costs Committees, along with its Professional Conduct Advisory Panel. Previously, Linden worked in-house at financial institutions, and also in insurance litigation.
This seminar is part of a series
In-House Counsel Series
Today's in-house counsel are expected to do far more than provide legal advice. They must navigate evolving regulatory frameworks, manage legal and commercial risk, support strategic decision-making and help their organisations respond to rapid technological and societal change. This practical webinar series has been designed specifically for in-house legal professionals, delivering timely guidance on the issues shaping legal practice and corporate governance. Across eight focused sessions, gain practical insights into employment law developments, privacy reform and AI governance, ESG and climate reporting, financial literacy, regulatory investigations and corporate misconduct, as well as the ethical, commercial and operational challenges facing modern legal teams. Equip yourself with the knowledge, skills and confidence to manage risk, enhance organisational resilience and deliver greater strategic value to your business.
Description
Attend the complete series and earn 10 CPD units including:
5 units in Substantive Law
3 units in Professional Skills
1 unit in Ethics & Professional Responsibility
1 unit in Practice Management and Business Skills
This program is applicable to practitioners from all States & Territories
*The full series is running from Thursday, 17 September 2026 to Thursday, 26 November 2026
If you register for the full series as a live online product after the date of an individual session, you will be sent the recording for the sessions that have passed. Alternatively, you can register for individual sessions by following the links below.
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