Pre-Conference Workshops
The Summit committee are pleased to offer 4 pre-conference workshops at the 2026 ALPMA Summit.
Date: Wednesday, 9 September
Time: 8.30am - 12.00pm
Cost: $100 add on to Summit registrations
Janelle Kerrisk
CEO
Helix Legal
Workshop 1 - Back to the future: The 90 day Leadership reset
Law firm leaders are not short on ambition, they are short on time and focus. This session introduces the Helix 90 Day Leadership Reset, a practical framework designed to reconnect strategy to daily behaviour through clarity of goals, disciplined execution and sustainable energy management.
Grounded in real-world implementation, attendees will gain a simple, replicable model that restores strategic focus, strengthens accountability and rewinds leadership to the fundamentals that build strong, future-ready firms.
Workshop 2 - Details available soon
Midja Fisher
Founder
The Legal Leadership Project
Workshop 3 - The accountability gap: Practical tools to reduce leader burnout
Law firm leaders are not burning out because they lack resilience. They are burning out because they are carrying work and responsibility that should not be theirs. When accountability is unclear, leaders step in, chase, fix and absorb the pressure.
In this practical workshop, Midja Fisher shares a clear accountability framework that strengthens trust, clarifies expectations and resets ownership. Leave with tools to reduce overload, improve follow through and build a sustainable, high performing culture.
Justine McKeogh
Director, Senior Occupational Therapist, Behaviour Practitioner, Neurodivergent Coach
Annara Consulting Pty Ltd
Workshop 4 - Great legal minds don't think alike: Neurodiversity as a strength in law
Legal minds don’t all think alike — and that’s a strength.
With 1 in 8 Australians identifying as neurodivergent, every law firm, chambers and legal team already includes neurodivergent professionals.
The irony?
The legal profession prizes exactly the qualities neurodivergent people often excel at:
• analytical thinking
• deep focus
• innovation
• strategic problem-solving
• intellectual intensity
Yet many workplaces still aren’t designed for neurodivergent success.
This workshop challenges traditional thinking and explores how neurodiversity could be one of the legal profession’s greatest untapped advantages.