Events

SEAL organises a full calendar of events each year, consisting of both discussions of legal areas of interest and social events in order to build our cross-cultural community. We welcome both new joiners and long-standing members. We are not currently using this page for event registrations, so please contact our Administrator at info@seal-london.org if you wish to obtain more information about our upcoming events or how to join SEAL. Some examples of events in the past few years include:




Speaker Topic
UK Supreme Court Justice Lady Arden DBE The Importance of Dialogue: International Judicial Dialogue
Dana Denis-Smith, founder and CEO of Obelisk Support, and founder of the First Hundred Years project The Contribution of Women to the Judiciary
Sonya Branch, General Counsel to the Bank of England In Conversation with Sonya Branch. Co-hosted with the Anglo-Australasian Lawyers Society
Robert Bell, Master of the Worshipful Company of Solicitors of the City of London Is the Company an anachronism or a powerful agent of change in the legal profession?
Alison Maitland and Rebekah Steele, co-authors of the Book: INdivisible: Radically rethinking Inclusion for Sustainable Business Results; together with Daisy Reeves, Diversity Client Relationship Partner at Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner Co-hosted with Legal Women.
The Hon. Charles N. Brower In conversation with the Hon Charles N Brower to discuss his 36 years on the Hague-based Iran-US Claims Tribunal and his role as an ad hoc judge on the International Court of Justice


In addition to those showcased above, we have covered a wide-range of topics over the last few years, including:


  • talks from:
    1. high performance coaches, and
    2. judges from the International Court of Justice in the Hague;
  • talks exploring
    1. the US/UK Extradition Treaty;
    2. a transatlantic comparison in a variety of substantive areas, including sports, looted art, and family law;
    3. an annual tax discussion for US expats living in the UK;
    4. the role of public inquiries in the UK;
    5. cyber resilience;
    6. immigration; and
    7. payments and fintech.