Plan of Disruption
This is not a fixed path – it’s a curated journey.
Our agenda is designed to disrupt tradition at every step.
With four parallel streams – Family Law, Wills & Estates, Business & Personal Development and Modern Practice Pathways – you’ll be able to tailor the day to your focus and goals.
Every session is created to give you insights you can act on. From strategic drafting workshops to advocacy skill builders, we’re combining the practical with the visionary.
A Family Law Education Network event, co-hosted by JustFund.
Check out our plan of disruption
Agenda
Thursday, 26 March 2026
Event Registration and Networking
Happy Lawyer Happy Life - SOLD OUT!
Afternoon Tea and Networking
Welcome to Country
Welcome by Amanda Little & Jack O'Donnell
Change is the New Precedent
Jack O'Donnell
Paths Less Taken – Interactive TedX Style Performance
When the road splits, different people choose different paths. One compass, countless journeys.
The Science of Behaviour
Colin Jowell
Why do we do what we do? What if we could help ourselves and others do better? understanding behavioural bias and emotional avoidance in lawyers and clients
Resilience, Persistence and Heart
Brintyn Smith
When it all seems unsurmountable, what drives us to keep going?
The Threads That Tie Us Together
Amanda Little
From a single strand, a revolution begins. Which thread will you choose to pull?
Session Close
Disrupting Hour
One hour. Infinite collisions. Connect, create, disrupt.
Friday, 27 March 2026
Event Registration
Concurrent Stream One
Family Law
Wills & Estates
Business & Personal Development
Modern Practice Pathways
The Future of Family Law
Tara Lucke
Trust Me, It’s Complicated: Family & Testamentary Trusts in Family Court (40 min)
Tech Panel
Topic: Ctrl + Alt + Disrupt: Tech in Practice Panel Members: Denise Farmer (Clio) Luke Campbell (VXT) Harry Raworth (Mary Technology) Jordan McCown (Realaml), Carli Heald (ALA Law) (40 min)
Justice Needham
Introduction & Welcome Video (10 min)
Sue Abrams & Bernie Bolger
Collaborative Law Collaborating For Tomorrow: Innovation and the Future of Collaborative Practice (40 min)
Leigh McBean
Beyond the Courtroom: Why Estate Lending is Outpacing Litigation Funding (20 min)
Tara Lucke
Love, Legacy & the Law: Future-Proofing Families in a Changing World (50 min)
Janis Donnelly-Coode
Jonathon (Jono) Naef
Fadzai Mamvura
Ben Deverson
Sustainable Practice & Leadership (40 min)
Tiffany Rochester
Beyond the agreement: How contextual behavioural science powers collaborative law (40 min)
Justice Benjamin and Michelle Benjamin
Trauma Informed Practice as an essential foundation for family lawyers (75 min)
Justice Benjamin and Michelle Benjamin
Continued... Trauma Informed Practice as an essential foundation for family lawyers (75 min)
MaryAnn de Mestre
Guardianship or Grip? The Legal and Forensic Lens on Elder Abuse. The perspectives of the law and technical and forensic experts (40 min)
Interactive Discussion Panel
Disrupting the Story: Rethinking How Law Does Business
Host: JustFund Leigh McBean
Panellists: Daniel Rod,
Keith Andre James, Jane Libbis
(55 min)
Collaborative Close John Thynne & Lynda McKie
Financial Futures: Rethinking Money in Family and Estates Disputes (50 min)
Morning Tea
The Kind Lawyers - SOLD OUT!
Morning Tea & Networking
Concurrent Stream Two
Family Law
Wills & Estates
Business & Personal Development
Modern Practice Pathways
Dave Kramer
HALT – A Legacy of Hope (30 min)
Dr. Jane Lonie & Michael Perkins
The Power Struggle: Capacity, Autonomy & the Battle for Control (45 min)
James d’Apice
Business Besties Or Bitter Rivals? The Partnership Predicament (45 min)
Zinta Harris, Jacinta Watkins, Sheila Cabacungan, Valerie Norton & Anne-Marie Rice
War-Torn or Watertight? Playing the Game of Life: How Family-Inclusive Collaborative Estate Planning Prevents Disputes (45 min)
Interactive Panel
Holding the Line: Conflict, Safety and Family Violence (60 min) Host: Angelo Bistolaridis Panellists: Dave Kramer (Advocate - Small Steps 4 Hannah) Hayley Kay (Tech) Colin Jowell Behavioural scientist) Anna Wynne (Family Lawyer, FDRP and Mediator)
Wayne Lear & Peter Bobbin
More Than Money: Building Legacies Through Tax & Super Mastery (45 min)
Michelle Dawson
Confident Conversations: Turning Underperformance into Progress (45 min)
Zinta Harris, Jacinta Watkins, Sheila Cabacungan, Valerie Norton & Anne-Marie Rice
Game Over or New Beginnings? Playing the Game of Death workshop: How an Interdisciplinary, No-Litigation Framework Reimagines Estate Dispute Resolution (45 min)
Lunch
Concurrent Stream Three
Family Law
Wills & Estates
Business & Personal Development
Modern Practice Pathways
Anne-Marie Rice
Thinking deeply and differently, exploring why matters, what it really takes on an intellectual, physical and spiritual level (45 min)
Video Wills Conferences: The Great Debate
The Honourable Philip Hallen SC, Francois Salama, Edwina Chappel, Guy Moloney (90 min)
Anne Plummer
Financial Music: Translating chaos into meaningful numbers (45 min)
Shelby Timmins
Small Voices, Big Impact: Navigating Children's Perspectives in Collaboration (45 min)
Michael Seton
From burnout to balance: lessons from the tipping point
Video Wills Conferences: The Great Debate
Continued... The Honourable Philip Hallen SC, Francois Salama, Edwina Chappel, Guy Moloney (90 min)
Gordon McNaught
Connected Conversations – Reframing Resentment to Get Perspective (45 min)
Fireside Chat
Breaking the Battle: Collaborative Family Law Fireside (45 min) Perpetua (Pepe) Kish, Clarissa Rayward, Shelby Timmins and Renee Smith
Afternoon Tea
Concurrent Stream Four
Family Law
Wills & Estates
Business & Personal Development
Modern Practice Pathways
Justice Altobelli
The Impact of Emerging Technologies on Family Violence and Abuse: Utopia or Dystopia? (45 min)
Justice Kunc
Disruptive thoughts from the bench (45 min)
Clarissa Rayward
The Hidden Cost of How We Built Law (45 min)
Perpetua (Pepe) Kish, Joe Buckley, Gloria Hawke & Lara Wentworth
Quantum Kindness: Turning Theory into Practice (45 min)
Transition to Main Plenary
Leadership Through Disruption
Mark “Squiz” Squirrell OAM
Commando, Humanitarian Aid Worker & Everest Summiteer
From car bombings to meeting Yasser Arafat and making it to the summit of Mount Everest
Mark ‘Squiz’ Squirrell OAM has led food convoys through war zones, climbed to the summit of Mount Everest to raise awareness for global hunger, and worked on the frontlines of some of the world’s most complex humanitarian emergencies.
A former Commando turned United Nations aid worker, his experience spans Gaza, Somalia, Sri Lanka, and beyond.
Thank you & Conclusion of Formal Event
Operation After Dark
Voices from the Bench & Beyond
Leading the Disruption
Keynotes and visionaries bringing new ways of thinking
Ideas That Shift the Conversation
Exploring new pathways to resolution in family law
Collaboration in Action
Practitioners, leaders and thinkers driving progress in law and business
Shaping the Future of Practice
The tools, platforms, and ideas disrupting legal practice