Disrupting Tradition Innovative Strategies in Family & Estate Law
Leigh McBean
Host – Lawyers Changing the Business Narrative
Chief Commercial Officer at JustFund
Leigh McBean is the Chief Commercial Officer for JustFund, with a Bachelor of Laws (first class honours) and a Bachelor of Commerce from Bond University as well as a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from the University of Queensland. Leigh also has valuable family law experience having worked at Jones Mitchell Family Lawyers before pivoting into fintech with over 10 years of experience leading companies at the executive level in the legal finance industry – including the launch of family law legal funding at Plenti and leading Legal Financial Services as General Manager, an entity within the Leap InfoTrack Group, before joining JustFund. Leigh has a deep interest in social access to justice to improve people’s lives.
Changing Business Models
A quick look at how legal practice is shifting and what firms need to stay competitive.
Smarter Legal Funding
How modern funding options improve access to justice and support better client outcomes.
Future-Ready Practice
Practical ideas to strengthen firm operations and prepare for what’s next.
Disrupting the Story: Rethinking How Law Does Business
As the legal profession undergoes one of its biggest shifts in decades, firms are being pushed to rethink how they operate. Changing client expectations, a new generation of practitioners, and pressure to innovate mean the old business models can no longer carry the weight.
In this session, hosted by Leigh McBean, Chief Commercial Officer at JustFund, you’ll hear from a panel of leading practitioners — Daniel Rod, Keith James and Jane Libbis, who are challenging long-held assumptions about what a modern legal business should look like. Together, they’ll unpack how firms can move beyond rigid hierarchies, billable-hour dependence, and outdated processes, and instead embrace models that centre value, trust, client experience and long-term sustainability.