3rd IBA Global Professional Ethics Symposium
10 Jun - 12 Jun 2026
Session information
Modern professional ethics: rethinking standards in a digital legal world
Thursday 11 June (1330 - 1430)
Description
As technology, AI, and digital visibility rapidly transform legal practice, long-settled ethical assumptions are being put to the test. This panel examines where professional judgment must remain paramount, how trust and accountability are preserved in an AI-enabled world, and what it truly means to be an ethical lawyer today. Drawing on global perspectives and lived experience, the discussion explores how the profession can evolve with confidence, while safeguarding the core values that define it.
Session / Workshop Chair(s)
| Tracey Calvert | Oakalls Consultancy, Devon , England; Co-Vice Chair , Regulation of Lawyers Committee |
| Saranya Mishra | Khaitan & Co., Mumbai, Maharashtra, India; Treasurer, Professional Ethics Committee |
Speakers
| Riccardo Cajola | Cajola & Associati, Milan, Italy; Co-Chair, International Commerce and Distribution Committee |
| Professor Paul Paton KC | Chapman University Fowler School of Law, Orange, California, USA; Co-Chair, Alternative and New Law Business Structures Committee |
| Nuhad Ponce Kuri | Asociacion Nacional de Abogados de Empresa (ANADE), Mexico City, Mexico; IBA Council Member, Asociacion Nacional de Abogados de Empresa (ANADE) |
| Claudia Santos Cruz | Morais Leitão Legal Circle, Maputo, Mozambique; Vice Chair, African Regional Forum |