Legal Wellbeing: New York 2026 is a comprehensive conference dedicated to addressing the critical aspects of health, wellness, and resilience within the legal profession. Organized by Inside Practice, this event brings together mental health experts, law firm leaders, legal operations professionals, and people-strategy innovators to explore and implement strategies that foster a sustainable and thriving work environment.
The conference will focus on three pivotal themes: Leadership & Culture Reinvention, Data, Metrics & Strategy, and Resilience at Scale. Attendees will engage in sessions that discuss redesigning leadership models to champion wellbeing, utilizing analytics to drive wellness as a strategic asset, and building inclusive, people-centric practices that promote resilience across organizations.
In addition to insightful sessions, the event offers ample networking opportunities, including a breakfast, lunch, and a closing reception. Notable speakers such as Libby Clark, Co-Chairperson of the NYSBA Attorney Wellbeing Task Force, and Dr. Larry Richard, Founder & CEO of LawyerBrain LLC, will share their expertise on evolving professional identity and the psychology of lawyer stress, respectively.
This conference is ideal for partners, managing partners, firm leaders, heads of people/HR, legal operations professionals, in-house counsel, and consultants focused on legal-industry wellbeing. Attendees will gain actionable insights and tools to embed wellbeing into their firm's culture and operations, enhancing both individual and organizational performance.
Speakers(16)
Anastasia Boyko
Legal Futurist/Product Evangelist at FileVine
Diane Costigan
Director of Coaching and Well-being at Winston & Strawn LLP
Dr. Kerry Murray O'Hara, PsyD
Clinical Psychologist; Director & Founder at DBT Wellness & Psychological Services
Dr. O'Hara is a clinical psychologist specializing in workplace mental health and wellness, with expertise in the psychology of leadership, team dynamics, and sustainable accountability.
Gina Passerella
Senior Vice President, Content at ALM Global
Ian Shae
Founder and CEO at I M Human
Kerry Murray O'Hara
Clinical Psychologist; Director & Founder at DBT Wellness & Psychological Services
Dr. O'Hara is a clinical psychologist specializing in workplace mental health and wellness, with deep expertise in the psychology of leadership, team dynamics, and sustainable accountability.
Kimberly Busch
Lawyer & Author at Attorney Wellness Advocate
Larry Richard
Founder & CEO at LawyerBrain LLC
Libby Clarke
Co-Chairperson at NYSBA Attorney Wellbeing Task Force
Libby Clarke is an attorney and strategist who has led impactful initiatives on lawyer wellbeing, focusing on leadership clarity and building healthy, high-performance cultures.
Libby Clarke, Esq.
Co-Chairperson at NYSBA Attorney Wellbeing Task Force
Libby Clarke is an attorney and strategist who has led impactful initiatives on lawyer wellbeing, focusing on leadership clarity and building healthy, high-performance cultures.
Natalie Runyon
ESG Strategist and Consultant at Thomson Reuters
Renee Branson
CEO at RB Consulting
Sadie Restorick
Co-Founder at Wellity
Sadie Restorick, Great British Businesswoman of the Year 2023/24, is co-founder of Wellity Global and The Great British Workplace Wellbeing Awards. She is a global speaker, consultant, trainer, author, and published academic scholar specializing in workplace wellbeing and psychosocial risk management.
Sam Jardine
Partner at Field Fisher
Sam Jardine is a partner in the Technology and Data team, with experience across a wide range of commercial and technology-focused agreements, specializing in outsourcings and software-related agreements.
Sarah Schultz
Head of Communications at Draftwise
Veronica Spongberg
Senior Human Resources Manager at Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
Event Details
- Date
- June 15, 2026
- Location
- 🇺🇸 New York, United States
- SUNY Global Center
- Pricing
- $800 - $1,200
- Audience
- Partners, managing partners, firm leaders, heads of people/HR, legal operations professionals, in-house counsel, and consultants focused on legal-industry wellbeing.