Lawyer Labs
Steady Mind. Sharper Judgement. Better Practice.
Lawyer Labs:
The Inner Skills of Practice
Seven, 3-week live Labs for Lawyers, February to November 2027.
Small groups, real practice, 4.5 CPD hours each.
• Three weeks, not three months. One 90-minute live session a week. That's it.
• No pre-work. Each week you try one small experiment inside the work you're already doing.
• Small groups. So there's real practice and real coaching, not a webinar.
• Grounded in evidence. Every Lab draws on current research, including studies of lawyers, and maps to the regulator's own competency findings.
• One thread. Every Lab builds on the same foundation: knowing when you've left your best state, and how to come back.
Built for how lawyers actually work.
You know what good practice looks like. Pressure makes it harder to reach.
Lawyers rate clear communication, critical thinking, problem-solving and ethical judgment among the most critical skills in practice, right alongside knowing the law.
Yet more than half of Victorian lawyers report psychological distress. Under pressure, the brain's capacity for careful thinking narrows. We listen to reply, we decide too fast, and we miss what matters.
And now there's a fast, fluent machine in the room. It can draft in seconds. It can't carry your judgement, and it won't carry the responsibility.
Lawyer Labs works on both at once: the skills, and the steadiness that keeps them available.
[Victorian Legal Services Board + Commissioner, 2025 Lawyer Census]
Seven Labs, Commencing 2027
Join One, or All.
February -Steady
Wednesdays 10, 17, 24 February Inner regulation as a professional competency. Recognise your state under pressure, and return to steady in under two minutes. Start here.
March - The Ethical Pause
Wednesdays 10, 17, 24 March
Notice dilemmas early, pause before acting (including before you rely on AI), and speak up with integrity. Ethics and professional responsibility for the time we are in.
July - Mastering Time and Attention
Wednesdays 14, 21, 28 July
A mid-year reset. Protect your focus, plan your week, hold your boundaries, and actually recover.
April - Communication That Lands
Wednesdays 14, 21, 28 April
Listening to understand and speaking to lower defensiveness. Writing that's clear the first time.
October - Difficult Conversations and the Inner Game of Negotiation
Wednesdays 6, 13, 20 October
Stay steady when others don't, and negotiate from interests, not positions.
May - The Client at the Centre
Wednesdays 12, 19, 26 May
First meetings, expectations and no surprises. Staying steady with distressed clients.
November - Thinking Clearly Under Pressure
Wednesdays 10, 17, 24 November
Train the attention good judgement depends on. Catch the blind spots experience doesn't fix, and keep your own thinking switched on when AI offers an answer.
For Lawyers At Every Stage
Whether you're in your first year or your thirtieth, in private practice, in-house, government or community legal work, Lawyer Labs is for you if you want:
• CPD that's worth your time
• to stay clear-headed when the pressure is on
• better conversations with clients, colleagues and the other side
• to lead and supervise in a way that helps others stay steady too.
How a Lab Works
1. Register and check in. A three-minute self-assessment so you can see your progress.
2. Three live sessions. 90 minutes each, on Wednesdays: a settling practice, focused teaching, practice in small groups, and group coaching on real challenges.
3. Three small experiments. Tried in your normal work, between sessions.
4. Leave with a plan. A one-page practice plan, and 4.5 CPD hours.
Your Facilitator
I've practiced law for more than 25 years, as a corporate lawyer, as Head of Legal, across international jurisdictions, and now as Principal of my own firm.
I know the pressure of practice from the inside. I've felt my thinking narrow when it mattered most.
I've also spent nearly two decades designing and delivering education for professionals, and most recently, 3.5 years as the Head of Learning Transformation at the Law Institute of Victoria. I'm a board member of the Mindfulness in Law Society and Co-Chair of its Australian Chapter, sit on the Advisory Panel for TEDLaw and I hold degrees in Science, Law and Psychology from Monash University.
Lawyer Labs brings those threads together: the realities of practice, the science of how we think and feel under pressure, and practical skills you can use the next day.
- Artemis Evangelidi
Choose How You Join
Choose from one of the seven live labs. You will have access to the topic of your choice, three live sessions, 4.5 CPD hours
All seven Labs · 31.5 CPD hours across three of the four compulsory CPD fields · priority places
FAQs
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90 minutes a week for three weeks. The weekly experiment happens inside your normal work, so it adds no extra time.
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Yes. Each Lab is 4.5 hours of live, interactive learning. You're responsible for recording your CPD and confirming the field that applies to you.
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No, but it's recommended. Steady gives you the foundation every other Lab builds on.
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No. It teaches the human skills AI puts under pressure: attention, verification, clear writing and judgement. The Ethical Pause and Thinking Clearly Under Pressure address AI directly.
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Life happens. If you miss a session, the recording will be made available within 48 hours and you can catch up before the next one.
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Each group agrees to keep what's shared in the room. All client and colleague details are de-identified.
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Sessions run on Melbourne time, and anyone is welcome. CPD rules vary by state and country, so check your own requirements.