“It was a fantastic experience - probably the best professional conference I’ve attended.”

 

Join us August 21-22, 2026

Fenwick

801 California St
Mountain View, CA 94041

Objective

Through training and promoting summit graduates, and through media and law firm outreach, LCS seeks to achieve its initial goal of having 25% of each graduating class serve in lead counsel roles in significant litigations or appeals within two years of graduation.


Key Faculty

  • Juanita Brooks

    Principal (Retired), Fish & Richardson

  • Renee DuBord Brown

    Director of IP, LinkedIn

  • Danielle Coleman

    Senior Director & Associate GC, Global Litigation, VMware

  • Daralyn Durie

    Partner, MoFo

  • Ching-Lee Fukuda

    Partner, Sidley

  • Kassie Helm

    Partner, Dechert

  • Rachael Lamkin

    Partner, Baker Botts

  • Bita Rahebi

    Partner, MoFo

  • Saina Shamilov

    Partner, Fenwick

  • Sarita Venkat

    SVP, Corporate Legal Affairs, Cisco

2026 Agenda Sneak Peek

Friday, August 21: Panel topics include “What Does It Mean to be a First Chair,” “Law Firm Politics,” and “How to Respond to an RFP”; mock pitch session; followed by dinner

Saturday, August 22: Panel topic on “Storytelling and Building a Case”; workshops on leadership and presentation skills; speaker panel from LCS graduates