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Industry Conferences & Events

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We host a broad range of signature conferences, Power Lunches, and Industry Insight Events throughout the year, featuring top experts in their fields and focusing on areas that make Boston a hub of research and innovation. Tapping into our city’s network of higher education institutions, science and technology companies, hospitals, financial institutions, and law firms, we offer unique and immersive educational and networking experiences that bring together in-house counsel and private practitioners.

Health Care conference attendees.

Health Law Conference

Join us on Wednesday, June 4th at the BBA for the annual Health Law Conference. This conference will provide practitioners working within the healthcare sector with important updates on a variety of legal issues and industry developments impacting their practice.


Past Conferences & Power Lunch Events

Two attendees of the Privacy & Cybersecurity conference.

Privacy & Cybersecurity Conference

On December 5, 2024, top experts explored the latest trends and legal updates in digital governance, privacy, AI, and cybersecurity. This year’s agenda covered key issues like international cybercrime, evolving privacy laws, and AI contracting challenges.

Lawyers in Health Care Power Lunch

On March 7, the BBA hosted its first-ever Lawyers in Health Care Power Lunch at Posto in Assembly Row, featuring lively conversation, valuable insights from industry leaders, and the opportunity to connect with fellow attorneys in the health care sector—all over a delicious lunch.

Panelists at the Higher Education Legal Conference.

Higher Education Legal Conference

On March 12, college and university in-house lawyers, administrators, and firm practitioners gathered at Aloft Hotel to discuss the complex legal needs of higher education institutions in a changing world, from college athletics and AI to student accommodations and foreign engagement. Panelists covered the first 50 days of the new administration, what’s trending in the world of Higher Education, and perspectives from campus leadership.

IP Year In Review Conference

The 2025 conference featured in-house speakers alongside expert practitioners from top firms covering the most pivotal court decisions, legislative reforms, and rule changes in the ever-shifting landscape of IP law.

Women in Real Estate Power Lunch

This Power Lunch event welcomed a unique network of women attorneys in the real estate field. Exclusive to the Boston Bar Association, this lunch event featured lively conversation with industry leaders.
A panelist speaking at the Employment Law conference.

Employment Law Conference

The BBA’s Employment Law Conference tackled the pressing legal issues in the workplace, including the future of non-competes and DEI initiatives, employee misclassification in the gig economy, navigating the state and federal landscapes of employee leaves and accommodations, and understanding immigration compliance and employee protections.

Public Sector Labor Conference

The BBA hosted the return of this intensive annual workshop for Public Sector Labor Relations professionals. This program familiarized labor relations practitioners with current trends in collective bargaining and other issues affecting public employees. Panelists covered significant labor law decisions of the SJC, shared priorities and updates from the Department of Labor Relations, and led a discussion on trending labor law issues related to retirement and other employee benefits.

 

A group of women in conversation at the White Collar Criminal Law Conference.

White-Collar Crime Conference

The 2025 White-Collar Crime Conference took place on Thursday, May 8, 2025. The Boston Bar Association’s White-Collar Crime Conference brings together law firm defense counsels, government prosecutors, in-house counsel, judges, and corporate professionals for the signature professional development and networking event for Boston’s white-collar crime bar.

 

Bankruptcy Meets Bar conference attendees networking.

35th Annual Bankruptcy Meets Bench Conference

Bankruptcy professionals and Federal Bankruptcy Court Judges convened on May 15, 2025 to share insights, observations, and analysis on key issues.

Women in Life Sciences Power Lunch Series

The Power Lunch Series is dedicated to serving a unique network of women attorneys in the life sciences sector. Exclusive to the Boston Bar Association, these lunch events take place at convenient venues in the city’s life sciences hubs, and feature lively conversation with industry leaders.

Energy Conference

On Thursday, May 22, 2025 we met for the Annual Energy Conference, where panelists shared cutting edge insights into some of the changes that are shaping the sale, use, and conservation of energy resources.