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10 September 2018
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Not long until IBA Conference registration closes

Lawyers have until 26 September only to register for the IBA Annual Conference in Rome on 7-12 October. 

Delegates will have an opportunity to network with more than 6,000 lawyers from 2,700 firms in more than 130 jurisdictions, and there will be more than 200 sessions on topics of interest. 

Speakers include Romano Prodi, former President of the European Commission and former Prime Minister of Italy; Dr Fatou Bensouda, Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, The Hague; Justice (ret) Stephen Alan Brobbey, Supreme Court of Ghana; Kenneth Clarke QC MP, former UK Chancellor of the Exchequer; Dr Jochen Engelhardt, Legal Director, Microsoft; Special Agent Elizabeth Rivas, Federal Bureau of Investigation; Mary Robinson, former President of Ireland and UN High Commissioner for Human Rights; and Sir Geoffrey Vos, Chancellor of the High Court of England and Wales.

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