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Professional Development Roundtables at Society 54

At Society 54, we believe the best ideas are born through collaboration, conversation, and connection. That’s why we’ve created and continue to host a series of exclusive roundtables designed to elevate the legal profession by bringing together its brightest minds. Each group offers a unique format and purpose, but all are rooted in the same philosophy: sharing experiences, tackling challenges collectively, and building lasting professional networks.

Law 2.5
Founded by Jill Huse, Law 2.5 is a roundtable of forward-thinking legal business professionals who gather twice a year to explore the future of the profession. Participants leverage their influence, creativity, and experience to crowdsource ideas and solutions that drive meaningful change both within their organizations and across the broader legal industry. Learn more here.

At The Table and The Society
This elite affinity group of national industry experts meets virtually each quarter and in person twice a year to share resources, ideas, and best practices. Members—never competitors, but true contemporaries—engage in highly interactive and deliberately exclusive sessions that spark innovation and provide practical takeaways. Each meeting leaves participants recharged, connected, and equipped with actionable insights to face current challenges. Learn more here.

One Vision, Many Tables
Together, these roundtables form a shared resource model that fosters community, professional growth, and innovation within the legal industry. Whether through future-focused discussions, resource-sharing among industry experts, or peer support for senior leaders, each group reflects Society 54’s commitment to building spaces where collaboration fuels success.

About Law 2.5

Law 2.5 is a roundtable of forward-thinking, C-Suite legal business professionals from 15 different firms who gather twice a year to explore the future of the profession. Founded by Jill Huse, the group brings together leaders with diverse perspectives who share a common goal: to drive meaningful change within their organizations and across the legal industry.

Our conversations are candid, collaborative, and practical. We address pressing challenges, crowdsource ideas, and exchange techniques that can be put into practice immediately. By combining experience, influence, and creativity, Law 2.5 has become a trusted forum for sparking innovation and reimagining how legal services are delivered and supported.

This community continues to inspire, not only those at the table but the broader profession, through the ideas and resources it generates. The content shared here reflects our collective commitment to elevate the conversation and push the boundaries of what’s possible in the business of law.

  • The pace of change is accelerating in the legal industry—with clients demanding more cost-effective, efficient, and tech-driven solutions. Gone are the days when success relied solely on legal acumen; the future belongs to firms that cultivate an innovation mindset and foster a collaborative, adaptable culture throughout the organization, not just in one or two departments.

    Genuine innovation extends beyond investing in AI or automation tools—it starts in the minds of leaders and their teams. It requires a culture that rewards curiosity, collaboration, and continuous improvement, paired with a leadership style that empowers experimentation and tolerates strategic failure.

  • COMING SOON
    An innovative culture and a commitment to client service are essential, but without a high-performance engine to power them, they remain unrealized ambitions. The modern law firm's success depends on its operational core: the ability to execute strategy with precision, agility, and cohesion. This requires a fundamental shift away from intuition-based management and siloed departmental functions toward a model of true operational excellence.
    This transformation is built on a foundation of data. In a profession built on facts, it is time for firms to apply the same rigor to their own business operations.

  • COMING SOON
    In law firm marketing circles, the term "client-centricity" is often used to describe business development efforts or customer service tactics. But at its core, client-centricity is neither a buzzword nor a branding campaign. It’s a mindset—and for outside counsel, it’s a powerful one. It means structuring your legal practice around your client’s priorities rather than your own or your firm’s processes, habits, or comfort zones. It means seeing the legal issues not from your vantage point, but through the lens of the business leaders and in-house counsel who hired you. And perhaps most importantly, it means learning to put yourself in your client’s shoes—something not always natural for lawyers, who, as a profession, tend to score lower than average on empathy. The best outside counsel overcome this by listening with intent, adapting to their client’s communication style, and understanding not just what the client is asking, but why they’re asking it.

Law 2.5 Leaders

Law 2.5 Leaders