Published on:
9 Jun 2025
2
min read
Image credits: (1) whoever owns the rights to Seinfeld, I guess? It's a bit of a mishmash; (2) The Law Society of Singapore.
"'Chapter one. In order to manage risk we must first understand risk. How do you spot risk? How do you avoid risk and what makes it so risky?'
George: 'This guy sounds just like me.'
'To understand risk, we must first define risk.'
George: 'This is horrible.'
'Risk is defined as--'
George (banging the recorder): 'Stop it! Stop it!'"²
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So for lawyers who, from time to time, feel like George...
...they may want to sign up for the upcoming Risk Management Symposium 2025 organised by The Law Society of Singapore, taking place on 23 June 2025.
I suggest 3 reasons to sign up:
1️⃣ The issues covered are timely and pressing.
The theme this year is "Safeguarding Law Practices Against Technological Risks", and the panels will discuss AI risk, social media risks, scams, and data / digital forensics.
And if you consider this list of topics...
...can your firm afford to NOT stay updated on these risks?³
Heck, just off the top of my head, I can think of several instances of lawyers / law firms getting into trouble over such issues.⁴
And the danger lies not just in the known risks, but moreso in the unknown unknowns.
I might even go out on a limb to say that your firm's Chief Risk Officer ("CRO")⁵ should either attend, or assign someone to attend.
2️⃣ I'm speaking!
I'll be a panelist⁶ discussing "Lawyers and Social Media – Engaging Smartly, Managing Risk".
I'd like to think that the amount of content I've shared on this platform gives me some locus standi to share some ideas on how lawyers can reap some benefits of social media interaction...
...while reducing the potential downsides.
And if you're reading this on LinkedIn, you're a social media user, which makes this topic extra relevant to you.
While I will have no control over what will be presented - since I will defer entirely to our moderator, Wei Li Fong, to steer the discussion - I promise that what I share will be practical, draw on real-life examples, and not boring.⁷
3️⃣ 5 public MEC points!
Enough said.
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Publicity brochure: https://lnkd.in/grJ8Uy_R
Registration Link: https://lnkd.in/gMQVRdVW
Disclaimer:
The content of this article is intended for informational and educational purposes only and does not constitute legal advice.
¹ In case you're wondering, I'm not done with my series⁸ on the key takeaways from the World Arbitration Update panel on International Arbitration & Emergent Technologies back in May. Think of this as a, uh, commercial break, before we go back to our regularly scheduled program?
² Seinfeld: Season 8, Episode 6, "The Fatigues". Yes yes I can see the young'uns amongst us rolling your eyes at my old-school taste.
³ Ok I know I'm biased because I'm attending regardless. So you decide whether it's worth it to attend, based on your own, uh, risk assessment.
⁴ And hand on heart, I often look at such incidents and think, "there but for the grace of God go I."
⁵ Even if your firm does not have a formally-appointed CRO, it probably has an informal or equitable one. And if it does not have one, it probably means you have to serve as your own individual CRO.
⁶ In my own personal capacity, and the views expressed will not represent those of any organisation I am part of.
⁷ Well, I'll try at least. Not an actionable representation!
⁸ Part 1: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/khelvin-xu_home-activity-7330804629477216257-2F1F
Part 2: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/khelvin-xu_ai-crypto-arbitration-activity-7332979391137796097-CpSd
Part 3: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/khelvin-xu_footnotes-ai-arbitration-activity-7335517004428152832-shqT
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