Delegate feedback
March 2009 Spring School
“Really out of the box approach to training. Very insightful and creative. Excellent speakers. Learning through discussion, reflection and doing and experimenting. Great!” – GA
“A truly excellent course. It was thought provoking and inspiring - I will remember it for a long time to come and know I will use what I have learnt throughout my legal career” – HS
“Very well put together. Shows tremendous planning and attention to content. Would highly recommend to others” – LJ
“Overall a very good event. As this is a residential event, delegates are able to become comfortable with one another at the event so that honest conversation takes place” – AC
“The course was better than I thought. I enjoyed meeting a variety of people from difference sectors (who appeared to have the same issues). And thank you for having non-lawyers as speakers!” – FL
“Very insightful, pleasant, very polished and sleek style of the conference. Well done and best of success and luck for the future” – GA
“A lot packed into this course - delivered in an entertaining way. Quality of speakers shone through” – AM
“I found the course very informative and enjoyable. The speakers were excellent” – JS
“Extremely polished and very helpful” – CW
“Excellent organisation” – MN
“I thought the presentations/interviews with David Bennett and David Amos were particularly good and useful” – JS
“The course has been excellent” – SM
“Would like to attend a short follow-up event” – JT
“Great course” – LH
September 2008 Summer School
"An excellent look at the tools needed by an in-house lawyer and very well run. A great course, I really enjoyed it" – AP
"Great course, well put together. It gave me lots of ideas of how to improve my career" – GC
"I found the course very helpful and enlightening – brilliant! I wish I’d had access to a similar course 7 years ago!" – CP
"Excellent – I found it insightful and though provoking. It also provided a forum for meeting and establishing relationships with a complete range of different people. Very well put together – just the right volume of sessions, good time keeping and interesting, relevant sessions. Also a good chance for socialising and getting to know others" – LB
"Well presented, informative, enjoyable and highly beneficial" – JL
"Timings were really good – no session too long/short" – BF
"An excellent opportunity to not only to share similar experiences and “sound off” with like-minded people (very therapeutic!) but also an opportunity to step back and take a look at where you are in your role/career and how you can progress to get where you want to be. I gained invaluable insights which I will take away with me – thanks" – KN
"I loved the fact that soft skills were the focus of the course. This is an area every lawyer can improve upon. Thank you for a wonderful and insightful few days" – WB
"Simply outstanding seminar! The skills I have were reinforced and I learnt some fantastic new tricks on how to thrive in-house. I will highly recommend the course to friends and colleagues" – WB
"The course was excellent and I very much enjoyed it. It is good to come to a course specifically aimed at in-house lawyers with other in-house lawyers" – FM
"I would definitely attend another course provided by this company and would recommend the course to my in-house colleagues. Well done" – FM
"The course is very inspiring and has given me tools I will use at work. The speakers and wise owls have been excellent. A great course" – SD
"A very professional approach from the start made the past days fly! The P.A. was fantastic (at no time was it too loud/quiet). All speakers were confident/approachable" – HB
"Professional setup from Sunday set the scene for the rest of the event, timings were adhered to, food excellent!" – HB
"I found the conference really inspiring – it clarified my thinking about many aspects of being an in-house lawyer and of my own job. One of the most valuable benefits of the conference was the chance to form new contacts with other in-house lawyers and private practitioners. I met several great people, with whom I intend to keep in touch" – LM
April 2008 Spring School
“Extremely well organised. Informative and enjoyable!” - SY
“Very relevant to day job, experienced and knowledgeable speakers, excellent organisation and beautiful location” – RU
“Excellent Course which I found extremely helpful. Quality of speakers was outstanding” - KM
“An enlightening, interesting and highly encouraging course. Wish I had attended this course when I first went in-house” - WL
“Really excellent course, extremely relevant to issues faced in-house. Case study covered many issues I have experienced in-house during in the last 6 Months” - DK
“Too Short! Very Strong presenters” – KS
“Excellent – unique opportunity” - NR
“The course was well put together with a good level of team interaction and lectures. Very enjoyable” - CW
“The venue was superb and the course definitely pitched at the right level” - HJ
“Quality of speakers extremely high, involvement of so many with in-house experience extremely beneficial and enlightening” - AS
“An excellent course – well structured, excellent, inspirational speakers with opportunity to network and share ideas” - JP
“The course was a fantastic time to indulge on reflection – how I perform currently, what I aspire to achieve and tools to help me achieve those aspirations” - WL
“Very good discussions, right on the important things. Very professional speakers” - HO
“Excellent Course – quite unique for in-house lawyers to have this type of networking and business focused learning experience” - SM
“Consistently effective delivery by all speakers, a sense of knowledge sharing other than teaching, excellent organisation throughout” - AA
“The Wise Owls were a delight – wise owls was a perfect description” - JP
“I appreciate the excellent planning and preparation that has gone into this course and the wise guidance and assistance of all the speakers and facilitators” - LD
“Very good course for in-house lawyers – the best on the market” - JC
“The organisation was perfect. The speakers inspiring. Well done and thank you very much. I will definitely recommend the conference to other Dutch in-house lawyers” – DA
“Just the right size to get to know everyone well, Wise Owls add pearls of wisdom” – WL
“Fantastic inspiring, unique” – RP
April 2007 & September 2007
“Great speakers & topics, good opportunity to meet and speak to other delegates” – EP
“Great course exceeded my expectations” – MF
“Excellent course, inspiring speakers – overall extremely worthwhile. I’d recommend the course to everyone! … Colonel Bob Stewart’s session was extremely inspiring (and very moving)!). I feel that overall I’ve learned a great deal and look forward to putting what I’ve learned into practice.” – TL
“An extremely first rate experience. I can’t recommend or praise it enough. Fantastic!” – JM
“A superb, unique experience. We need more training like this!” – JT
“Thank you most sincerely for giving me the opportunity to attend this course … Involvement of business people in this conference was an important factor in its success.” – CA
“I was impressed to the attention to detail in relation to the organisation of the spring school.” – SH
“If you choose one course to go on – this should be the one” – MG
“Use of ex-forces personnel challenging and very enlightening. Wise owls and speakers of tremendous help, inspirational and informative. I feel very empowered. I’d come back and recommend to my colleagues.” - JH
“Excellent sessions. Thoroughly enjoyed Bob’s talk. It would have been useful to have a discussion led by Bob afterwards to link it all back into a legal context.” – SA
“All in-house lawyers should attend a course like this. It provides access to valuable insights into what a business expects from its legal team and what an in-house team should expect from its business.” – AK
“I have not seen a similar workshop so far especially targeted so specifically at in-house counsel.” – RB
“The speakers provided such a variety & inspired thoughts”. – BA
“Extremely good value for money and unique in the market place.” – CT
“Excellent course. Enjoyable, educational, informative.” – MF
“A well organised course with excellent speakers. Especially interesting to hear Colonel Bob Stewart. Friendly LBC staff … It was very useful to draw upon the experience of the wise owls, lots of ideas to take on board going forward.” – EB
“An extremely and insightful course which I thoroughly enjoyed and has enabled/forced me to think about my role as an in-house lawyer and how I can aim to be the best that I can be. Very interesting speakers and the time flew by.” – HA
“Very good – thought provoking.” – LP
“Excellently organised & run. Content remained continually engaging and variety over three days was excellent. Thoroughly enjoyable & edifying.” – KC
“An excellent opportunity to sit back and reflect on the big picture.” – AM
“Input from wise owls and sharing thoughts with other delegates very useful.” – KK
“The only course I know of which isn’t about lawyers telling lawyers what to do. The insight of the CEO’s/FD’s and Bob was invaluable. The wise owls were excellent. Lots of top tips and support.” – CY
