SOLID — Est. 2006
Come Smart,
Leave Smarter,
And Connected.
SOLID is a community of achievers, strivers, and seekers at the intersection of law, business, and technology — exploring what’s next, together. Your career is a jungle gym, not a ladder.
Who is this for
Are you one of these people?
SOLID isn’t for everyone. It’s for the legal professionals who aren’t just doing their jobs — they’re pushing further. They show up to share what they know, challenge what they think, and find out what’s next.
If you’re still figuring out whether you belong here: you do.
250 new people connect with us every month.
How it works
One door leads to many. Here's the whole menu.
Most people find SOLID through one door — a LinkedIn connection, a Café invite, a summit in their city. What they don’t always see right away is that there are many more doors. This is the whole picture.
Connect
You connect on LinkedIn or get invited to a Café. You don't know SOLID yet.
Show up to a Café
You join a weekly virtual call. You see the room — and the room sees you.
Attend a Summit
You come to a city event. Now you're in the room. You speak, you share, you lead.
Become faculty
You shape the conversation, bring peers in, and grow the community from the inside.
Get from now to next
New roles. New relationships. New ideas. Your career moves. So does the industry.
What is SOLID
Not your average legal conference.
SOLID is the Summit on Legal Innovation and Disruption. A full-day, fully interactive experience built around bold ideas, peer problem-solving, and genuine conversation. Think TED meets design sprint — tailored for the business of law.
Speakers, attendees, sponsors, and faculty blend together. No back rows. No boring panels. No one speaks and leaves. Everyone is at the table — including you.
It’s literally impossible to sit in the back and doze off. You will be surrounded by innovators who want to share what they know — and know what you think.”
Attend one city, or all four. Each event is different. Every room is full of the people shaping the future of law.
2026 SOLID Summits
Four cities. One community. Attend one — or all.
We start in Silicon Valley and end in Atlanta. In between — Chicago and New York City. Through all of it, the Café runs every week. The community never stops.
Completed
solid west
silicon valley
Thursday, March 5, 2026
Completed
SOLID Midwest
Chicago
Thursday, April 9, 2026
2 spots left
SOLID East
New York City
Thursday, October 1, 2026
Open
SOLID South
Atlanta
Thursday, November 5, 2026
2027 SOLID Summits
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solid west
San Francisco
Tuesday, February 2, 2027
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SOLID Midwest
Chicago
Thursday, April 8, 2027
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SOLID Northeast
Boston
Thursday, June 3, 2027
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SOLID East
New York City
Tuesday, September 28, 2027
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SOLID South
Atlanta
Thursday, November 4, 2027
Year-round community
This is not just an annual event. Here are all the doors.
Most people find one door into SOLID. Here’s the complete menu — live events, virtual programs, content, and community. Pick your entry point. The community is the same across all of them.
SOLID Summits
In-person full-day events in four cities. Silicon Valley · Chicago · New York · Atlanta. 150+ attendees per event. Highly interactive — no boring panels, no back rows.
SOLID Café
Every Friday at 1pm EST. 50–75 corporate and law firm leaders on a live virtual call. Open, ongoing, and always current. The weekly pulse of the community.
SOLID Think Tank
Curated virtual sessions of 12–15 qualified decision-makers. Facilitated by SOLID. Highly targeted conversations around the issues that matter most.
Thought Leadership Dinner
An invite-only executive dinner. Running for two decades. The most senior table in the room: legal, tech, and business leaders for one evening of real conversation.
Podcast: Careers & Business of Law
Hosted by David Cowen. Stories from legal industry leaders on careers, change, and the future of the profession. Available wherever you listen.
Who’s in the room
A multi-generational, multi-disciplinary community.
SOLID brings together people from corporate law departments, law firms, and legal tech — from early-career seekers to senior CLOs. The diversity of the community is the point. Everyone brings something different. Everyone takes something back.
70%
Corporate law departments
GCs, CLOs, Legal Ops, eDiscovery, Privacy, AI Governance. The decision-makers and Corporate legal transformation leaders driving corporate legal into its next era.
20%
Law firms
Partners and Partners and practice innovation leads investing in the next generation of legal service delivery. Innovation isn’t optional for them — it’s how they stay relevant.
10%
Technology & innovation leaders
AI, security, governance, and legal tech builders — the forward deployed engineers, vibe coders, and signal senders who show what’s coming before most people know to look.
David Cowen
Founder & Principal — 40 years in the legal industry
I track the people building the future of law.
For more than forty years, I’ve watched the legal industry move through every major shift in talent, technology, operations, and business strategy. SOLID is where those conversations continue, through SOLID Summit, SOLID Café, Think Tank conversations, dinners, faculty roundtables, and the Careers in the Business of Law podcast.
I built SOLID to connect the leaders shaping the next chapter of the legal industry. The goal is to create high-trust conversations where senior executives, law firm leaders, innovators, operators, technologists, and service providers can exchange insight, build relationships, and move the industry forward together.
The legal economy is expanding, not shrinking. In a market shaped by AI, data, operations, innovation, talent, and business strategy, the signal comes from trusted conversations with the people already in motion.
The community speaks
Don't take our word for it,
hear it from the room.
Ready to find your door in?
Register for an upcoming Summit, join the Friday Café, or
reach out to become a sponsor.