Rooms where the conversation happens out loud.
One flagship summit a year, and a meetup and a CLE session every month in between.
Esquire & Empire
Five hours of programming built for the business of owning a firm — the numbers, the hiring, the technology, and what happens to the practice when you eventually stop. The training is open to every firm owner. The following evening, the Empire Awards dinner honors women firm owners, because October is Women’s Small Business Month and the recognition gap in legal rankings is real.
Ninety seats. Every one goes to somebody who signs payroll.
| Summit | Friday, October 9, 2026 |
| Empire Awards dinner | Saturday, October 10 |
| City | Houston, Texas |
| Credit | 5.0 hours MCLE, Texas approved |
| Seats | Ninety |
| Members | 40% off · Founders Circle 50% |
A meetup and a CLE session, every month.
Both come out of what members are actually asking about, which is why neither calendar is set a year ahead.
The meetup
A gathering rather than a lecture. Sometimes in a city, sometimes online, always small enough that everybody talks. Announced to members first, and on the community calendar.
The CLE session
Run live, accredited by the State Bar of Texas through LexCollective, and included with Associate and Firm membership. How the credit works, including for attorneys licensed elsewhere.
One email a week about running a practice.
Pricing, hiring, getting paid, the software question, and what the room is talking about. Plus the Lex Live topic each Tuesday. Nothing else, and unsubscribe from any of them.
Get the Tuesday email
No card, no pitch, no membership required.
Members hear about all of it first.
And pay less to be in the room. Forty percent off events, fifty with Founders Circle.
