The Legalpreneurs Sandbox

Mediation has an important role to play in family law matters. It provides clarity and support through an emotional and difficult situation. A mediator's role is central to facilitating an amicable outcome where at all possible. These capabilities require specialist training and, coupled with the use of dedicated technologies, combine to provide increased convenience for clients, a new and differe...

In this podcast,  Terri Mottershead , Executive Director at the  Centre for Legal Innovation  explored whether or not it is possible to create a Data Driven Legal Practice with data gurus  David Adason , Head of Innovation, Senior Lawyer,  Aptum Legal ;  Denise Doyle , Legal Operations Consultant; and  Matt Farrington , Lawyer + Legal Technologist,  Juno Legal . Topics covered in this session incl...

Data – it sounds exciting, illuminating and intimidating all at the same time but, as we now know, it's also referred to as the new oil or the new electricity – and for legal businesses, just as pervasive and precious! So, how are we using data in our legal businesses right now? And, can we/should we know more, do more, and extract more from our data to make better decisions for our legal business...

In this podcast, the fifth session in  CLI's Legaltech Around the World Series ,  David Bushby , Managing Director,  InCounsel  provided an overview of the local legaltech market in  Canada + USA. David was joined by amazing guest panellists: Chris Bentley , Managing Director,  Legal Innovation Zone  and  Law Practice Program  at  Ryerson University  (Canada) Wendy Butler Curtis , Chief Innovation...

In this podcast, the final episode of five in  CLI's Digital Literacy Series :  eDiscovery Mini Series ,   Kate Clark , CEO,  Enhanced Litigation Management Solutions  (ELMS) and colleague  Ciara Cooke , Senior Legal Technology Consultant discussed the services delivered by eDiscovery providers in Australia and how to determine which services work best for your legal practice. Topics covered in th...

In this podcast, the fourth episode of five in  CLI's Digital Literacy Series :  eDiscovery Mini Series ,   Kate Clark , CEO,  Enhanced Litigation Management Solutions  (ELMS) and colleagues  Ciara Cooke , Senior Legal Technology Consultant and  Sam White , Legal Technology Consultant, provided an overview of the tech tools available in the market for eDiscovery, shared their experiences in select...

Metrics have always been a critical part of business. The  Legal Metrics Portal  (LMP) has made them an accessible and essential part of LEGAL business. LMP is the product of a 2-year labour of love and global collaboration of leading legal ops enthusiasts and specialists:  Connie Brenton ,  VP of Law, Technology and Operations at  NetApp ;  Mick Sheehy ,  Partner, NewLaw,  PwC Australia ;  Jeff F...

In this podcast in the Future 50 Series of the CLI Legalpreneurs Spotlight, we chatted with  Heidi K. Brown  about her new book,  The Flourishing Lawyer - A Multi-Dimensional Approach to Performance and Well-Being (2022) . Heidi has been exploring the lawyer psyche for a number of years. What distinguishes Heidi's work in this area is its multidisciplinary approach and that it draws from lessons l...

In this podcast, the fourth session in  CLI's Legaltech Around the World Series ,  David Bushby , Managing Director,  InCounsel  provided an overview of the local legaltech market in  Europe. David was joined by amazing guest panellists: Srdjan Dejanovic , Founder & CEO,  Dejanovic Law & Tech  (Serbia) Helena Hallgarn , Co-Founder,  Virtual Intelligence VQ  (Sweden) Topics covered in this session...

How will we know if innovative changes to the civil justice system are actually happening and more, if they are making a difference? That's essentially the question that the American Bar Association (ABA) Centre for Innovation set out to investigate and answer in 2019. Guided by their working group , lots of stakeholder engagement, and lots of iterations too, in 2022, they concluded phase one of t...

The oneNDA initiative has changed the way legal documents are created and used. It's also signalled an evolving change in the way lawyers and allied legal professionals work too – one where tech features as prominently as design, client experience, and collaboration. These are big statements, but so too is what serial legalpreneur and change maker Electra Japonas has achieved in the last 18 months...

In this podcast in the Future 50 Series of the CLI Legalpreneurs Spotlight, we chatted with Lisa Fitzgerald about Splitchain – a word she has created that provides a new way to conceptualise and integrate digital products/services and the law. The integration is important. Blockchain does not have all the answers. The law doesn't have them either. There's a need for interdependence. There's also a...

Digital Transformation, Law Firms and Culture – independent and siloed or inextricably intertwined? That's the question Isabel Parker answered in her recently published book: Successful Digital Transformation in Law firms A Question of Culture .  Change is never easy. Changing an industry that is financially secure, comfortable with the status quo, risk adverse, and built on precedent, is even har...

Can technology help to close the access to justice (A2J) gap? That's the question the recently launched  Justice Technology Association (JTA)  is hoping to answer with guidance from its  Advisory Board , and the shared experience of its  Directors  and co-founding organisations ( Courtroom 5 ,  EasyExpunctions ,  HelloDivorce  and  PeopleClerk ), in collaboration with the A2J sector in the US and...

So, you thought comic books were all about entertainment, right? What if they were also a way to communicate legal concepts, rights, and responsibilities so that everyone understood them and knew exactly what they were agreeing to? That's the remit and mission of the comic book contracts (and visual contracts) movement! It's established a new way to conceive and create legally binding contracts. I...

In this podcast, Terri Mottershead , Executive Director, CLI facilitated a discussion about how to start your NewLaw career journey with NewLaw careerists who have been there and done that! The panellists shared their experience and practical, candid insights into what you need to consider, where you can find the information you need, pitfalls to avoid, and people you should chat with along the wa...

Legal project managers are delivery specialists - they sit at the crossroads between the client, the legal team, and other support functions (such as marketing, finance and pricing, L&D and IT). Their role is to help ensure that legal services are delivered in a way that meets (and preferably exceeds!) the client's cost, time and quality expectations – all the while enabling a law firm's/legal dep...

What do consultants, consult about? It's a great question and the answer isn't what it used to be! Sharing expertise and knowledge is no longer confined to LEGAL expertise and knowledge in law firms, legal departments, CLCs, or ALSPs. These organisations are increasingly required to solve problems holistically, use the expertise of "all" their specialists for the benefits of clients in a growing n...

You can't do and you can't be what you don't know or can't see! Knowledge managers create processes, systems, and user-friendly opportunities to collaborate, share, use and manage knowledge to connect people to organisational knowledge in a timely way so they can do their job efficiently. Great knowledge managers are integral to an organisation's performance, help create competitive advantage,  le...

Client-centric strategies, client journey mapping, legal design thinking and user experience (to name just some) – you've heard the terms, but do you know how they all combine to create an exceptional level of engagement, interaction, communication, and collaboration for outstanding service/product delivery for every client, every time? Client experience designers do! In this podcast, Melissa Lyon...

Legaltech is a multi-billion-dollar global industry. It is the key enabler of legal innovation and the legal industry's transformation. It makes legal work better, easier and delivered faster and cheaper. It's at the top of the list as a driver for continuous improvement but it's also a large investment of time and money for any business.  The role of a legaltech developer is about understanding t...

Legal technologists are problem solvers! What problems they solve, for whom and how they solve them is their secret sauce – but not everyone uses the same recipe – there will always be some tech but, the other ingredients may differ. Curiosity and enthusiasm for learning new tools are their tools in trade.  In this podcast, Fiona McLay , Principal Lawyer & Consultant, McLay Legal discussed the sim...

Data, data, data – it's everywhere! It helps us run our legal practices and it's an integral part of every one of our legal matters too but, do we understand how, why, when, where and what data to use? Legal data analysts do!  In this podcast, Terri Mottershead , Executive Director, CLI , discussed with an amazing panel of specialists from law firms and a legaltech company, the integral role that...

The role of the legal operations professional is one of THE hot evolving specialisms in the legal ecosystem right now. So, what's involved in this role? Why would anyone want to do it? What do you need to know to be successful in it? And, how will the role change in the future? In this podcast, Katrina Gowans , National Legal Operations Lead, Origin Energy and CLI Advisory Board member, discussed...

The legal ecosystem is complex, multidisciplinary and evolving. Delivery of legal services and products requires the capabilities of many people working seamlessly in collaboration with each other and customers/clients. Contemporary legal practice is all about new - new law, new professions and specialisms, new areas of practice, and new ways of conceiving, working on and solving new legal problem...