The Legalpreneurs Sandbox

In this podcast,  Adj. Assoc. Prof Peter Dombkins , Director,  PwC Australia, NewLaw  took us through the A-Z of Legal Project Management fundamentals. Topics discussed in this session included: Planning and estimating the scope, costs and duration of your legal work Communications and team management - including how to delegate and provide feedback Crisis management If you would prefer to watch r...

In this podcast, the sixth episode of seven in  CLI's   Digital Literacy Series :  Automation Mini Series ,  Mark Tyndall , VP, Markets & Growth, APAC at  Neota Logic  and his guest presenter  Adj. Assoc. Prof Peter Dombkins , Director at  PwC Australia, NewLaw  worked through a case study that illustrated the nature of and relationship between legal workflow automation and data. Topics covered in...

We often think about legal innovation and legal education as being separate and distinct but, what if they weren't? What if students, not just law students, could pursue their passion for change in a way that led to more people, in more places, having access to justice? That's the question that the  Innovation4Justice (I4J) Lab  asked and is answering today. Our guest for this podcast is  Stacy Bu...

In this podcast, the fifth episode of seven in  CLI's   Digital Literacy Series :  Automation Mini Series ,  Gene Turner , Managing Director of legal automation specialists  LawHawk  shared his experience working initially as a lawyer and now in his own automation/tech solutions focused consultancy about how to choose the right automation solution for a legal practice. In this session, building on...

In this podcast, the fourth episode of seven in  CLI's   Digital Literacy Series :  Automation Mini Series ,  Evan Wong , CEO and Co-founder,  Checkbox  and his guest presenter  Alex Rosenrauch , Manager,  PwC NewLaw  discussed building a business case for legal automation. Getting budget for legal technology is notoriously difficult and is often a breaking point in a legal team's quest to improve...

In this podcast,  Caryn Sandler , Partner + Chief Knowledge and Innovation Officer at  Gilbert + Tobin , shared her significant experience in taking numerous legal innovation projects from conception through to implementation and, everything in between! Topics covered included: Guiding your projects with an innovation pipeline How do ideas enter your innovation pipeline? Managing your innovation p...

Alternative legal careers in innovation and legaltech – are they still alternative or have they become mainstream? And how, if at all, is the evolution of new and different career opportunities reflecting a permanent change to the business and practice of law? In this podcast, we explored these questions and many more with our guest  Kerry Westland , a Partner with  Addleshaw Goddard  in the UK an...

In this podcast, a session in our Women Legalpreneurs Special Interest Group 2021/22 series,  Terri Mottershead , Executive Director,  Centre for Legal Innovation  (Australia, New Zealand and Asia- Pacific) facilitated a panel discussion that explored all things tech for digital legal businesses! This super practical and candid session started by exploring if you need tech at all, then moved on to...

In this podcast, a session in our  ReinventED Legal Business: The Case Studies series ,  Terri Mottershead , Executive Director,  Centre for Legal Innovation (Australia, New Zealand and Asia-Pacific)  chatted with  Bronwyn Eynon-Lewis  and  Allison Warburton , Co-founders and  Gemma Cawrey , Business and Content Developer from  Lacuna Legal Providers . In March 2019, Allison and Bronwyn launched L...

Digital learning – sounds exciting, maybe a little scary, but it's definitely already here and thriving no matter how we feel about it! In this podcast we explored the world of digital legal learning with our guest  Ian Nelson . Ian together with  Chris Wedgeworth  Co-founded  Hotshot , a digital learning platform focussed on teaching practical legal and professional skills to legal professionals....

Legal education is being redefined in just about every place it's happening and its moving VERY fast in the on demand space. The catalysts are many and varied – they range from wanting legal education like we want everything else – on our phone, anytime and anywhere – to new, innovative, and more convenient ways for clients to comply, and report on their compliance with, regulation based education...

In this podcast, the third episode of seven in  CLI's   Digital Literacy Series :  Automation Mini Series ,  Tom Dreyfus , CEO and Co-founder from  Josef  asked and, together with his guests answered, the question for legal practitioners  – "What should I automate?" Tom was joined by guests  Anna Golovsky , Executive Manager, Legal and Company Secretariat Operations from  IAG  and  Gary Adler , Ch...

In this podcast, a session in our  ReinventED Legal Business: The Case Studies series ,  Terri Mottershead , Executive Director,  Centre for Legal Innovation (Australia, New Zealand and Asia-Pacific)  chatted with  Catherine O'Connell , the Principal and Founder of  Catherine O'Connell Law  (COCL) in Tokyo, Japan. Catherine hails from New Zealand and, as a foreign lawyer in Japan, leads   a boutiq...

In this session, the  Centre for  Legal Innovation  (Australia, New Zealand and Asia- Pacific) launched its  Young Legalpreneurs Special Interest Group  with a panel discussion on "Building the Next Legal Practice – Yes, YOU Can!" The session was facilitated by the Centre's Executive Director,  Terri Mottershead , and brought together six intrapreneurs, entrepreneurs – all of whom are legalpreneur...

We're approaching that point in legal innovation and tech adoption where we can pause, think about the contemporary legal market place, ask and answer some critical questions.  There are few people whose experience in, understanding of, and dedication to legal practice, makes what they have to say important – important because they know what works, what doesn't, what change needs to happen and why...

In this podcast, in  CLI's Legal Techy Tuesday Series    Nicola Shaver  and  Chris Ford , Co-founders at  Legaltech Hub  discussed global developments in legal technology and provided a demo of the Hub too. Nikki and Chris also shared insights gleaned from undertaking the research underpinning Legaltech Hub which included how to identify regional legaltech maturity, what signs indicate a region is...

In this podcast, the second episode of seven in  CLI's   Digital Literacy Series :  Automation Mini Series ,  Gene Turner , Managing Director at  LawHawk  and  Mark Tyndall , VP, Markets & Growth, APAC at  Neota Logic  guided us through the process of using automation to create value across your legal business. Topics covered in this episode included: how to look at the full process, and identify...

Legal education has come under fire, been going through a transition, and inevitably will end up looking a lot different. Why? Because who, how, where and when legal services and products are delivered has changed and, continues to change, so it stands to reason that the capabilities and profile of the legal workforce needs to be changing too. While legal educators are just one part of the legal e...

In this podcast, the first episode of seven in  CLI's   Digital Literacy Series :  Automation Mini Series ,  Giles Thompson , Head of Growth at  Avvoka  and guest presenter  Mark Ford , Director of Knowledge & Innovation Strategy at  echo.legal  guided us through the basics of legal automation. Topics covered in this episode included: What legal automation actually is (and what it isn't) If and wh...

Orrick is a global leader in innovation in the legal industry and not just at the level of process or system improvement – that's where we see lots of legal innovation initiatives start and end – at Orrick, they are doing much, much more. They have created new enterprises, products and education opportunities, to name a few things - these collectively point to an innovative culture founded on clie...

Bolter  is a start-up law firm brought to life by  Clifford Gouldson Lawyers  and led by  Ben Gouldson . In this podcast, a session in our  ReinventED Legal Business: The Case Studies series ,  Terri Mottershead , Executive Director,  Centre for Legal Innovation (Australia, New Zealand and Asia-Pacific)  chatted with Ben about: The variety of solutions and pricing structures the firm offers to hel...

In this session, the  Centre for  Legal Innovation (Australia, New Zealand and Asia- Pacific) launched its Women Legalpreneurs Special Interest Group  with a panel discussion on "Thinking Like a Founder – Nature or Nurture?" The session was facilitated by the Centre's Executive Director  Terri Mottershead , and brought together seven outstanding women working in the legal ecosystem in Australia. T...

In the legal world, the delivery of services and products is no longer a single profession pursuit (if it ever was) – it's too complex and the depth and breadth of client and employee needs and expectations too extensive to expect any one human to do it all! That aspect, the people bit, remains unchanged and has been emphasised even more with the advances in tech and AI. Having noted that, there a...

With many of our guests we've discussed how technology is driving change at a pace that is as overwhelming as it is pervasive. We no longer work or live the same way we used to - change is challenging and shaking the foundations of who we are and what we do. These are big and small questions. They are as frightening as they are exhilarating. In this episode we discussed  Professor Gillian Hadfield...

Tech and data are shaping and driving service and product purchases all around us. Client/customer expectations are increasingly based on their best purchasing experience everywhere, for every service/product, in every industry. Failing to embrace this reality and the increased competition from those inside and outside the legal industry points to a grim future for those in legal practice but, it...