The Legalpreneurs Sandbox

In this podcast for CLI's  ReinventED Legal Business: The Case Studies series ,  Terri Mottershead , Executive Director,  Centre for Legal Innovation (Australia, New Zealand and Asia-Pacific)  chatted with  Fiona Kirkman , Principal of  Kirkman Family Law  about her work and her businesses in family law. Fiona's vision is to empower families to obtain more amicable, efficient and cost-effective re...

In this podcast for CLI's  ReinventED Legal Business: The Case Studies series ,  Riz McDonald , Founder and Director of  Foundd Legal  discussed how she turned her dream about being her own boss into a reality and combined her passion for small business with her knowledge and understanding of the law to make Foundd the go-to legal service provider for businesses in the creative sphere. Since its i...

Do we know what our clients really want from us? Is it the same as what it used to be and if not, how do we know and what's changed? Should the client experience of our legal practices differ in the B2B or B2C market or, are there some things that every client wants? Are we providing legal services and products that best suit lawyers or those that truly cater to clients? What have we learnt from w...

Can we profile today, the next legal services or products client? What do we know? What don't we know? What are the key factors to consider? Do things like geography matter in a tech based, borderless world? How will we communicate and what tools will we use? How far ahead should we go – a year or a decade? What do we know today that MUST influence our clients' choices tomorrow? What can we learn...

Don't think social media marketing is important in the legal world? Well, it might be time to think again!  In this podcast, digital marketing gurus Kaitlyn Gillies and Hayley Peters , Co-Founders, Oh My Digital Agency stepped us through the dos and don'ts of social media marketing. They were joined by  Adriana Giometti , Chief Marketing & Client Relations Officer, Holman Webb Lawyers and Rizwana...

What's the connection between innovation, legaltech and business performance – people! As we fast approach a marketplace where legaltech is widely available and affordable, legal practice will be less about what you know or can do with that tech and all about how you work collaboratively and leverage your experience through it. In this world, the dots between the engagement of your people and busi...

In 2017, Thomas Friedman challenged us to reflect on how we would all work differently in the age of technology. In 2021, it's time to ask the tough questions and…act! So, if machines can do what lawyers used to do, better, cheaper, and faster, why do we need lawyers? How will lawyers continue to add value? How do we define that value? Could it be, at a time when there is so much focus on technolo...

In 2020, the legal workplace changed, permanently! Remote work became the norm. Flexible work, for a long time a reality, became a necessity. Work was disaggregated, reaggregated and turned into something completely new. In between, legal businesses scrambled to engage in this new global proof of concept and found along the way that remote and flexible working really did…work! In this podcast, Emm...

In this podcast, Nathan Bellgrove , Head of Ashurst Advance Delivery (APAC); Tae Royle , Head of Digital Products, APAC; Emilie Vittini , Digital Services Manager; Shannon Saxby , eDiscovery Manager and   Jennifer Priestley , Legal Analyst Manager, discussed with Terri Mottershead , Executive Director, Centre for Legal Innovation (Australia, New Zealand and Asia-Pacific) , the work of their firm's...

We've all seen and heard the words, digital strategy, but what is it? What does it do? And, more importantly, do you need one? In this podcast, Katrina Gowans , National Legal Operations Lead, Origin Energy and CLI Advisory Board member; Denise Doyle , Legal Enablement Lead, Telstra ; and Matthew Vaughan , IT Manager, Tompkins Wake discussed what digital strategy is, what it does and more importan...

The legal market has changed! Great, now what do you do? How do you take market trends and translate them successfully into business strategy? How do you identify what to change and how to prioritise? How far do you look ahead? How many scenarios for the future do you juggle? What information do you need to inform and support your decision making? Who do you consult? How do you know when to change...

What happened to the legal profession? When did it become a legal ecosystem? What is a legal ecosystem and where do you fit within it? What do you need to differentiate and add value in this new world? Who are your clients? Who do you need to employ? How do you need to work? What exactly is changing, why and how does it impact you? In this podcast, David Bushby , Managing Director, InCounsel , fac...

In this podcast,  Clinton Swan , International Operations/Co-Founder,  Codelex Legaltech , facilitated a discussion that compared how nine places around the world are thinking about and doing legal innovation and legaltech the same and differently. Clinton was joined by country representatives from: Australia:  Michael Pattison , Founder & CEO,  ContractProbe  and President,  Australian Legal Tech...

Change is hard. Most people are more comfortable resisting change than making it happen. So, in organisations that have embraced different, new, and continuous improvement, how did they do it? What's the "secret leadership sauce" that inspires teams and motivates change? Is one leadership style better than others? What do these leaders do when they hit a brick wall? How do they approach failure? W...

In this podcast,  Francesco Bianchi , Agile Coach,  Marsh & McLennan Companies  (formerly Oliver Wyman Digital),  Sebastian Bohle , Global Owner Agile Project Playbook,  Oliver Wyman Digital , and  Ethan Murray , Global Capabilities Lead and Partner, Digital Practice,  Oliver Wyman , connected the dots between agile, change and legal innovation, and discussed practical tools that can be used to he...

In this podcast, which kicked off our 2021  ReinventED Legal Business: The Case Studies series , Managing Director, Founder and Principal,  Michael Morrissey  at  Morrissey Law + Advisory  (MLA) discussed the vision he has for his firm and how he has gone about finding, and working with, the Morrissey Law + Advisory Team to build it – a people first, client centric legal practice. For those unfami...

This podcast was recorded as a video for the CLI - ALPMA Innovation and Legaltech Week 2021 On Demand program published on 1 February 2021. In this podcast, Silvia Coulter , Principal, and Mark Medice , Principal, both from LawVision Group LLC peered into the business development crystal ball and discussed what law firms need to be thinking about and planning for in a new legal world, with differe...

This podcast was recorded as a video for the CLI - ALPMA Innovation and Legaltech Week 2021 On Demand program published on 1 February 2021. In this podcast, Terri Mottershead , Executive Director, Centre for Legal Innovation (Australia, New Zealand and Asia-Pacific) and Ida Abbott , President, Ida Abbott Consulting discussed the process of successfully confronting one of the most difficult questio...

This podcast was recorded as a video for the CLI - ALPMA Innovation and Legaltech Week 2021 On Demand program published on 1 February 2021. In this podcast, Julie Marcus , Chief Talent Officer, Diane Costigan , Director of Coaching and Well-Being and Julia Mercier , Director of Learning & Development and Well-Being all from Winston & Strawn LLP , discussed their firm's Mental Health First Aid prog...

This podcast was recorded as a video for the CLI - ALPMA Innovation and Legaltech Week 2021 On Demand program published on 1 February 2021. In this podcast, Terri Mottershead , Executive Director, Centre for Legal Innovation (Australia, New Zealand and Asia-Pacific) and Dr Larry Richard , Principal Consultant, LawyerBrain LLC discussed the importance of resilience in legal practice. Topics covered...

This podcast was recorded as a video for the CLI - ALPMA Innovation and Legaltech Week 2021 On Demand program published on 1 February 2021. In this podcast, Fiona Croswell , Learning & Development Manager, ALPMA facilitated a discussion with Sharon de Bomford , Principal, Write Results Pty Ltd ; Amanda Fajerman , Head of Legal Technology, LOD ; and Melissa Lyon , Executive Director and Experience...

This podcast was recorded as a video for the CLI - ALPMA Innovation and Legaltech Week 2021 On Demand program published on 1 February 2021. In this podcast, Terri Mottershead , Executive Director, Centre for Legal Innovation (Australia, New Zealand and Asia-Pacific) , facilitated a discussion with Noel Lim , Co-Founder & CEO, Anika Legal and Luke Geary , Partner, Mills Oakley about the role of leg...

This podcast was recorded as a video for the CLI - ALPMA Innovation and Legaltech Week 2021 On Demand program published on 1 February 2021. In this podcast, Alison Laird , Director, Laird Innovations Pty Ltd facilitated a discussion with Caroline Ferguson , Business Transformation and Innovation Director, Simpson Grierson ; Jan Hards , Director of Legal Innovation and Special Counsel, Johnson Wint...

This podcast was recorded as a video for the CLI - ALPMA Innovation and Legaltech Week 2021 On Demand program published on 1 February 2021. In this podcast, Emma Elliott , CEO, ALPMA facilitated a discussion, with Kim Trajer , COO, McCullough Robertson ; Tessa van Duyn , CEO and Practice Leader, Moores ; and Mark Wiggins , CEO, Hall Payne Lawyers about how those in the C-Suite view the use, import...

This podcast was recorded as a video for the CLI - ALPMA Innovation and Legaltech Week 2021 On Demand program published on 1 February 2021. In this podcast, Sam Burrett , Associate Commercial Director, Plexus and Peter Dombkins , Director, NewLaw, PwC Australia discussed how the legal project management world is being shaped and changed by project management tech tools. If you would prefer to watc...