The Legalpreneurs Sandbox

In the fifth podcast in this collection focusing on providing practical support and assistance for those working in the legal ecosystem during this time of extreme change, we discussed the financial management of legal businesses with  Warrick McLean , CEO,  Coleman Greig Lawyers  in Assessing your Financial Situation Right Now (for Law Firms). We discussed what law firm leaders and managers need...

In the fourth podcast in this collection focusing on providing practical support and assistance for those working in the legal ecosystem during this time of extreme change, we spoke with  John Poulsen , Principal at  People Passion Performance  on Mental Health and Well-being in the New Legal Work Place. There's a lot of stress and anxiety in the legal community right now, and there's lots of very...

In the third podcast in this collection focusing on providing practical support and assistance for those working in the legal ecosystem during this time of extreme change, we discussed what to do right now if you are faced with a changed or changing role, the need to retrain, upskill and, perhaps even having to find a new role in a different place, today or in 6 or 12 months from now. We spoke wit...

In the second podcast in this collection focusing on providing practical support and assistance to those working in the legal ecosystem during this time of extreme change, we spoke communication gurus  Sharon de Bomford , Principal at  Write Results and  Olivia Kruimel , Senior Marketing Manager, Transaction Banking at  Standard Chartered Bank . Sharon and Olivia have both spent many years in law...

In the next few podcasts in this series, we'll be focusing on providing practical support and assistance to those working in the legal ecosystem during a time of extreme change. Our hearts go out to our legal community and to every other community – we're all hurting right now and working on how to cope with the COVID-19 global pandemic. We hope you'll find, in these podcasts, words of encourageme...

The legal industry has changed. It stands to reason that legal education should too. But, that's a big ship to turn around and it's taking more time than the unrelenting pace of business today can easily accommodate. To be fair, it's not just legal education under scrutiny here, it's the whole higher education sector but within it, many would readily agree that law has been one of the most relucta...

Who got us here, won't get us there! That's the new catchcry for the next legal workforce. Different times call for different capabilities. There are just too many fast moving pieces and too many capabilities required for the effective, efficient and relevant delivery of legal services/products for this to be the remit of one group within the legal industry - the lawyers.    The next legal workfor...

It's not enough to be innovative or innovate! It's not a one off proposition. In the legal industry today, it's increasingly about continuous improvement, agility and embedding these core capabilities in law firms/legal departments so they underpin and drive the way business is done every day - this IS the new firm/organisational culture. But, so much change so quickly can also be exhausting.    W...

As 2019 draws to a close, it seemed like a good time to celebrate our 10th TLPS podcast episode looking back on how the legal industry fared in terms of legaltech and innovation: What happened? What surprised us? What didn't happen and maybe disappointed us? And, what should we watch for in 2020? We were joined on this partly reflective and partly prospective journey by an amazing group of legalte...

The opportunity and challenge of legaltech/lawtech and legal innovation is that they are borderless! Collaborations, experience sharing and networks in this space are increasingly global but, that can also make keeping up to date even more difficult. In this episode, we're joined by  Nick Watson,  a serial legalpreneur, who is the Managing Director of  Ruby Datum Virtual Data Rooms  and the founde...

Innovation, the sort that transforms and not just tinkers at the edges, is as unlikely to happen in the legal industry, as any other, without diversity and inclusion. Different perspectives and ideas, shaped from different experiences, will create that sort of change and lead the legal industry into its next iteration. With that in mind,  Christie Guimond ,  Priya Lele  and  Nicky Leijtens  formed...

So many bots, so little time! Everywhere you turn there's another website with a chatbot, or another article about them…often followed by a bunch of doomsday predictions about more lawyers and legal business professionals losing their jobs! So, what's the real deal? Are legal bots a fabulous tech tool that can assist lawyers in spending more time where they add the most value e.g. with their clien...

The love/hate relationship with the billable hour remains as topical as it is controversial in legal practice today. It's been an integral part of how lawyers have valued their services for a while now but, we're in different times so, does that mean we need to think differently too about what and how we value what lawyers do? The billable hour has also served, within law firms (and legal departme...

Described as the new electricity or oil by one person and uranium by the next, there is no doubt that the use (and abuse) of data is as hot a topic for the legal industry, as it is for every other. So why is it so important? Why does it garner such polar opposite views? And how is any of this relevant to the practice and business of law? We spoke with an amazingly talented group of data gurus, all...

Within the discourse on innovation in the legal industry there is a recurring theme – more could be done if it were not for outdated regulation! It's also sometimes suggested that Alternative Legal Service Providers (ALSP) can offer their services more effectively and efficiently because they are not regulated. There is much to unpack in that discussion, probably a podcast all on its own. But rega...

VR has been around for a while so how is it faring in the face of so much new legaltech and AI in the market? We spoke with  Matthew Stubenberg , the  Associate Director of Legal Technology –  A2J Lab, Harvard Law School , about the emerging use of virtual reality in law, legal education, pro bono work and improving access to justice.  Matthew has had an amazing career and is in a role that now co...

The People Part of Change and Innovation – Ida Abbott on Succession Planning, Reverse Mentoring and a Whole Lot More! In the discussion about legal innovation, we can sometimes forget to focus on the people part. People innovate, organisations do not! People find change hard and innovation is, essentially, a change process.  This is all complex enough but the people part is, itself, also changing...

What happens when you get a few people passionate about law, the legal industry and legal innovation in one room and chat – this podcast happens! We launch our podcast series with an insightful, funny and engaging conversation between three amazing legalpreneurs, people who are making change happen for their clients, their people and their firms every day – they also happen to be members of the  C...