As the new uni year sets in, are you unsure which opportunities to try in the legal industry? Perhaps you are set on being a city lawyer, but are open to other roles... or maybe, you think the legal profession does not hold any possibility of an innovative or agile job...  This episode features a chat between Logan Oliver and Annabel about his path to becoming Head of Business Development at legal process tool, Office and Dragons. Despite initially set on a career as a solicitor, Logan explains what hurdles he faced along the way to qualification, and how other jobs at companies such as A ..read more

It might sound like the distant future, but the use of AI in transport is already a reality.  A British barrister at Temple Garden Chambers, Alex Glassbrook works at the intersection of law and technology of the infrastructure that moves us from A to B: transport. His practice includes the law of advanced, automated and electric vehicles, serious personal injury cases, motor insurance law (including counter-fraud work) and high-value vehicle damages claims. In this episode, he explains how he got into technology law, the regulation of driverless cars and the current obstacles around regul ..read more

Still not convinced using legal technology is crucial for the modern day lawyer?  Noah Waisberg is the co-founder and CEO of the legal artificial intelligence (AI) company Kira Systems. Previously, Noah was a corporate lawyer at Weil, Gotshal in New York. He is an expert on contract analysis, legal technology, and artificial intelligence, has spoken at multiple conferences, and has been named the FT's Intelligent Business Market Shaper in 2018 and ILTA's Innovative Thought Leader of the Year.  He is also one of the authors of AI for Lawyers, now a Wall Street Journal best seller. &nb ..read more

Lauren Moore is the Co-Founder of GlobalTechLoop, a platform designed to educate about technology. While she is now studying the GDL to pursue a career in Law, Lauren studied Chemistry at university. We talk about Lauren’s route into law, the inspiration behind the platform, the importance of understanding technology in the legal profession, and how Lauren balances being a GDL student and a founder. GlobalTechLoop is also hosting an event this Wednesday (14/04/2021) on legal tech usage in law firms. You can sign up here:  https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/an-insight-into-legal-tech-within-la ..read more

Luigi Cantisani, is a Junior Lawyer at Futura Law Firm where he is assisting a number of technology startups. His role also encompasses working alongside teams, assisting with legal engineering as part of Jur.  Luigi is also taking his Ph.D. in Law at the University of Warwick, researching "Blockchain-based Platforms and the Rise of Peer-To-Peer Transactions: Impacts on International Contracts and Trade". A commonly misunderstood topic, Luigi is closer to the scene of smart contracts and how the new technology could change how contracts are executed, also lecturing on the topic.  In ..read more

After meeting during their studies, John and Guglielmo created Rita, a tool to practically address the data portability issue. Under GDPR and other data protection laws, individuals have a right to request the download of their data in an accessible format. Both John and Guglielmo explain more, but typically this process is very drawn out, with companies, such as Facebook, requiring multiple steps to actually download your data. Rita changes that, allowing you to view and request your data from companies with which it has been shared with. They even calculate how much your data is worth.  ..read more

How can the legal industry apply innovation? Eimear McCann is a creative and strategic leader and thinker, bringing together knowledge of the law with a passion for identifying new and innovative ways of working. She is currently the Head of Strategy at Summize. Before this she has worked for a magazine, a law center in Belfast, F-Lex Legal where she was Head of the Northern Unit. In this episode, we explored how Eimear got into a role in strategy and legal technology, how the legal industry has room to and should embrace creativity, and how businesses can further consider innovation. Because ..read more

Personable and genuine, Jay Smith is a Legal Engineer working at Stephenson Law. While Jay has always sought to improve how lawyers work with technology, he previously was working as a solicitor, and his change of role has been a gradual process. He now strives to remove as much copy and pasting to the lives of lawyers, and delight clients.  In this episode, we discuss why he transitioned into legal engineering, his work on a day-to-day basis, and how he codes from scratch but also utilizes off-the-shelf products. We also discuss Jay's own startup, SenseCheck, designed to streamline KYC p ..read more

This week we spoke to polyglot and multi-talented Karol Valencia, Legal Services Designer, and Business Innovation Strategist at Lawcus-LPM and Legal Project Leader at eID. Karol's design work looks at law school education systems: she is the coordinator for Peru of the ILSA Alliance, while also a digital transformation lecturer at Wenex Formación by Adams. Karol also works alongside a number of legal tech startups and is a recent EWOLT winner. In this episode, we focused on legal design, what it means to Karol and why and how it can be important to improve access to justice. We also explore K ..read more

Tom Dunlop is the CEO and Founder of the tool Summize, contract management, and review product. After qualifying as a solicitor in the UK, Tom has led several legal teams including UserZoom, Zuto, and AppSense. In this episode, we discuss the use cases of Summize and their philosophy of ensuring lawyers have a tool for multi-uses. Tom also discusses the company culture of incremental improvement and how lawyers are inherently creative. Finally, we discuss how legal technology can work alongside and not against lawyers. Because of your love, the podcast is number 10 in the Legal Tech Podcasts ..read more