The Wired Wig | Law and Technology

Law is typically a human driven profession, but can court decisions be predicted?  While studying Law at the University of Cambridge, Jozef helped found CourtQuant, an AI platform which predicted legal case outcomes and found the optimal lawyer to argue the case. Since graduating, Jozef is now the current Head Of Business Development at Sudolabs.io, delivering technology solutions and products for startups.   In this episode we discuss how Jozef got into the Law and technology space, the utility of data in predicting case outcomes, his current role and where he sees the legal technology industry heading. Jozef also shares some advice for aspiring entrepreneurs and how to get started.  READ MORE ON:  CourtQuant: https://www.courtquant.com/ Sudolabs.io: https://sudolabs.io/  Thank you for supporting the podcast! If you like what you just heard then please rate, review, follow or share the show. How to support the podcast: Because of your love, the podcast is number 10 in the Legal Tech Podcasts to Listen to in 2020 by Feedspot! See it here: https://blog.feedspot.com/legal_tech_podcasts/ Getting in touch: You can follow the podcast on Instagram, LinkedIn and Twitter to stay up to date about Law and technology news.  You can also contact Annabel Pemberton at thewiredwig@gmail.com for suggestions and feedback.

Intrigued by blockchain and cryptocurrencies but confused how they work or are regulated?  Erika Federis is part of legal counsel at digital payments platform Wirex. While training as a lawyer she was introduced to the area of blockchain and cryptocurrencies during her training contract. Since discovering her passion for the space, Erika has written articles on the topic on Cointelegraph, Medium, Fintech Direct and Blockchain news and continues to follow the development of cryptocurrency regulations across the globe. In this episode we discuss how cryptocurrency is regulated, why Wirex is different, her role as in house corporate counsel and some blockchain use cases.  Read more about:  Wirex: https://wirexapp.com/ Erika on Cointelegraph: https://cointelegraph.com/authors/erika-federis  Thank you for supporting the podcast and if you like what you just heard then please rate, review, follow or share the show! How to support the podcast: Because of your love, the podcast is number 10 in the Legal Tech Podcasts to Listen to in 2020 by Feedspot! See it here: https://blog.feedspot.com/legal_tech_podcasts/ Getting in touch: You can follow the podcast on Instagram, LinkedIn and Twitter to stay up to date about Law and technology news.  You can also contact Annabel Pemberton at thewiredwig@gmail.com for suggestions and feedback.

After graduating from Warwick Law School, where she also studied abroad at Monash University, Elizabete Ludborza now works in Legal at eBay Luxembourg.  In this episode, we discuss Elizabete’s responsibilities at eBay, life at the company’s office in Luxembourg and how her past experience of running a blog has helped her in applications and in developing technical skills. Elizabete also shares some useful resources and online courses for legal tech enthusiasts.  For clarity, this episode was recorded in July 2020 and Elizabete is now a Junior Legal Officer rather than a Legal Trainee. You can reach out to Elizabete on LinkedIn or on Instagram @elizabetel . Thank you for supporting the podcast and if you like what you just heard then please rate, review, follow or share the show! How to support the podcast: Because of your love, the podcast is number 10 in the Legal Tech Podcasts to Listen to in 2020 by Feedspot! See it here: https://blog.feedspot.com/legal_tech_podcasts/ Getting in touch: You can follow the podcast on Instagram, LinkedIn and Twitter to stay up to date about Law and technology news.  You can also contact Annabel Pemberton at thewiredwig@gmail.com for suggestions and feedback.

Erika Ly operates at the nexus of law, technology and society. Her work focuses on the design and regulation of artificial intelligence and she is passionate about interdisciplinary innovation. Her current positions include being Secretary of the Australian Society for Computers and the Law and a Director at The Legal Forecast. Prior to this, Erika started her career as a 'Technolegal' at Gilbert + Tobin, a leading Australian commercial law firm and worked at one of Australia's first legal technology startups, LawPath. She is also proud alumna of the global LawWithoutWalls community. In this episode we discuss what the future may hold, the theme of responsible AI and  'ethical AI' and some of Erika's latest work. We address The Legal Forecast, which is an Australian not-for-profit community of law students and lawyers passionate about legal innovation. Erika also explains her recent participation at the inaugural Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society Summer Institute, where the team's focus was indigenous people's interaction with the digital world. Throughout the episode we also draw on some of Erika's past experiences such as acting as an advisor and consultant to the Law Society and the Supreme Court of NSW.   The Legal Forecast is currently recruiting for the UK team! Please reach out to Erika via twitter (@_ErikaLy) or at director@thelegalforecast.com if you are interested.  Mentioned links:  Enter Dadirri, the project for Berkman Klein Center Summer Institute - https://www.enterdadirri.com Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society - https://cyber.harvard.edu LawWithoutWalls - http://lawwithoutwalls.org The Legal Forecast - https://www.thelegalforecast.com Thank you for supporting the podcast and if you like what you just heard then please rate, review, follow or share the show! How to support the podcast: Because of your love, the podcast is number 10 in the Legal Tech Podcasts to Listen to in 2020 by Feedspot! See it here: https://blog.feedspot.com/legal_tech_podcasts/ Getting in touch: You can follow the podcast on Instagram, LinkedIn and Twitter to stay up to date about Law and technology news.  You can also contact Annabel Pemberton at thewiredwig@gmail.com for suggestions and feedback.

If you are reading this then you must have had internet access in the past few minutes. But what if this connection was a fleeting glance?  This episode is with Natalia Krapiva, Human Rights lawyer and Technology Legal Counsel from Access Now. Access Now has the mission of improving society's digital rights through awareness, advocacy and campaigning. While internet shutdowns are an increasingly common phenomenon, the reduction of the internet to 20% of normal capacity in early August in Belarus is propelling more discussion around the topic.  In this episode we discussed what is an internet shutdown, what risks it poses to society and how the shutdown was facilitated in Belarus. After, we look closer at the work Natalia has recently been involved in: litigating in the ECOWAS Togo court, successfully proving that an internet blackout infringes the right to freedom of expression. But the work isn't just for lawyers and Natalia provides ways for society to raise awareness of the issue.  You can read more about Access Now here: https://www.accessnow.org/  You can read more about the ECOWAS Togo court decision here: https://www.accessnow.org/ecowas-togo-court-decision/   Thank you for supporting the podcast and if you like what you just heard then please rate, review, follow or share the show! How to support the podcast: Because of your love, the podcast is number 10 in the Legal Tech Podcasts to Listen to in 2020 by Feedspot! See it here: https://blog.feedspot.com/legal_tech_podcasts/  Getting in touch: You can follow the podcast on Instagram, LinkedIn and Twitter to stay up to date about Law and technology news.  You can also contact Annabel Pemberton at thewiredwig@gmail.com for suggestions and feedback.

Hannele Korhonen is a Finnish legal designer who runs her own legal consultancy, Villa Verto. With over 20 years of Contract Law experience, Hannele has the aim of changing the world for the better, improving how lawyers work with contracts and how society interacts with the Law. This is through using Legal Design, a skill she teaches lawyers at her design school to utilise in their practice. Hannele also shares insights into using Legal Design to reimagine the practice as a lawyer on her blog Something Simple First.  In this episode we focus on what Legal Design is and the work Hannele is doing through Villa Verto's Social Impact Hub. We discuss how Hannele is working on a Legal Design project for Plan International, looking to improve the options available to and the Law supporting immigrant women and girls.  Hannele's work: You can read Hannele's blog Something Simple First and see her legal design work on Villa Verto's website. How to support the podcast: Because of your love, the podcast is number 10 in the Legal Tech Podcasts to Listen to in 2020 by Feedspot! See it here: https://blog.feedspot.com/legal_tech_podcasts/ Thank you for supporting the podcast and if you like what you just heard then please rate, follow and share the show! Getting in touch: You can follow the podcast on Instagram and on LinkedIn to stay up to date about Law and technology news.  You can also contact Annabel Pemberton at thewiredwig@gmail.com for suggestions and feedback

Mahdi Assan is the Founder of the blog The Cyber Solicitor, which explores the intersection between Law, technology and society. We discuss surveillance in the UK, including the methods of surveillance, how it is regulated, how transfers between the EU and UK will be regulated post Brexit and finally whether TikTok is also carrying out surveillance.  THE CYBER SOLICITOR: You can read the latest topics including Schrems II, data adequacy decisions and Privacy Engineering on the Cyber Solicitor here: https://thecybersolicitor.com/  How to support the podcast: Because of your love, the podcast is number 10 in the Legal Tech Podcasts to Listen to in 2020 by Feedspot! See it here: https://blog.feedspot.com/legal_tech_podcasts/ Thank you for supporting the podcast and if you like what you just heard then please rate, follow and share the show! Getting in touch: You can follow the podcast on Instagram and on LinkedIn to stay up to date about Law and technology news.  You can also contact Annabel Pemberton at thewiredwig@gmail.com for suggestions and feedback

Discovering document automation at Pinsent Masons, Catherine Bamford is a Legal Engineer who has founded BamLegal. Her consultancy focuses on providing value to Law firms through streamlining legal processes with technology, such as through automation. We discuss why Catherine started BamLegal, how Law firms can be inspired by Product teams and the future of technology in Law firms.  Catherine also provides many resources to learn more about legal technology and Law and Technology, from books and courses to open source  platforms to solve problems. How to support the podcast: Because of your love, the podcast just featured as number 10 in Legal Tech podcasts to listen to in 2020 by Feedspot! See it here: https://blog.feedspot.com/legal_tech_podcasts/ Thank you for supporting the podcast and if you like what you just heard then please rate, follow and share the show! Getting in touch: You can follow the podcast on Instagram and on LinkedIn to stay up to date about Law and technology news.  You can also contact Annabel Pemberton at thewiredwig@gmail.com for suggestions and feedback

Practicing at firm Bird & Bird, Tobias Bräutigam is Senior Counsel and Head of the Privacy and Data Protection group in Helsinki. In the past Tobias  has also worked as Senior Legal Counsel at  Microsoft and Nokia. In this episode Tobias and I analyse the decision Schrems II and discuss the business and societal impacts. Tobias also explains what drew him to  Law and Technology and where Data Protection Law may move in the future. SCHREMS II:  On Thursday 16th July 2020, the European Court of Justice heard the case of Schrems II, which concerned the legality of international data transfers. Overall, the judgement ruled that the US-EU Privacy Shield is not a valid way to transfer data between the EU and US, and more suitable means would need to be used. For an overview of what discussion points there were prior to the hearing, you can read Tobias' analysis here on LinkedIn. You can also find the full judgement here and the European Data Protection Board's recommendation here.  How to support the podcast:  Because of your love, the podcast just featured as number 10 in Legal Tech podcasts to listen to in 2020 by Feedspot! See it here: https://blog.feedspot.com/legal_tech_podcasts/ Thank you for supporting the podcast and if you like what you just heard then please rate, follow and share the show!  Getting in touch: You can follow the podcast on Instagram and on LinkedIn to stay up to date about Law and technology news.  You can also contact Annabel Pemberton at thewiredwig@gmail.com for suggestions and feedback

After working as in house counsel in the space industry and at various companies including Disney, Electra Japonas took a step to help companies truly utilise their legal teams appropriately. Electra is now the founder of The Law Boutique, a legal consultancy which helps companies with ensuring their documents are suitable for their brand and customers as well as data protection, contract management and legal operations. We discuss what caused Electra to found the company, what is legal design and why it is important, how companies can better engage their legal teams and the road of legal entrepreneurship.  Visit thelawboutique.co.uk for more insight into how they are changing the industry!  Love what you just heard? Guess what, the podcast just featured as number 10 in Legal Tech podcasts to listen to in 2020 by Feedspot! See it here: https://blog.feedspot.com/legal_tech_podcasts/ Getting in touch with us: You can follow the podcast on Instagram and on LinkedIn to stay up to date about Law and technology news.  You can also contact Annabel Pemberton at thewiredwig@gmail.com for suggestions and feedback