The oneNDA initiative has changed the way legal documents are created and used. It’s also signalled an evolving change in the way lawyers and allied legal professionals work too – one where tech features as prominently as design, client experience, and collaboration. These are big statements, but so too is what serial legalpreneur and change maker Electra Japonas has achieved in the last 18 months!  In this podcast, in the Future 50 Series of the CLI Legalpreneurs Spotlight, we chatted with Electra about her experience working in Europe and the UK and in her own strategic legal operations and design consultancy, The Law Boutique, that led to OneNDA (a standardised Non-Disclosure Agreement), Claustack (an online collaborative space for lawyers) and most recently oneDPA (a standardised Data Processing Agreement).  The oneNDA initiative started as a conversation with a colleague, turned into a question posed to the legal community on LinkedIn, and resulted in an open source, standard-form Non-Disclosure Agreement created by the legal community, for the legal and business communities. It was the beginning of much more that quickly followed and even more still to come! If you would prefer to watch rather than listen to this podcast, you’ll find the video here. About the Future 50 Series In the Future 50 Series we’re chatting with legalpreneurs who, through their ideas and actions, are challenging and transforming legal BAU all around the world.  If you would like to recommend people for this Series, please contact us at: CLI@collaw.edu.au.

In this podcast in the Future 50 Series of the CLI Legalpreneurs Spotlight, we chatted with Lisa Fitzgerald about Splitchain – a word she has created that provides a new way to conceptualise and integrate digital products/services and the law. The integration is important. Blockchain does not have all the answers. The law doesn’t have them either. There’s a need for interdependence. There’s also a need for multi-disciplinary solutions. And, lawyers need to be part of all these conversations – part of the solutions and not the obstacle to achieving them! Splitchain-ists are real and thriving. Their practical, solution-driven collaborations are reshaping the legal ecosystem in places like Lander & Rogers iHub. We chatted with Lisa about all this and a whole lot more. Lisa’s had an amazing career in the legal world in the UK and Australia, as a judge’s associate, in-house counsel, lawyer in private practice, and now as a Partner at Lander & Rogers. A common theme has run through much of Lisa’s career – a focus on corporate/commercial, tech, data, IP, privacy, cyber, telecommunications, innovation – it’s provided a deep understanding of the issues, the gaps, the solutions, and a global context for her work in the digital space.   You might also like to read this article from Lisa on the Lander & Rogers website titled: Splitchain: Reconciling blockchain and the law. If you would like to learn more about Lander & Roger’s iHub, you’ll find it on their website here. If you would prefer to watch rather than listen to this podcast, you’ll find the video here. About the Future 50 Series In the Future 50 Series we’re chatting with legalpreneurs who, through their ideas and actions, are challenging and transforming legal BAU all around the world.  If you would like to recommend people for this Series, please contact us at: CLI@collaw.edu.au.

Digital Transformation, Law Firms and Culture – independent and siloed or inextricably intertwined? That’s the question Isabel Parker answered in her recently published book: Successful Digital Transformation in Law firms A Question of Culture.  Change is never easy. Changing an industry that is financially secure, comfortable with the status quo, risk adverse, and built on precedent, is even harder. But, that change is also inevitable in our VUCA (volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous) world.  In this podcast in the Future 50 Series of the CLI Legalpreneurs Spotlight, we chatted with Isabel about her book. We discussed the changing legal ecosystem and, in particular, the meaning of culture; the link between digital transformation and culture; the importance of building buy-in for sustainable change; and where/how law firms can start their transformation journey.  Isabel has had an amazing career in law firms, starting out as a practising lawyer, moving into the role of Chief Innovation Officer, and now as Executive Director of the Digital Legal Exchange. The candid, practical, and real-world commentary, observations, and advice throughout the book and this video, reflect her deep, lived experience in the subject matter. If you would prefer to watch rather than listen to this podcast, you’ll find the video here. About the Future 50 Series In the Future 50 Series we’re chatting with legalpreneurs who, through their ideas and actions, are challenging and transforming legal BAU all around the world.  If you would like to recommend people for this Series, please contact us at: CLI@collaw.edu.au.

Can technology help to close the access to justice (A2J) gap? That’s the question the recently launched Justice Technology Association (JTA) is hoping to answer with guidance from its Advisory Board, and the shared experience of its Directors and co-founding organisations (Courtroom 5, EasyExpunctions, HelloDivorce and PeopleClerk), in collaboration with the A2J sector in the US and around the world. JTA is providing a focus and a place for stakeholders to come together and explore/deliver ways technology can do more and do good. And, along the way it also has the real possibility of positively reframing and solving a long-standing crisis.  In this podcast in the Future 50 Series of the CLI Legalpreneurs Spotlight, we chatted with Maya Markovich, the Executive Director of JTA and CLI Advisory Board member, based in the USA. Maya has a distinguished career in legal innovation and legal technology. In her role at JTA she brings that to the forefront and combines it with her passion for, and commitment to, improving A2J. We’re delighted to welcome JTA to our Network as a friend of CLI. If you would prefer to watch rather than listen to this podcast, you’ll find the video here. About the Future 50 Series In the Future 50 Series we’ll be chatting with legalpreneurs who, through their ideas and actions, are challenging and transforming legal BAU all around the world. If you would like to recommend people for this Series, please contact us at: CLI@collaw.edu.au.

So, you thought comic books were all about entertainment, right? What if they were also a way to communicate legal concepts, rights, and responsibilities so that everyone understood them and knew exactly what they were agreeing to? That’s the remit and mission of the comic book contracts (and visual contracts) movement! It’s established a new way to conceive and create legally binding contracts. It’s already positively impacting access to justice around the world and even given rise to a whole new area of law called graphic justice! In this, our inaugural podcast in the Future 50 Series of the CLI Legalpreneurs Spotlight, we chatted with Professor Camilla Baasch Andersen. Camilla leads the Comic Contracts Team at the University of Western Australia Law School. The Team is undertaking groundbreaking research in, and applying it to, the design and use of comic book contracts in all types of business settings. They’re also connecting to and connected with this amazing initiative all around the world.  If you would prefer to watch rather than listen to this podcast, you’ll find the video here. About the Future 50 Series In the Future 50 Series we’ll be chatting with legalpreneurs who, through their ideas and actions, are challenging and transforming legal BAU all around the world. This is the first of 50 - enjoy!  If you would like to recommend people for this Series, please contact us at: CLI@collaw.edu.au.

In this podcast, Terri Mottershead, Executive Director, CLI facilitated a discussion about how to start your NewLaw career journey with NewLaw careerists who have been there and done that! The panellists shared their experience and practical, candid insights into what you need to consider, where you can find the information you need, pitfalls to avoid, and people you should chat with along the way: Minnie Hannaford, Associate, Advance Delivery Services, Ashurst Advance, Ashurst Matt Hollings, Head of Business Development, Sky Discovery Rose Inglis, Founder, Rose Tinted Law Christine Zhong, Co-Founder and Managing Director, BotL and CLI Emerging Leaders Advisory Board member This podcast was part of the COL-CLI NewLaw Careers Summit 2022 program on 17 May 2022. If you would like to know more about the other sessions at the Summit and the NewLaw Careers Series, you will find information here. If you would prefer to watch rather than listen to this podcast, you’ll find the video in our CLI-Collaborate (CLIC) free Resource Hub here.

Legal project managers are delivery specialists - they sit at the crossroads between the client, the legal team, and other support functions (such as marketing, finance and pricing, L&D and IT). Their role is to help ensure that legal services are delivered in a way that meets (and preferably exceeds!) the client's cost, time and quality expectations – all the while enabling a law firm's/legal department’s commercial objectives, driving technology-enabled transformation, and maintaining the mental well-being of its lawyers. Legal project managers have a lot on their plate - it's a good thing that they're organised! In this podcast, Peter Dombkins, Director, NewLaw, PwC Australia discussed how legal project managers make all the pieces fit together, with these fabulous specialists: Linda-Rose Daya, Head of Legal Project Management and Design, Gilbert + Tobin Liz Fernando, Head of Legal Project Management, Allens Joanne Rees, CEO, AllyGroup Kerryn Underwood, Head of Legal Project Management, King & Wood Mallesons This podcast was part of the COL-CLI NewLaw Careers Summit 2022 program on 17 May 2022. If you would like to know more about NewLaw Careers, you’ll find loads of information in our NewLaw Careers Series here. If you would prefer to watch rather than listen to this podcast, you’ll find the video in our CLI-Collaborate (CLIC) free Resource Hub here.

What do consultants, consult about? It’s a great question and the answer isn’t what it used to be! Sharing expertise and knowledge is no longer confined to LEGAL expertise and knowledge in law firms, legal departments, CLCs, or ALSPs. These organisations are increasingly required to solve problems holistically, use the expertise of “all” their specialists for the benefits of clients in a growing number of areas like technology, risk management, innovation/transformation, ESG and many more – “consultancy” is being redefined and reinvented in the legal world! In this podcast, Alison Laird, Senior Director, Legal Business Advisory, Morae Global and CLI Advisory Board member explored the role of a consultant with these gurus: Joel Kennedy, Head of Client Projects, Lander & Rogers Beth Patterson, Director, ESPconnect Emma Peters, Special Counsel, Cowell Clarke Mick Sheehy, Partner, NewLaw, PwC Australia This podcast was part of the COL-CLI NewLaw Careers Summit 2022 program on 17 May 2022. If you would like to know more about NewLaw Careers, you’ll find loads of information in our NewLaw Careers Series here. If you would prefer to watch rather than listen to this podcast, you’ll find the video in our CLI-Collaborate (CLIC) free Resource Hub here.

You can’t do and you can’t be what you don’t know or can’t see! Knowledge managers create processes, systems, and user-friendly opportunities to collaborate, share, use and manage knowledge to connect people to organisational knowledge in a timely way so they can do their job efficiently. Great knowledge managers are integral to an organisation’s performance, help create competitive advantage, lead and support innovation, agility, and continuous improvement. In this podcast, Mira Renko, Special Counsel - Knowledge and Practice Support – Finance, K & L Gates Australia discussed how knowledge managers play a pivotal role in legal practice, with these amazing specialists: Leona Blanco, National Knowledge and Information Manager, Clyde & Co Catherine Bryant, Knowledge Manager and Automation Lead, Tompkins Wake Fiona Evans, Director of Knowledge, Asia Pacific at Norton Rose Fulbright This podcast was part of the COL-CLI NewLaw Careers Summit 2022 program on 17 May 2022. If you would like to know more about NewLaw Careers, you’ll find loads of information in our NewLaw Careers Series here. If you would prefer to watch rather than listen to this podcast, you’ll find the video in our CLI-Collaborate (CLIC) free Resource Hub here.

Client-centric strategies, client journey mapping, legal design thinking and user experience (to name just some) – you’ve heard the terms, but do you know how they all combine to create an exceptional level of engagement, interaction, communication, and collaboration for outstanding service/product delivery for every client, every time? Client experience designers do! In this podcast, Melissa Lyon, Executive Director and Experience Designer, Hive Legal and CLI Advisory Board member discussed the role of a client experience designer with these exceptional specialists:   Sam Burrett, Manager, Clients & Markets, Clayton Utz and CLI Emerging Leaders Board member Carl White, Director, NewLaw, PwC Australia and Founder, CXINLAW Kim Wiegand, Partner, Beaton  This podcast was part of the COL-CLI NewLaw Careers Summit 2022 program on 17 May 2022. If you would like to know more about NewLaw Careers, you’ll find loads of information in our NewLaw Careers Series here. If you would prefer to watch rather than listen to this podcast, you’ll find the video in our CLI-Collaborate (CLIC) free Resource Hub here.