PinnedLegaltech vs Lawtech. What is the difference between legaltech and lawtech? Is there one and does it matter?Legaltech vs Lawtech. What is the difference between legaltech and lawtech? Is there a difference and does it matter? Short answer: it depends on who you ask! Broadly speaking the views on this question fall into 3 camps: 01 Legaltech is for lawyers, and lawtech is for clients Legaltech is technologies lawyers use to streamline their work (e-discovery, AI/ML document…Lawtech7 min read
May 25, 2021Legaltech Careers: Nitish Upadhyaya, Senior Innovation Manager, A&O’s i2Nitish Upadhyaya leads the ideas and investment (i2) team within Allen & Overy’s Legal Technology Group, prototyping and delivering solutions which tackle pain points raised by A&O staff and clients. A former litigator, Nitish is fascinated by people and the processes by which we can surface, refine, communicate and action…Behavioural Science25 min read
May 11, 2021Legaltech Careers: Mary Bonsor, CEO and Co-Founder of Flex LegalMary Bonsor is the award winning CEO and Co-Founder of Flex Legal, a platform to connect those in need of legal services with interim lawyers and paralegals for a flexible, on demand service. Established in 2016, Flex Legal is the UK’s fastest growing legal services provider with over 5000+ paralegals…Careers23 min read
Apr 21, 2021Legaltech Careers: Steve Wheeler, CTO of LegaticsSteve Wheeler is a lifetime technologist, catching the bug aged 7 when he got his first computer, a Sinclair ZX-81. Today Steve is CTO of Legatics, and before his current role led various technology teams and on large scale technology projects and products at a variety of organisations, including the…Career Profile19 min read
Apr 13, 2021Legaltech Careers: Sam Smolkin, CEO & Founder of Office & DragonsShould lawyers learn to code? Well, Sam Smolkin did, built an enterprise app — Office & Dragons — and a growing customer base of law firm clients. From humble beginnings, paying his way through college, Sam ended up as a private equity M&A lawyer at Kirkland & Ellis before launching…Career Profile42 min read
Apr 12, 2021Legaltech Careers: Devshi Mehrotra, CEO & Co-Founder of JusticeTextDevshi Mehrotra is a 2021 Forbes 30 under 30 lister, and co-founder of JusticeText, a start-up using artificial intelligence to transcribe and analyse audio-visual evidence, including bodycam footage, interrogation videos, and more. …Career Profile17 min read
Apr 11, 2021Legaltech Careers Guide: The 21 skills of Legaltech, Ops & Innovation rolesWhat could a career in legaltech look like? What skills and activities are required and undertaken in legaltech, legal ops and legal innovation roles? In this part 4 to our 6 part careers guide we will summarize a representative, but in-exhaustive, list of typical legaltech, legal ops and innovation skills…Legal Innovation34 min read
Mar 18, 2021Transaction Development: the surprising reasons why lawyers should design deals like softwareIn this piece we chat to Sam Smolkin of Office & Dragons about Transaction Development, or how to design deals like software and thereby save a ton of time whilst creating a wealth of value for clients and lawyers alike. What is Transaction Development? Transaction Development is a way to deliver deals. At its…Transaction Development15 min read
Feb 24, 2021Legaltech Careers: Tunji Williams, Co-CEO & Co-founder of ShareThingWe are the stories we tell ourselves. But what happens if one day that story changes unexpectedly? It causes trauma, but also change. Realising we have the power to shape our own narrative and not be defined by external notions of success is empowering. This is the story of Olatunji…Career Profile41 min read
Feb 18, 2021Legaltech Careers: Tom Dunlop, CEO & Founder of SummizeWhat do you get when you combine elite sports and a history of working in-house for various tech start-ups and scale-ups? Tom Dunlop. Tom is a former Team GB badminton player, in-house counsel, and now CEO and founder of Summize; a platform that creates instant contract summaries and assists users…Summize22 min read
