Career

I’ve always enjoyed reading career stories. I’ve always found it interesting to read the journey people have taken – especially in legal tech/ops. I can’t imagine anyone as a child saying “Mummy, when I’m older I want to be a legal technologist” yet for many this is a role and career that exudes a lot […]

Don’t tell anyone, but until November 2024, my knowledge of the legal industry was limited to Suits and Better Call Saul. I knew lawyers dealt with crime, buying companies and property, and had spoken to precisely one solicitor in my whole life (lovely Adrian, who did our conveyancing). Several months into my current role, as […]

Back in August 2019, I transitioned into the world of Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) from a business analyst background with product-based companies. At the time, CLM was still a relatively new concept for many. Platforms like Icertis were leading the way, and conversations around contract digitization and automation were just beginning to gain momentum. As […]

Our Legal Ops Career brand concentrates on the legal operations career and its multiple facets. Since the start of the year it has organised one webinar per month as part of its ‘Careering Ahead Series’ of webinars, which is directed towards legal operations professionals (or those that aspire to be one). For those that have […]

Throughout 2025 we will be interviewing people in the legal tech/ops space from around the world. In this fourth interview of the year, Marc May spoke with Sara Ajmi, Legal Operations and Technology Manager at TELUS, about her journey into legal operations, how legal ops can be improved, why we should lose the label ‘alternative […]

This short interview spotlights a rising star in legal ops who has a peculiar career story to share.Giulia currently works as the Head of Customer Success at BRYTER, where she leads a dynamic team dedicated to supporting clients as they pioneer the legal and compliance industry and navigate the evolving landscape of innovation and automation. […]

For those that haven’t seen yet we have a careers sub-site called Legal Ops Career (here) which aims to become an indispensable career development resource for current or aspiring legal ops professionals. More detail on its ethos and how it seeks to achieve that can be found here. Who is it for? It is for […]

It’s with great pleasure that I’m able to launch the Legal Ops Career sub-site focused on the legal operations career. For the last six years I’ve ran the Legal Technologist magazine and have enjoyed seeing the growth of legal ops across the world. Now I’m excited to have the opportunity alongside Marco Mendola (Relationships Director) and Ariana […]

This article takes a look at some key attributes of the legal ops person. This is based on my own experience either at the coal face, managing a team of people implementing legal tech, consulting on legal tech or from interactions I’ve had with people over the years. Hopefully this is useful for anyone breaking […]

What do you do now and what do you enjoy about it? I recently took a bold step forward in my professional journey by becoming an independent Legal Tech specialist. I take charge of law firms’ legal technology implementations, helping them gain a competitive edge in the market. I enjoy that I can take full […]

*Record scratch* *Freeze frame* Yep, that’s me. You’re probably wondering how I got into this situation… That was me last year sat on the stage of a panel discussion entitled “Shape and Structure of Law Firms in the Digital Age”. Me, an employment lawyer for the 17 years sat with legal tech experts discussing what […]

Happy belated International Women’s Day to all Legal Technologist readers! The accidental technologists (all being women) were keen to celebrate IWD and use this article to honour women in technology, carrying on the brilliant work of our Mills & Reeve “Inspiring Women in Technology” group. The accidental technologists thought long and hard about the themes […]

It’s almost five years to the day that I founded the Legal Technologist. The first publication was a bit of a newsletter – which contained mainly my articles on what I thought about document automation. The main reason I started it was to publish what people were doing with legal tech and reflect what people […]

Lawyers know how to learn. That’s our job. However, one of my biggest career challenges has been learning about myself. I’ve struggled to align my work with my values.. When people ask about my career path, my short answer is: sports lawyer turned media lawyer turned tech lawyer. Through these experiences, l’ve learned: (1) to […]

Experiment, learn and iterate. This product management ethos has certainly been the story of my career journey. Deciding on law Casting my mind back, I’m doing my A levels and considering next steps. I’m told by my parents, career counsellor and others that law is a “good, solid degree” to have with a clear career […]

An increasing number of law firms are hiring lawyers who can code in order to help them optimize their internal processes. It is a unique profile of a person who understands the intersection between law and technology. I am an IT & Data Protection lawyer at Sirius Legal Business Law Firm in Belgium. During my […]

In recent years, the legal sector has undergone a lot of welcomed change. However, certain aspects in the sector are still quite traditional and can be perceived as dividing. Your colleagues are most often divided into lawyers, or business support. As a lawyer, you are either on a partnership track, or on the in-house one. […]

I run a boutique consulting firm called Sparkbox. I help lawyers modernise their work and use more technology. My story I’ve always had an entrepreneurial spirit. My first business was selling customised name bracelets at school. I bought myself one at a market stall, took it apart and figured out how to make them. Funnily […]

What you currently do and what you enjoy about it I lead MinterEllison’s Legal Optimisation Consulting practice, which assists in house legal teams improve operational efficiency, develop high performing teams and provide strategic client service. What this means in practice is that we work with our clients to navigate major programs of change whether that […]

I’m the User Adoption Lead in the Customer Success team at Lupl. What does that mean?! Lupl is the collaboration platform for legal. The platform makes it easy for lawyers, clients and business professionals to work together by providing a shared workspace for all the documents, communications and project management functionality needed by legal teams. […]