Career

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. […]

What do you do and what do you enjoy about it? Hi, I’m Vicki, a Legal Applications Analyst at Osborne Clarke. At the moment, I mostly focus on the collaboration side of M365 Teams. In particular, we have replaced our traditional processes with M365’s task management tool. I work closely with our fee-earners developing bespoke […]

I am an avid subscriber to the Alan Watts guide to life and so please excuse my use of some of his pearls of wisdom throughout. “Trying to define yourself is like trying to bite your own teeth.” I recently took the plunge and left my job as an associate in BigLaw. I enjoyed many […]

What do you do now and what do you enjoy about it? I am Aleksandra Danielewicz, I’m a privacy lawyer who often found herself busy on Friday evenings trying to analyse, assess risk and decide whether to report a personal data breach to the appropriate authorities. Working in a large corporate reality means that everybody tries […]

“Wait, legal technologist is a real profession?” The confusion was real one Wednesday evening when my partner realised that my work at DLA Piper, in fact, was not an imaginary thing I had made up for myself. I had to laugh and think, surely this is not a common misconception? Turns out, a number of […]

I am a Senior Consultant in the Legal Technology practice at HBR Consulting. My group helps Fortune 500 companies and Am Law 200 law firms assess technology solutions and optimize processes to improve legal operations. I focus on identifying key business issues, determining client needs, and taking the appropriate actions to meet expectations. However, my […]

Growing up within the PlayStation™ generation, technology very quickly became a staple in my life. Getting my hands on the latest tech and figuring out what it can do is something that I love doing, and have done since a young age. I enjoy solving puzzles and this motivated me to embark upon a legal […]

How I became a Legal Tech Engineer Ask yourselves: how many legal tech engineers do you know? Not a large number, most likely. Though it is not a very common profession to choose, it is an upcoming and important one. Let me tell you why – and how to get there. My journey within the […]

I am not one of those people who has wanted to be in law from the day I was born. Unlike my barrister brother, I never received birthday cards with the letters “QC” appended after my name. I did, however, have an interest in technology from a very early age. I developed my first website […]

“Embarking on a road less travelled is hurdled with apprehensions, but those willing to risk it, often emerge victorious.” Legal technology: an area which is still in its early stages but has started to spread its wings in the light of new and innovative uses of technology and the growing application of artificial intelligence. Lawyers […]

Last year I was 30 minutes into a settlement call with a particularly difficult litigant in person on the other side. The client had given a ballpark figure for settlement and the claimant, one of the client’s customers, was a couple of zeros away from what I could offer. It was going nowhere. “I’m really […]

In July’s issue Polina Medvedieva interviewed the founder of Avokaado, Mariana Hagström. The interview covered Mariana’s journey from Managing Partner to Legaltech Founder, differences between the two roles, challenges starting a legaltech startup and whether there should be more women in legaltech. You’re currently the Founder and CEO of Avokaado, a document automation/workflow company based […]