The increasing integration of technology into working life has created challenges as well as opportunities. Some professionals may fear technology will replace them, while others are struggling to effect technological change due to inertia and resistance within the profession. The legal sector is one of
Legaltech adoption has been on the lips of every city law firm. But is this really being put into practice? By 2022 – that is three years from now – Wolters Kluwer reports that at least two-thirds of organisations already leveraging on technology today will be
I’d like to tell you a story about the process I went through to transition from my former job as a litigator into legal technology, and how I found meaning and purpose within this growing space. Firstly, I’d like to explain some of the mistakes I
I am the Research and Development Manager at DWF Ventures, the R&D arm of DWF. I work with the wider DWF business and clients to test and develop new products and services, combining specialist legal knowledge and expertise with emerging technologies. DWF Ventures is
It has only been a couple of months since I left private practice for the technology space. Having been an associate in the corporate team at Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF), I am now Director of Customer Engagement and Solutions at Neota Logic, where I am
Being Asian, when I was young I was told “When you grow up, you should become a doctor, a lawyer or an engineer”. That basically summed up my career options at university. Naturally, one morning, I found myself reading Law at the University of Durham,
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I am currently working as a Junior Legal Engineer at SYKE. SYKE is a fast growing legal engineering business helping in-house legal teams and law firms to buy and implement legal technology. As a junior at SYKE, I have a very varied workload. I
When I think about it, my journey into legal tech probably started in 2006 when I completed my LPC. This was the year when Tony Blair was still PM, Sven was still the England manager and, more significantly, Enron went the way of the pear. Trying
