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Introducing the latest episode of The Law of Tech podcast Season 3, where we zoom in on the controversial dilemma: ‘do we need non-lawyers to boost legal innovation? Coding or no coding, that’s the question’ together with our great guest Marc May - Industry Solutions Director, Legal at M-Files and Founder of The Legal Technologist. This is the third episode in our first season 3 subseries answering the following research question: ‘From Law & Technology to Law + Technology: Has a New Era Started?’  In this episode, Marc opens up to our listeners by genuinely sharing his personal and professional journey in the legal tech and operations space, also touching upon some delicate aspects of his experience with legal education and alternative ways of qualifying as a lawyer.Marc also shared more with us regarding his great project The Legal Technologist, which we strongly recommend to follow for top-notch content and interesting characters in the legal innovation space. Want to know more? Take a listen to the podcast episode on your podcast platform of preference!

Introducing the latest episode of The Law of Tech podcast subseries 'LegalTech Startup Spotlight', where we zoom in on some of the amazing LegalTech companies across the globe and the incredible minds behind them.  Joining me for this episode of the LegalTech Startup Spotlight are AThoughtRiver's Tim Pullan - founder and CEO -, and Laila Khan - customer success manager.   Take a listen to the podcast episode on your podcast platform of preference!

Legal innovation: everyone talks about it, but not many understand its true meaning and wider applications in different contexts.  This episode of The Law of Tech podcast entitled: ‘How innovative is legal innovation’? Understanding change between transformation and disruption.’ aims to shed some light on this much discussed and debated topic.  This is the second episode in our first season 3 subseries answering the following research question: ‘From Law & Technology to Law + Technology: Has a New Era Started?’  In this episode, your hosts Hadassah Drukarch and Marco Mendola will take you on a journey to discover how innovative legal innovation is in practice and what this means for the role of legal professionals and others involved in this complex process.  As usual they do not do this alone, but are joined in this discussion by another excellent guest: Aleksandra Wawrzyszczuk, Head of LawtechUK and co-founder of the Just Theory podcast, who combines academic research with practical background in change,  innovation and strategic development. Want to know more? Take a listen to the podcast episode on your podcast platform of preference!

How can we best empower women in LegalTech? Law is still viewed by some as a traditionally male profession and nowadays we often lack sufficient women in science, technology, engineering and maths. Nevertheless, women, technology companies and progressive law firms are eroding that view, and within the legal tech community, there are more and more women with thriving careers. In this episode of The Law of Tech Podcast, we sat down to chat with 2 amazing and inspiring female LegalTech leaders from across the globe - Leila El Gharbi and Nicky Leijtens - to discuss empowering voices of women in LegalTech as part of an International Women's Day special of The Law of Tech podcast. Want to know more? Take a listen to the podcast episode on your podcast platform of preference!

Introducing the latest episode of The Law of Tech podcast subseries 'LegalTech Startup Spotlight', where we zoom in on some of the amazing LegalTech companies and their founders across the globe. Joining me for this episode of the LegalTech Startup Spotlight are Annabel Pemberton, Nathan Corr, and Amy Conroy,  founders of Law School 2.0 - an organisation aspiring to reform legal education to meet the requirements of the modern day lawyer. Take a listen to the podcast episode on your podcast platform of preference!

This episode kickstarts the first TLOT subseries of season 3 of the podcast and aims to answer the following research question: ‘From Law & Digital Technologies to Law + Technology: Has a New Era Started?'  In this episode, your hosts Hadassah Drukarch and Marco Mendola discuss the importance of getting comfortable with being in the problem space from a legal innovation perspective with Nikki Shaver – CEO of the LegalTech Hub. As part of this, we discuss how to properly identify a problem, make sense of and frame a problem, and act upon a problem in the LegalTech space. Want to know more? Take a listen to the podcast episode on your podcast platform of preference!

How do we make law fun in an age of change?  Most recently, studies have presented the rising levels of depression, anxiety, stress and other mental health issues among legal professionals. The outcomes of these studies are shocking, indicating that the mental health statistics in the legal industry are staggering. At the same time, developments within the legal industry, among which also technology-driven, are increasingly leading (aspiring) legal professionals to question and re-explore the way in which their work offers meaning and adds purpose to their life. All of this, while the outside world is demanding the legal profession to become more transparent, accessible, and fun. In this episode of The Law of Tech Podcast, I discussed how we can make law (more) fun in an age of change with Elizabeth De Stadler, founding director at Novcon and director at the Rehabilitated Lawyer. Want to know more? Take a listen to the podcast episode on your podcast platform of preference!

How do we effectively balance innovation and privacy in the digital age?  Tim Berners Lee once noted: ‘It is difficult to imagine the power that you’re going to have when so many different sorts of data are available.’ In the age in which data has been coined the new oil of the digital economy, fundamentally driving innovation and economic growth, nothing seems to be more true. While the economic benefits abound, however, the mass-exploitation of data - in particular personal data - for these purposes may be at odds with existing privacy expectations, bringing about complex challenges for individuals, groups and societies as a whole. Although governments across the globe have been prompted to address some of the major economic and societal challenges and risks associated with large-scale data-processing activities by businesses in order to benefit from the potential of DDI to the fullest extent possible and assure that its benefits apply to all citizens, the legislation that is often the result of such efforts may not be enough. In this episode of The Law of Tech Podcast, I discuss the challenge of balancing innovation and privacy in the digital age, and the opportunities that may hide within it, with Bart Voorn and Pim Nauts, founders at STRM Privacy. Want to know more? Take a listen to the podcast episode on your podcast platform of preference!

What does pursuing an alternative legal career look like in practice?  With the rise of - among other things - new and increasingly sophisticated technologies within the legal domain, traditional legal practice has progressively been subjected to major changes and unimaginable paths for legal professionals have been and continue to be paved. For (aspiring) legal professionals this shift away from traditional legal practice may seem scary and even unimaginable. However, with it come new and unprecedented opportunity and flexibility to explore what the law can bring to our ever changing society and shape the future of the legal profession. In this episode of The Law of Tech Podcast, I discussed alternative legal careers with Marco Mendola, trainee lawyer in-house and legal design professional. Want to know more? Take a listen to the podcast episode on your podcast platform of preference!

Innovating the legal industry is not an easy task, and requires a vision, conviction and perseverance. But what does this look like in practice, and how do you pick yourself up when you face obstacles along the way?  Check out the latest episode of the LegalTech Startup Spotlight subseries of The Law of Tech Podcast with Mert Can Boyar - founder and CEO at Verilogy - to find out more! In this episode we talk more about Mert's professional journey and the story behind Verilogy, and delve deeper into some of the current gaps and opportunities in the privacy space. Take a listen to the podcast episode on your podcast platform of preference!