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Leaving BigLaw for legal engineering: why and how?

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In episode no. 75 I speak with Catherine Bamford, CEO & Founder of BamLegal. We cover:

  • BamLegal’s clients and services;
  • The UK legal industry’s adoption of document automation;
  • How Catherine addresses some common objections to legal technology;
  • The relevance of time billing and fixed fee in this context;
  • How legal technology intersects with ‘real lawyering’;
  • Who should and shouldn’t ‘own’ a legal tech product or project;
  • How legal technology vendors get sales pitches ‘wrong’;
  • Catherine’s ‘why’ for leaving BigLaw and the steps that led her to create her own business;
  • How Catherine got started with legal technology, what she’s working on now and why;
  • Real examples of how document automation assists people with low-middle income;
  • How point-in-time online guidance has significantly improved accuracy of UK divorce forms;
  • Other advantages of technology for clients, lawyers and courts;
  • Catherine’s motivation to produce ‘BamBytes’, ‘Breakfast with Bam’ and to compile innovation and technology resources for the ecosystem;
  • Her thoughts on how the next generation of lawyers approach legal tech;
  • Just how ‘uberised’ the legal process is right now;
  • Her personal characteristics that suggest she would work in legal technology;
  • The job role that was invented when she was working at Pinsent Masons;
  • What jumping in cold rivers and rearranging beer cellars has to do with Catherine’s career;
  • Similarities between legal analysis and computer coding;
  • What Catherine wishes she knew when she started her business;
  • The impact of being able to say “I’m a lawyer” when becoming a legal engineer;
  • How Catherine structures her business to enable flexibility in her team; and
  • Catherine’s definition of legal innovation. Proudly sponsored by Neota Logic

Proudly sponsored by Neota Logic

Links:

Andrea Perry-Petersen – LinkedIn - Twitter @winkiepp – andreaperrypetersen.com.au

Twitter - @ReimaginingJ

Facebook – Reimagining Justice group

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91 episodes

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Content provided by Andrea Perry-Petersen and Andrea Perry-Petersen - Innovator. All podcast content including episodes, graphics, and podcast descriptions are uploaded and provided directly by Andrea Perry-Petersen and Andrea Perry-Petersen - Innovator or their podcast platform partner. If you believe someone is using your copyrighted work without your permission, you can follow the process outlined here https://podcastplayer.com/legal.

In episode no. 75 I speak with Catherine Bamford, CEO & Founder of BamLegal. We cover:

  • BamLegal’s clients and services;
  • The UK legal industry’s adoption of document automation;
  • How Catherine addresses some common objections to legal technology;
  • The relevance of time billing and fixed fee in this context;
  • How legal technology intersects with ‘real lawyering’;
  • Who should and shouldn’t ‘own’ a legal tech product or project;
  • How legal technology vendors get sales pitches ‘wrong’;
  • Catherine’s ‘why’ for leaving BigLaw and the steps that led her to create her own business;
  • How Catherine got started with legal technology, what she’s working on now and why;
  • Real examples of how document automation assists people with low-middle income;
  • How point-in-time online guidance has significantly improved accuracy of UK divorce forms;
  • Other advantages of technology for clients, lawyers and courts;
  • Catherine’s motivation to produce ‘BamBytes’, ‘Breakfast with Bam’ and to compile innovation and technology resources for the ecosystem;
  • Her thoughts on how the next generation of lawyers approach legal tech;
  • Just how ‘uberised’ the legal process is right now;
  • Her personal characteristics that suggest she would work in legal technology;
  • The job role that was invented when she was working at Pinsent Masons;
  • What jumping in cold rivers and rearranging beer cellars has to do with Catherine’s career;
  • Similarities between legal analysis and computer coding;
  • What Catherine wishes she knew when she started her business;
  • The impact of being able to say “I’m a lawyer” when becoming a legal engineer;
  • How Catherine structures her business to enable flexibility in her team; and
  • Catherine’s definition of legal innovation. Proudly sponsored by Neota Logic

Proudly sponsored by Neota Logic

Links:

Andrea Perry-Petersen – LinkedIn - Twitter @winkiepp – andreaperrypetersen.com.au

Twitter - @ReimaginingJ

Facebook – Reimagining Justice group

  continue reading

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