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Clifford Chance launches Automation Academy to empower the next generation of lawyers

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On 22nd January 2020

In Automation, Interviews, Law Firms, Lawyers, Legal Innovation, Legal Technology in Singapore

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Interview by Lenon Ong | Written by Amelia Chew | Edited by Josh Lee 

In November 2019, Clifford Chance announced that it was launching the Automation Academy, a training programme designed to give trainees and lawyers a foundational understanding of how to automate legal contracts and other tasks using a no-code platform. The LawTech.Asia team sat down with Laura Collins Scott, Innovation Lead at Clifford Chance, and her team to learn about the firm’s approach towards training lawyers for the evolving legal industry. 

Laura Collins Scott, Innovation Lead at Clifford Chance

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LawTech.Asia is recruiting!

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On 25th May 2019

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Since we started LawTech.Asia in 2016, we have witnessed the growth of technology and innovation across Asia, wrestled with tough questions about the regulation of emerging technologies and the future of the legal industry, and most importantly, contributed to discourse about issues that matter.

We have published original articles on Legal Technology in Singapore and reported on industry developments. We have interviewed startup founders, professors, legal movers and shakers, and more. We have covered events such as TechLaw.Fest 2018 as a Media Partner and co-organised others such as the inaugural APAC Legal Hackers Summit. We have been recognised in Asia Law Portal’s 30 People to Watch in the Business of Law in Asia in 2019 and recognised in the the State of Legal Innovation Report.

It’s been an exciting journey and we wouldn’t have had it any other way.

And now, we would like to invite you to join us in building thought leadership and driving the discourse around law and technology. We are conducting our Summer 2019 recruitment drive for new members. Member responsibilities include:

  • Writing & Editorial: Generate and curate content for online publication; interview experts for their insights on the latest developments; provide timely and insightful coverage of industry events.
  • Building organisational capabilities: Contribute to one of our functional teams – whether this is managing collaborations with external partners, designing and executing social media marketing campaigns, organising topical seminars, developing our internal workflows, whatever it takes to bring the organisation to the next level!

We are looking for individuals who are:

All LawTech.Asia members contribute on a voluntary basis and there is no remuneration involved. If you fit the bill and are excited about the work that we do, submit your application below and we will reach out to set up a chat. The deadline for submission of applications is 30 June. We will be considering applications on a rolling basis.

Questions? Drop us an email at hello@lawtech.asia and we will get back to you at the earliest opportunity.

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#LegalHackers Profile: Kanan Dhru, Legal Hackers India

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On 21st April 2019

In Access to Justice, Events, Interviews, Legal Hackers, Legal Innovation

Reading time: 6 minutes

Interview by Swathi Bhat | Edited by Amelia Chew

In November 2018, LawTech.Asia co-organised the inaugural APAC Legal Hackers Summit alongside Singapore Legal Hackers and the Singapore Academy of Law’s Future Law Innovation Programme (FLIP), bringing together Legal Hackers chapter organisers in the region to share insights on legal innovation across APAC. Legal Hackers is a global movement of lawyers, policymakers, designers, technologists, and academics who explore issues and opportunities where technology can improve and inform the practice of law, and where law, legal practice, and policy can adapt to rapidly changing technology. In this series, we profile Legal Hackers chapter organisers who are driving legal innovation in their cities.  

LawTech.Asia had the chance to catch up with Kanan Dhru, Founder of Lawtoons, LawForMe and Research Foundation for Governance in India, and chapter organiser at Legal Hackers India, who was not able to attend the APAC Legal Hackers Summit due to work commitments. Here, she shares her insights on LegalTech projects in India and the role of technology in the legal sector.

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#LexTech18 Quick Chats: Fareez Shah, Fareez Shah & Partners

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On 29th September 2018

In Artificial Intelligence, Automation, Events, Interviews, Law Firms, Lawyers, Legal Innovation, Regulations

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Interview by Amelia Chew | Edited by Huiling Xie

Organised by Malaysian legal tech startup CanLaw, LexTech Conference 2018 is an APAC-wide legal technology conference taking place from 25 to 26 October 2018 in Kuala Lumpur that aims to drive legal tech adoption in the region and strengthen the regional legal tech community. In the lead-up to LexTech Conference 2018, the LawTech.Asia team will be bringing to you regular interviews and shout-outs covering prominent individuals who are involved in the conference.

LawTech.Asia spoke with Fareez Shah, Managing Partner at Fareez Shah & Partners (FSP). Since the inception of FSP, Fareez Shah has represented and acted for various startups and social enterprises with various types of work, which includes setting-up, fundraising, compliance and risk management. In this interview, Fareez shares about his experience in implementing tech solutions within his practice.

Broadly, how would you characterise the legal tech scene in Malaysia? Are Malaysian law firms embracing machine language, artificial intelligence and cloud-based services?

I can’t speak on behalf of other law firms, but I can share my firm’s view of the legal tech market in Malaysia. Fundamentally, as I believe that the implementation of new technology is meant to improve productivity and in turn improve the quality of work and revenue, I will look at the ROI before investing in new tech. For a small firm like ours, we would love to adopt and embrace more technologies such as Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Cloud-Based Services. However, most of the off-the-shelf products are either (a) too expensive (e.g. Clio, Tessaract, KIRA) and/or (b) not suitable for local usage (e.g. ROSS and eBrevia). A good example is MailChimp, which we use to automate some of our routine emails. However, as MailChimp is a platform built for e-commerce, it is not a full solution for us and we have to use it in combination with platforms for other services such as payment collection.

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2018 UNCITRAL Emergence Conference

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On 1st September 2018

In Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain, Dispute Resolution, Events, Interviews, Lawyers, Legal Innovation, Policy, Regulations, Smart Contracts

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Interview by Amelia Chew & Ng Sock Cheng | Edited by Irene Ng

Interview with Luca Castellani, Secretary of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) Working Group IV (Electronic Commerce)1

The Emergence Conference 2018, jointly hosted by the UNCITRAL Regional Centre for Asia and the Pacific and the Asian Business Law Institute (ABLI), took place on 25 July 2018 in Singapore.

The conference took stock of emerging global and regional developments relating to the harmonization and convergence of international trade and commercial law, with a focus on their impact on regionalisation, especially for Asia. It provided a platform for experts and scholars to examine the impact of these developments and to consider various areas of political interest for UNCITRAL and ABLI from a regional perspective.

We sat down with for a chat with Luca Castellani, a legal officer in the Secretariat of the UNCITRAL, where he discharges the functions of secretary of UNCITRAL Working Group IV (Electronic Commerce) and promotes the adoption and uniform interpretation of UNCITRAL texts relating to sale of goods and electronic commerce.

What are your views on the discussions held at the Emergence Conference today?

This is the third such conference we’ve had and the first of its kind in Singapore. The goal of this conference is to elicit new views on different aspects of international trade law and international business transaction laws. I find it very interesting and particularly useful that many of the presentations are related to current developments in business and law. These presentations are welcome as they are not mere speculations and have practical application in the real world.

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