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TechLaw.Fest 2020 Quick Chats: Mary Shen O’Caroll, President of Corporate Legal Operations Consortium; Director of Legal Operations, Technology and Strategy for Google

On 1st September 2020

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

Reading time: 4 minutes

Interview by Josh Lee, Tristan Koh and Ong Chin Ngee| Edited by Josh Lee

TechLaw.Fest 2020 (“TLF”) will take place online from 28 September – 2 October 2020, becoming the virtual focal point for leading thinkers, leaders and pioneers in law and technology. In the weeks leading up to TLF, the LawTech.Asia team will be bringing you regular interviews and shout-outs covering some of TLF’s most prominent speakers and the topics they will be speaking about.

This week, LawTech.Asia received the exclusive opportunity to interview Mary Shen O’Carroll, President of the Corporate Legal Operations Consortium (“CLOC”) and the Director of Legal Operations, Technology and Strategy for Google. Mary will be kicking off TLF as a speaker in the first Leaders Fireside Chat: Skills at Scale and the Legal Function.

LawTech.Asia: Media Partner for TechLaw.Fest 2020!

By Josh Lee

On 6th August 2020

In Access to Justice, Artificial Intelligence, Automation, Blockchain, Contracts, Cybersecurity, Data Privacy, Dispute Resolution, E-Discovery, Events, Internet Governance, Interviews, Law Firms, Lawyers, Legal Hackers, Legal Innovation, People, Policy, Regulations, Smart Contracts

Reading time: 2 minutes

We are proud to be recognised by the Singapore Academy of Law as an official media partner for TechLaw.Fest 2020!

TechLaw.Fest 2020 (held from 28 September to 2 October 2020) is a signature convention in Singapore that will be the focal point for leading thinkers, leaders and pioneers in law and technology.

TechLaw.Fest 2019 – Charting the Course of Disruption in Law and Technology

By Josh Lee

On 4th June 2020

In Access to Justice, Artificial Intelligence, Automation, Blockchain, Contracts, Data Privacy, Dispute Resolution, Events, Internet Governance, Law Firms, Lawyers, Legal Hackers, Legal Innovation, Legal Technology in Singapore, People, Policy, Regulations, Smart Contracts

Reading time: 9 minutes

By Lenon Ong, Sanjana Ayagari, Elizaveta Shesterneva | Edited by Josh Lee

As part of our strategic media partnership with the Singapore Academy of Law, LawTech.Asia once again has the privilege of being appointed as media partner for TechLaw.Fest 2020. As the programme line-up for TechLaw.Fest 2020 begins to take shape, LawTech.Asia brings our readers back to TechLaw.Fest 2019 to provide a timely recap on all that happened, as we look forward to what is shaping up to be a momentous and memorable TechLaw.Fest 2020.

In its second year in this form as a large-scale conference, TechLaw.Fest 2019 was held on 5 and 6 September 2019, and saw over 1,500 legal professionals, technologists, entrepreneurs and regulators converge to engage in critical conversations about the future of technology law and of the legal industry.

Given the numerous conferences, exhibitions, pitches, launches and meetings all happening over 48 hours of adrenaline and excitement, this article aims to share some of the key themes and memorable moments that emerged across both days of Singapore’s (and arguably Asia’s) signature law and technology conference.

The entrance to TechLaw.Fest, just before the start of an adrenaline-fuelled two days.

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

By Amelia Chew

On 22nd January 2020

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

Reading time: 5 minutes

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

A brief analysis of the legal validity of smart contracts in Singapore

By Josh Lee

On 8th October 2019

In Automation, Blockchain, Contracts, Legal Innovation, Legal Research, Policy, Smart Contracts

Reading time: 13 minutes

Written by Louis Lau (Associate Author) | Mentored by Josh Lee | Reviewed by Lim How Khang

LawTech.Asia is proud to conclude the first run of its Inaugural Associate Author Programme by publishing the works of its Associate Authors. The aim of the Associate Authorship Programme was to develop the knowledge and exposure of student writers in the domains of law and technology, while providing them with mentorship from LawTech.Asia’s writers and tailored guidance from a well-respected industry mentor.

This first run of the Associate Author Programme was a partnership between LawTech.Asia and Singapore Management University’s Legal Innovation and Technology Club. After a thorough selection process, two students were selected as Associate Authors, where they worked on thought pieces with a mentor from LawTech.Asia. Their pieces were each industry-reviewed by a respected thought leader from the legal technology industry.

This piece by Louis Lau, reviewed by industry reviewer Lim How Khang (Assistant Professor at the Singapore Management University), marks the first thought piece in this series, and provides an analysis on the legal validity of smart contracts in Singapore.