This Winter, Change Is Coming to Legal

On Monday (December 11) LawGeex is launching  The In-House Counsel’s Guide to Change Management. This is a unique  free, downloadable guide revealing the secrets of the most successful and innovative legal departments who are transforming the delivery of law. Check out the trailer below. The book includes simple, practical advice based on dozens of interviews and … Continued

5 Things in LegalTech: A Tale of Two Female Entrepreneurs

Your time is short. This quick read gives you 5 things you need to know from LegalTech in the past seven days. 1 LegalTech Deals! A tale of two female entrepreneurs It was a week dominated by two female LegalTech entrepreneurs, points out Caroline Hill, Editor of Legal IT Insider. First up, Alma Asay, founder and … Continued

5 things in LegalTech: CLOC Data Addiction and What is a Lawyer?

Your time is short. This quick read gives you 5 things you need to know from LegalTech in the past seven days. 1 CLOC delivers data on legal spend The Corporate Legal Operations Consortium (CLOC) aims to be data-first in reshaping the legal industry.  CLOC’s 2017 State of The Industry Survey released last week (based on … Continued

5 Things in LegalTech: How Lawyers Celebrated #STEMDay

Your time is short. This quick read gives you 5 things you need to know from LegalTech in the past seven days. 1 Happy #STEM Day to lawyers On November 8 the world celebrated National S.T.E.M Day. With occupations related to S.T.E.M (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) expected to grow 70 percent faster than other professions, … Continued

5 things in LegalTech: AI and the Law and Love your Lawyer Day

Your time is short. This quick read  gives you 5 things you need to know from LegalTech in the past seven days. 1 Conferences: AI & Law There was reflection on the state of AI in Law at two conferences. At the College of Law Practice Management’s (COLPM) Futures Conference, “Running With the Machines, Mark Tamminga, … Continued

7 Surefire Steps to End Contract Gridlock in your Business

In the words of Harvard professors, Marco Iansiti and Karim R. Lakhani, the contract process now represents “a rush-hour gridlock trapping a Formula 1 race car”. The International Association for Contract & Commercial Management (IACCM) has found that 83% of businesses  are dissatisfied with their organization’s contracting process. The time spent on reviewing paperwork sees hard-pressed in-house lawyers blamed … Continued

Tales of LegalTech Adoption: Vicky Lockie, Former Associate GC at Pearson

In a series of monthly interviews, LawGeex speaks to top In-House Counsel adopting legal technology to enhance productivity. Here, we speak to Vicky Lockie, Senior Consultant VBL Consulting, and formerly Associate GC at Pearson.  What is Pearson and how is its in-house legal team organized?  Pearson is the world’s leading learning company, employing more than 35,000 … Continued

Top Task Management Tools for Lawyers: Trello; Evernote and Asana

Brian Schmidt is Chief of Staff, and former General Counsel at Trello, a visual collaboration tool that creates a shared perspective on projects. Schmidt says Trello “occupies the organizational space between blank canvas-type tools (e.g. a word doc) and a niche-specific, structure-enforcing project management tool (e.g. Salesforce)“. In his role, Shmidt uses the collaboration tool to make his contract … Continued