The Event

Future Lawyer Week UK is an interactive legal innovation conference designed to combine current and future knowledge and tech trends created to push thought provoking conversations for the legal in-house counsels and private practice law firms.

Previous iterations

The previous edition of the event showed overwhelming…

Guest post by Jessica Hirst

Is mobile the future of legal tech?

The world is amid change, in this increasingly interconnected world, how do law firms navigate the maze of technologies and utilise these tools to evolve with society’s demands. Law firms are becoming increasingly reliant on automating…

In this short article we talk with Nomio about Data Capture – how to efficiently aggregate dense document data and manage it like a piece of software.

What is meant by Data Capture?

A legal document can be thought of as having some implicit structure to it. In…

Guest post by Cosmonauts

And we’re back in the room!

Following 3 sold-out events, Cosmonauts is excited to present their fourth iteration of their flagship Legal Tech conference, Future Lawyer Week 4.0 on 14th-16th September 2021!

• 90+ speakers 
• 25+ exhibitors
• 500 attendees
• 3 days of networking 

Specifically tailored…

Sharan Kaur has a 360-degree view of the legaltech market. Sharan has worked as a lawyer in both private practice and in-house, as a tech buyer and vendor and as a consultant advising start-ups as well as legal teams regarding legaltech and process optimisation. On the vendor side,…

Guest post by Amy Flippant from Della.

When I moved to Spain at the age of 21, I thought my GCSE-level knowledge of grammar rules and structures would help me get by. What I later learned was that hearing Spanish, in real-life scenarios, was the best way to…

Dave Wilson, Managing Director and Founder of Tiger Eye Consulting has worked in the professional services IT field for most of his career, with his involvement with Document Management Systems starting early on in his profession. Tiger Eye – leading iManage Partner for Knowledge and Technical Expertise –…

We sat down with Anthony Seale, CEO and Founder of Legatics, and Daniel Grant-Smith, Head of Engagement at Legatics to dive into their two fascinating Innovate UK reports. 

The first report “Barriers to LegalTech adoption” focuses on attitudes to legal technology, diagnoses barriers to…

Legaltech can dramatically improve products and services. However, there are no magic bullets.

Legaltech ROI is only as good as its foundations. Those foundations are the underlying people and process served by it. If people are not already well organised with well-designed processes, deploying technology –no matter how…

This guide – part 7 of our 8 part careers guide – provides an overview of legaltech products (by category, by function and by consumer type), use cases, the major vendors and the most useful directories for further learning. By the end of this article you will understand…

Why did we write this guide?

When deciding to leave the law in 2015-2016, there wasn’t a great deal of good – let alone inspiring – information about alternative career paths.  The suggestions were usually very dull, or heavily circumscribed. 

The typical suggestions were: 

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Nitish Upadhyaya leads the ideas and investment (i2) team within Allen & Overy’s Legal Technology Group, prototyping and delivering solutions which tackle pain points raised by A&O staff and clients. 

A former litigator, Nitish is fascinated by people and the processes by which we can surface, refine, communicate…

Mary Bonsor is the award winning CEO and Co-Founder of Flex Legal, a platform to connect those in need of legal services with interim lawyers and paralegals for a flexible, on demand service. 

Established in 2016, Flex Legal is the UK’s fastest growing legal services provider with…