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Aspiring lawyers can’t afford to be technophobes

Simon George, associate professor and director of ULTRA, the ULaw Technology Research Academy, highlights why it’s important for wannabe solicitors to engage with tech

Nov 26 2019 1:53pm
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How I became a commercial litigator in the City

Michael O’Donoghue, a senior associate at Hogan Lovells, discusses his day job and the firm’s tech strategy

Nov 25 2019 2:31pm
British lawtech entrepreneur launches AI tool that identifies ‘loopholes’ in contracts

Taking the torment out of T&Cs?

Nov 22 2019 10:06am
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Lawtech is here to help lawyers — not replace them

Ahead of Legal Cheek’s latest careers event, ‘How tech is changing law and business’, we sit down with Herbert Smith Freehills senior associate Kushal Bhimjiani

Nov 20 2019 12:06pm
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Enough about Brexit and lawtech: climate change is the ‘mega theme’ on every energy and infrastructure lawyer’s lips

Mark Richards, a partner at BCLP, reflects on his time at the firm

Nov 8 2019 12:23pm
Swansea Uni-backed legal lab scoops £4 million in EU funding

New hub to support research and develop advances in lawtech, Welsh government says

Oct 30 2019 12:05pm

UK lawtech investment rockets from £2.5 million to £62 million in just three years

Less than £1.5 million was invested in 2014, report shows

Oct 16 2019 1:08pm
Harassment reporting app and legal chatbot for people with learning disabilities among SRA tech challenge finalists

Eight teams secure £50,000 in funding

Sep 26 2019 8:44am
Tech’s impact on access to justice blighted by ‘widespread confusion’, says Law Society

Technology has a role but it’s not the ‘silver bullet’

Sep 18 2019 8:48am
‘Hackers, hustlers and hipsters’ not enough to solve access to justice problems, argues top law prof

A ‘killer app’ is yet to emerge

Sep 11 2019 8:56am
Simmons & Simmons embraces NewLaw movement with ‘legal engineering’ acquisition

BigLaw continues to make big moves into the lawtech space

Jul 24 2019 12:10pm
Lord Neuberger-backed AI contract drafting tool secures £2 million funding

It’s currently being piloted by Clifford Chance, Pinsent Masons and Withers

Jul 24 2019 9:59am

Manchester Uni law students design app to field out-of-hours legal advice centre enquiries

Hits online shelves later this year

Jul 18 2019 10:47am
British 22-year-old lawtech entrepreneur raises £3.7 million from Facebook and Airbnb backers to help fund ‘robot lawyer’ app

Joshua Browder secures big financial boost

Jul 4 2019 12:41pm
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Inside Norton Rose Fulbright’s new lawtech module with York University

Those behind the first-of-its-kind, jointly-taught programme reveal the thinking behind the move

Jul 3 2019 12:37pm
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How lawtech looked in the 90s

ULaw campus dean Sarah Pooley reveals how innovation has long been a feature of legal practice and what it now means for future lawyers

Jun 10 2019 3:29pm
Clients more concerned about robots than lawyers, says legal AI chief

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Jun 6 2019 11:42am
‘Uncritical reliance’ on AI in criminal justice could lead to ‘wrong decisions’, says Law Society

Warning contained in new commission report

Jun 5 2019 11:27am

Ministry of Justice commits £2 million to legal tech

As barristers ballot on strike action enters final hour

Jun 4 2019 4:05pm
Norton Rose Fulbright teams up with York University to launch lawtech module

Exclusive: 40 places up for grabs

May 22 2019 2:34pm
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‘Tech doesn’t respect boundaries — it is universal and affects how we run all our practice areas’

Legal Cheek Careers chats to Clifford Chance partner and co-head of the technology practice, Jonathan Kewley, about the firm’s new lawtech training contract

May 16 2019 11:42am