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Season 7
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From Lawyer to Innovator: How AI is Reshaping Legal Writing – Jacqueline Schafer – S7E21

Curious about the role of AI in assisting lawyers with legal writing? This week we’re super excited to be chatting with Jacqueline Schafer, the Founder and CEO of Clearbrief.ai, an accomplished lawyer with a passion for legal writing, who shares her journey from litigator to tech entrepreneur and discusses how ClearBrief.ai is revolutionizing the way lawyers approach legal writing. Jacqueline embarked on a mission to bridge the gap between cutting-edge technology and the legal profession. Her advocacy for the adoption of AI

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Season 7
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Building Tech Fluency in the Legal Industry – Annabel Pemberton – S7E12

Imagine a lawyer who can navigate complex legal challenges while leveraging the latest advancements in technology. That’s the kind of lawyer we’re aiming to cultivate. This week we’re super excited to be chatting with Annabel Pemberton, a true trailblazer, who studied law at the University of Warwick and embarked on a journey that led her to explore the exciting intersection of law and technology. But hold on, there’s more to the story! Our guest jumped aboard with Sparring, a trendy law

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Season 6
Rob Hanna

Using LegalTech to Build Strong Online Communities – Chad Aboud – S6E9

If you’re not on social media these days, you’re living in the dark ages, aren’t you? Some say that the legal industry is a sector that still very much lives in the past and has a long way to go. Certainly from conversations we’ve had with previous guests, many people in the legal sector still shy away from using social media either from a professional or personal perspective. Well, not this week’s guest! We’ve been chatting to Legal Industry Consultant, Chad

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Igniting a Practical Contracting Revolution – Laura Frederick – S5E18

In this episode of the Legally Speaking Podcast, our host Robert Hanna welcomes Laura Frederick. Laura is the Founder of ‘How to Contract’, helping lawyers and professionals draft and negotiate contracts. For 25 years, Laura has been helping clients with their business contracts and technology agreements. She has previously worked for Tesla, as part of their Legal Counsel and in 2019, Laura opened her own law firm, ‘Laura Frederick Law’. In this episode, we discuss the following: How the learning

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Legaltech Trends and Their Impact on Lawyer Efficiency – Joshua Lenon – S5E17

This week on the Legally Speaking Podcast, our host Robert Hanna welcomes Joshua Lenon. Joshua is the lawyer in residence at Clio. An attorney admitted to the New York Bar, Joshua brings legal scholarship to the conversations happening both within Clio and with its customers. Joshua has worked extensively to educate lawyers on technology’s capability to enhance their practice, while also teaching tech companies about the unique needs of the legal system. Joshua has a keen understanding of the challenges

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How Tech Can Make the Practice of Law More Sustainable – S5E16

This week on the Legally Speaking Podcast, our host Robert Hanna welcomes Tony Thai and Jace Lynch.  Tony and Jace have co-founded HyperDraft – a full-service document generation service. The full-service generation customises documents based on client forms, with quick and reliable results. Tony is the Chief Engineer of HyperDraft – previously working as an Attorney at Goodwin, Nixon Peabody and Bryan Cave. Jace is the COO of HyperDraft, who also previously worked at Goodwin as an Associate. In this

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Rapper and Lawyer: How You Can Practice Law, Follow Your Passions and Make Partner – S5E15

This week on the Legally Speaking Podcast, our host Robert Hanna welcomes Nick Eziefula. Nick is a partner at one of the UK’s leading media and entertainment law firms, Simkins LLP. Nick specialises in commercial law and intellectual property. Nick is passionate about music and is an artist himself. Nick has released several albums, touring internationally. Alongside this, Nick also works in technology, providing advice on legal and commercial on software licensing, e-commerce as well as data protection. In this

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How Will Legal Tech Change the Role of Lawyers? – Colin Levy – S5E13

This week on the Legally Speaking Podcast, our host Robert Hanna welcomes Colin Levy. Colin is a legal tech consultant and director of Legal and Evangelist at Malbek, where he carries out his mission of bridging the tech world with the legal world. Alonside his work at Malbek, Colin is an Advisory Board Member for Proxy, a cloud-based legal workflow tool. He also has a blog, titled ‘Notes from the Front Lines of Legal Innovation’ which was named by Feedspot

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Introduction to Cryptocurrency and Bitcoin – Charles Kerrigan – S5E7

This week on the Legally Speaking Podcast, our host Robert Hanna welcomed Charles Kerrigan. Charles is a partner at CMS and a specialist in digital assets, fintech, and importantly for today’s discussion, Cryptocurrency. He is the author of multiple books including “The Financing of Intangible Assets: TMT Finance and Emerging Technologies” and “Growing with Blockchain”; and as a leading expert in blockchain and digital technology in the UK, has sat on advisory committees for parliament, the Bank of England and

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Document Automation in 2021 – Avvoka – S3E29

This week on the Legally Speaking Podcast, our host Robert Hanna was joined by Giles Thompson, Head of Growth at Avvoka. Prior to this, he enjoyed successful stints working at BP, Herbert Smith Freehills and Kirkland & Ellis. In this highly topical episode, Giles shares his story and insights on the fast-moving world of legal automation, including how Avvoka is turbo-charging the industry’s adoption of intuitive and user-friendly document automation software. Overall, he discusses: His experience in private practice before

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