by Theodora Stoica | 21.03.2021 | #TechForLaw, Featured, In the know, Inspiration, Series |
Avvoka is a document automation, negotiation, and analytics tool designed to help law firms, in-house legal teams, and businesses (of all sizes) draft documents, negotiate them, and leverage data insights from that process to draft better documents, and eventually get to “yes” faster. Unlike legacy tools, with Avvoka, you can rapidly build automated versions of your most complex documents using our intuitive automation builder. This means no more tricky coding within Word documents.
Today we are discussing legal innovation with Giles Thompson, Head of Growth at Avvoka. Giles spearheads its revenue growth strategy, works with leading law firms, in-house legal teams, and businesses. Aside from this, he spends lots of his time designing and creating bespoke document automation solutions for clients.
by Team | 09.03.2021 | #giveaway, #TechForLaw, Books, Development, Education |
Your chance to win one of those three amazing AI & entrepreneurship books.
by Luka Jagic | 09.02.2021 | #BigTech |
User’s privacy – part of DNA to User’s privacy – part of „oh, well“. A new update to WhatsApp’s
privacy policy causes exodus of users to other apps. What about users from Serbia?
In this post, you’ll read about:
– The new Privacy Policy adopted by WhatsApp;
– Relation between WhatsApp and Facebook;
– Double standards when it comes to CEE region and (lack of) response of Serbians to the new
Privacy Policy;
– Alternatives, and
– The power of vox populi.
Take a walk through the post and have a look at those issues through CEELT glasses.
by Theodora Stoica | 05.01.2021 | #FutureProofLegal, Education, In the know, Inspiration, Series |
Media literacy represents the competency allowing the bearer to identify various categories of media content and understand the message thus conveyed. Although distinctive and somehow contrasting, all media has one thing in common: someone created it for a specific reason. Understanding that reason is the very core of media literacy.
Media literacy has become a critical skill for judges and lawyers alike, as the legal profession uses media sources to a greater extent than others. A correct interpretation of facts, unclouded by media manipulation, is the bedrock of a healthy justice system.
Every media content consumer and, especially, legal practitioners must undergo proper education on how to recognize and evaluate facts, opinions, media messages, and the media creator’s innate bias if they want to become the arbiters of truth in the information age. As such, legal education should take this problem in all its seriousness and ensure that the graduates they provide to be guardians of justice are media literate enough to practice law with a trained eye towards the content they consume, use, and create. In the words of Phillip Meyer, “[i]f we exist exclusively in a hall of mirrors where there are no actual facts but only alternative facts, then there may be judgment but not justice.”
by Team | 31.12.2020 | TimeOFF |
Happy New Year! To our Readers from our Team!
by Team | 21.12.2020 | TimeOFF |
Enjoy the holidays and have a splendid Christmas! To our Readers, from our Blog’s Team.
by Team | 21.10.2020 | Events |
This November, you’re invited to attend Legal Accelerators – Legal Tech and Innovation Online Conference & Expo, one of the most insightful European legal tech events of this autumn!
We offer
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to five of you who complete the two steps below:
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The 5 winners will be randomly picked on 28 October and will be contacted on Facebook.
Best of luck and see you there! 🙂
by Karolina Jackowicz | 20.10.2020 | #FutureProofLegal, Development |
Emotional intelligence (EI) is a superpower in both the professional and personal sphere. Investment in developing emotional intelligence yields many beneficial results – for yourself and your environment. This is especially crucial in the legal industry, given lawyers are traditionally perceived as cold and robotic. It’s a stereotype, sure, yet data mostly confirms this popular belief. This situation of low empathy and EI amongst lawyers is not only a mismatch between what people need and what they get. Worse, it creates many disadvantages for your business, career, finances and wellbeing. The good news is that being empathetic and emotionally intelligent can be learnt and improved upon. So, you can start with this post in which you’ll:
– find out what is emotional intelligence (EI) and its measure – EQ;
– read about the core trait of EI – empathy; and
– learn some useful tips for developing your emotional intelligence and empathy.
by Theodora Stoica | 08.10.2020 | #FutureProofLegal, Development, In the know, Series |
In an era where uncertainty is the only certainty, roles such as Legal Technology Solution Manager play a vital part in maintaining legal businesses’ viability. With a sustained focus on legal output standardisation, risk mitigation, data protection, legal services scalability, process advancement, and optimisation to sustain an integrated growth strategy, an LTSM will have to manage mixed, intercultural teams.
This type of work involves sharp interpersonal skills, such as networking skills and communication prowess. LTSMs will have to supervise legal tech operations and procedures in order to obtain cost efficiencies, risk containment, off the chart ROI, and client satisfaction. The proliferation of legal tech solutions grants LTSMs a greater negotiation power while, at the same time, puts them under pressure to legitimise their choice.
That is why LTSMs must demonstrate a selected set of skills that recommend them for such an influential role. Above all, the LTSMs must always stay connected to the industry’s grapevine, be ahead of the game, and virtually manage the future.
by Theodora Stoica | 17.09.2020 | #FutureProofLegal, Development, In the know, Series |
Here are some takeaways when it comes to networking and relationship building:
1. Base your networks on trust, diversity, and brokerage. This way, you will upgrade your level of information from what you know to whom you know.
2. Use your know-how to benefit your connections and use your connections to help your clients and peers. This way, networking will be more than a self-benefiting tool but rather a method to build long-lasting mutually beneficial relationships. In time, this network will expand to include connections of your connections, in an overall movement towards diversity and comprehensiveness.
3. Put your relationships to work: connect with as many people within the field as possible. This way, an ever-expanding niche network will emerge. But limiting to your professional network would be a mistake. Instead, try networking laterally, vertically, and horizontally and take advantage of the grapevine effect: valuable information can sometimes come from places you least expect.
4. Remember: you needn’t be an excessively outgoing person to frame your network. Making a bare effort to ask a question, connect (with) people, share relevant information are well-suited actions to engage, preserve, and nourish your network. Always remember the four “ups” when networking: read up, show up, listen up, and follow up!
