Legal Technology is Changing the Legal Profession. What Does this Mean for You?
On 8 and 9 October 2018, LawSwitch co-founders, Tim and Fiona Kirkman, from Sydney, Australia presented at both the Law Society of Singapore and the Future of Law and Innovation Programme (FLIP). They...
View ArticleThree Big Ideas About AI for Lawyers
Introduction In the late Professor Stephen Hawking’s final book, Brief Answers to the Big Questions, the eminent physicist provided his personal take on some of the biggest questions in science. On the...
View ArticleAI and a New Way of Looking at Contract Pre-screening
The use of artificial intelligence software to identify possible items of concern in legal documents is well established. However, the real possibilities are only now being opened up with a new...
View ArticleAvoiding eDiscovery Icebergs
There is a feeling in the legal world that fundamental change is something like turning the Titanic. Many of us believe deep down that, no matter what happens, most things will be the same five or even...
View ArticleSolving the Last Mile Problem for the Utilisation of Legal Technology
The last mile is a concept that specifically focuses on the movement of goods or services from the distribution centre to the destination – this final aspect of the supply chain is often the most...
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SmartLaw Journeys
How Three Small-Medium Firms Successfully Adopted Legal-Tech Adopting legal technology can seem like a time-consuming and costly undertaking. In this article, lawyers from three small and medium firms...
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Thinking Ahead for the Legal Future
Tech-celerate for Law Conference Highlights The Tech-celerate for Law conference was held on 15 May 2019 to commemorate the launch of the Law Society’s latest legal technology initiatives, the...
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LegalTech Strategies for Singapore Law Firms
Headline grabbing articles like “Machines are going to replace lawyers” or “Robo-lawyers are here to take your jobs” have become du jour in the legal industry. In the midst of the buzz and hype around...
View ArticleRedefining the Legal Profession
We are in the midst of the fourth industrial revolution where the rise and evolution of Artificial Intelligence (AI), the Internet of Things (IoT), additive manufacturing, robotics, cloud computing,...
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Three Ways Engaging AI Can Streamline Your Legal Practice
Rising Complexities and Opportunity Costs Every year globally, millions of documents pass through the hands of lawyers to build cases for their clients and this only grows over time. According to the...
View ArticleHow Technology Can Improve Lawyers’ Document Workflows from First Drafts to...
Lawyers spend most of their time drafting or working with documents, but typical attorney document workflows fail for three reasons: they don’t maximise profitability, leverage prior knowledge, or...
View ArticleSpotlight on Tech-celerate for Law: A Testament to Technology
Paralegal Mr Richard Lim has served the law industry since before the paralegal title even existed in Singapore and typing seven copies of a document was all in a day’s work. At tech-enabled Covenant...
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Spotlight on Tech-celerate for Law: Breaking the Mould and Giving Back
Singapore Law Practices today face far more challenges than before. Despite this, the opportunity exists to be bold and reward those that venture out. Thankfully, schemes like Tech-celerate for Law and...
View ArticleSpotlight on Tech-celerate for Law: How Law Firms Can Save more with Legal...
Legal Technology in Singapore Technology is changing the way legal services are delivered and will help power the growth and development of Singapore legal services. Through incorporating technology...
View ArticleTechnology Innovation in a Time of Remote Working – From Coping to Thriving
The challenges presented by the 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have been unique, unprecedented, and wide-ranging, upheaving our personal and professional lives with a “new normal” that has changed...
View ArticlePerfecting Isolation in a Time of COVID
When we ushered in the new decade on 31 December 2019, few of us could have imagined that our lives in 2020 would change so drastically. In a flurry, we went from our normal lives into a circuit...
View ArticleMyth-busting Document Automation
People often fear what they do not understand. Indeed, legal-tech has been met with much hesitation – after all, its underlying technology and software are concepts unfamiliar to many lawyers. Many...
View ArticleLeveraging Technology to Grow Your Personal Brand
I had just stepped into the lift when I heard a voice behind me saying, “Hi, you’re Lara Q, aren’t you?” “Er, yes, that’s me,” I said, a little bewildered. I did not recognise the lady. “I thought I...
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How Visualisation Tools Are Transforming the Legal Sector
Humans are hard-wired to process visuals rapidly. In fact, MIT neuroscientists have found that our brain is able to process images within timeframes as short as 13...
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A Beginner’s Guide to Legal Automation
Over the past decade, automation has dramatically changed how companies do business. The legal industry is certainly no exception, with an estimated 23 per cent of a lawyer’s tasks that can be...
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