In the first of our 'Student LegalTech Certification series', we welcome Edinburgh Napier University student reps Eilidh Denny, David Alexander & Lewis Hay as they discuss the development of law and technology within law firms, how this has occurred, strengths and weaknesses of the current way of working, potential areas to consider such as cyber security in the legal profession/law firms, discussion on the current position, then conclusion.   UKLTA Certificate in Legal Technology The UKLTA is now providing a certificate in legal technology to students who attend a number of its online events over the course of the academic year. [...]

As part of our 'Student LegalTech Certification series', Guest speaker Mr Patrick Grant, Senior Tutor and Project Director (North) for Legal Tech and Innovation at The University of Law’s Leeds Campus, will be providing an introduction to the future of legal services highlighting key areas such as Process Mapping, Automation and AI. Patrick is passionate about educating tomorrow’s lawyers and introducing students to tech, innovation, and entrepreneurship. Having graduated with an LLB, he went on to study a master’s in Law and Economics at the University of Bologna and the University of Gent before completing the LPC at the Oxford Institute [...]

As part of our 'Student LegalTech Certification series', William Van Zwanenberg, Masters Student, welcomes guest speaker Livio Robaldo, Senior Lecturer at the School of Law of Swansea University. Livio will present LegalDocML, the most widely used XML standard for tagging legal documents. All UK primary legislation and jurisprudence is freely available in LegalDocML. This webinar will explain how to find and download documents in LegalDocML from the website of the National Archive,  illustrate how LegalDocML allows for the representation in XML of different types of legal information.   UKLTA Certificate in Legal Technology The UKLTA is now providing a certificate in [...]