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The future ready legal team: Our takeaways from Crafty Fest: Europe
Marijke Armstrong, LOD’s Director, Client Solutions, shares her key takeaways after speaking on the panel of ‘The future ready legal team’ at the first ever Crafty Fest: Europe.
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What does it take to lead legal from the boardroom?
In the past, in-house legal teams were seen as the ‘firefighters’, ‘the department of no’, ‘compliance gatekeepers’, or simply a cost centre. Whilst some decisions still need a no, today’s GCs have worked hard to redefine the role of legal. Much has been said about in-house leaders becoming strategic business partners - but what does that actually mean? And how do you get there?
What’s the best way to give legal teams AI skills?
Artificial intelligence (AI) and large language models have saved legal teams thousands of hours on eDiscovery, contract review, and due diligence projects. However, the surge in interest over the past two years, especially with the rise of generative AI tools like ChatGPT, has created a seismic shift in the legal industry.
Regional insights on the demand for AI lawyers in 2024
Artificial intelligence (AI) is revolutionising every industry, and the legal sector is no exception. As AI continues to advance, it is reshaping how legal services are delivered, creating new opportunities and challenges for in-house teams.
The future of in-house teams - more business than law?
The rate of change in the in-house community is unrelenting. But it is creating an exciting new world. Where will it end up? Will future in-house leaders be more business than law? Will they and their teams operate with a business mindset first, and legal mindset second?
Legal project and portfolio management
To get under the skin of the buzzwords of “project management” and “portfolio management” in the legal world, we speak with Therese Linton and James Kenney.
Introducing LODcast
Interested in the business and practice of law? Interested in thinking broadly and differently? LODcast is designed for you - providing the latest insights from experts around the world on topics affecting the legal profession.
Showing the value of the legal department
In this episode, we explore how in-house legal leaders can show the value of their legal department.
Wellness for legal professionals
This episode is focused on the topic of well-being for legal professionals. As of publication, it's 10 October 2022 - World Mental Health Day.
Effective communication for in-house lawyers
How can in-house lawyers communicate effectively with the business? This episode dives into the topic of communication and shares highly practical tips for both in-house legal leaders and junior lawyers.
Ethics & in-house legal professionals
This episode, we speak with Professor Steven Vaughan and take a deep dive into his research into ethics and in-house lawyers.
Building the next in-house legal team
In this episode, we speak with Terri Mottershead - a global leader in legal talent management. Terri helps us answer the central question: how I future-proof my legal team?
Remote working
This episode focuses on how lawyers and other knowledge workers can work remotely - and effectively. We speak with three experts: Dr Heidi Gardner, Assistant Professor Ella Hafermalz and LOD co-founder Simon Harper.
Emotional intelligence for legal professionals
In this episode, we speak with Amy Jacobson. Amy is an experienced Emotional Intelligence specialist, passionate speaker and inspirational leadership trainer.
Technology and the law
This episode we speak with Ron Friedmann, the Chief Knowledge + Information Officer at LAC Group and long-time commentator and author on the legal industry.
Artificial intelligence & legal practice
In this episode we attempt to demystify AI and how to applies to the legal world. To help us do that, we sat down with Adam Eastell, the Chief Legal and Strategy Officer at Eigen Technologies.
Smart collaboration - a conversation with Heidi Gardner
In this episode, we’re delighted to speak with Heidi Gardner about smart collaboration – a term she coined to talk about how we need highly-specialised experts to come together tackle more complicated issues than any of them could do on their own.
How to be a trusted advisor
Trust is a concept we all intuitively understand. We all understand what it means to trust someone and what it means to be trusted. But something easily understood, doesn’t make it something easy to do.
Managing your contracts better
We’re starting 2021 with a bang – bringing you an episode on your most requested topic – contract improvement.
What do I need to know about LIBOR?
Are you confused about LIBOR? To help you understand LIBOR and its impact better, we spoke with with Emma Millington and Miranda Campbell, banking and finance experts from LexisNexis in London.
Generative AI
This episode focuses on AI and more specifically, generative AI. Many people will have recently seen the trending discussions and thought pieces on #ChatGPT.
Is that good advice?
This episode is slightly different. We speak with Milan Gandhi, an Australian lawyer, innovation ambassador, a prize-winning law student and founder of one of Australia’s leading legal not-for-profits - The Legal Forecast.
Stress and mental health in the legal profession
This episode focuses on stress and mental health in the legal profession - it looks at the relationship between stress and mental health and provides evidence-based strategies to improve your own mental health.
LOD Perspectives: Errol Bong on managing compliance
We focus on how small in-house teams can manage a global organisation's compliance regimes across multiple regions.
Leading in-house legal teams through uncertainty and change
In this episode, we dive into the topic of leading through times of uncertainty and change, an evergreen but particularly salient issue right now for many in-house teams and their leaders.
Multi-disciplinary teams for in-house legal
This episode of LODcast explores the world of multi-disciplinary teams in the context of in-house legal departments.
Building resilience for lawyers
This episode defines resilience, considers why lawyers are typically not resilient, offers tips on how to improve their resiliency and shares insight for in-house leaders.
Business thinking for in-house counsel
This episode focuses on bringing business thinking into the world of in-house counsel.
Legal self-service
This episode focuses on self-service for in-house legal teams. What do we mean by it, what’s the history, its advantages, common missteps and where to start.
What does the future of law look like?
In this episode, we speak with Jordan Furlong about the future of law. What will the legal industry look like in 5, 15 and 25 years time?
Break the bias
In this episode of LODcast we explore how this year's theme of #breakthebias for International Women's Day impacts the legal profession. We were privileged to be joined by Niti Nadarajah, a leading voice on gender equity.
How in-house legal leaders can drive and manage change
This episode dives into the topic of leading and managing change for in-house counsel. To explore this topic, I was delighted to be joined by Simon Wilkes.
How legal teams can manage the microstress effect
In this episode we’re diving into the world of microstress, guided by the co-author of a newly released book on this topic, Karen Dillon.
Generative AI - Part 2 - Transcript
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Generative AI - Part 2
We dive into the latest developments in the generative AI space for in-house lawyers and professionals around the world by speaking with legal innovation expert Josh Kubicki & SYKE's Chief Legal Engineer Jonny Badrock
Getting up to speed: 7 Risk & Compliance insights for in-house legal teams (download)
Getting up to speed: 7 Risk & Compliance insights for in-house legal teams (download)
Compliance insights for in-house legal teams (download)
Compliance insights for in-house legal teams (download)
Download - Measure your value: 7 KPIs for future-ready in-house teams
Download - Measure your value: 7 KPIs for future-ready in-house teams
Global survey report 2023 - Under Pressure
Global survey report 2023 - Under Pressure
Creative Problem Solving: 5 stages of Design Thinking for in-house legal teams
Creative Problem Solving: 5 stages of Design Thinking for in-house legal teams
Inspire Your Team: a toolkit for in-house legal teams
Inspire Your Team: a toolkit for in-house legal teams
Inspire Your Team: a toolkit for in-house legal teams
Inspire Your Team: a toolkit for in-house legal teams
Lawyering with Purpose: How doing the right thing creates a positive effect
Lawyering with Purpose: How doing the right thing creates a positive effect
Cutting through the **I.T. Decoding the legal tech market
Cutting through the **I.T. Decoding the legal tech market
Manage Change: a toolkit for in-house teams
Manage Change: a toolkit for in-house teams
Increase Your Influence: a toolkit for in-house legal teams
Increase Your Influence: a toolkit for in-house legal teams
Inspire Your Team: a toolkit for in-house legal teams
Inspire Your Team: a toolkit for in-house legal teams
How to be a legal marvel: 8 super skills for the modern lawyer
How to be a legal marvel: 8 super skills for the modern lawyer
Creative Problem Solving: 5 stages of Design Thinking for in-house legal teams
Creative Problem Solving: 5 stages of Design Thinking for in-house legal teams
Getting up to speed: 7 Risk & Compliance insights for in-house legal teams
Getting up to speed: 7 Risk & Compliance insights for in-house legal teams
Global survey report 2023 - Under Pressure
Global survey report 2023 - Under Pressure
Measure your value: 7 KPIs for future-ready in-house teams
Measure your value: 7 KPIs for future-ready in-house teams
Balancing risk management & efficient legal delivery
Our work with Astro commended by the Financial Times
One of LOD's key clients in Asia-Pacific, Astro, was commended by the independent judges from the Financial Times' APAC Innovative Lawyers Awards for 2023.
How To Help Your Junior Lawyers Thrive During Remote Working
LOD head spills on lexvoco acquisition
Announcing LOD Trainee for UK paralegals
LOD Trainee is an SRA-registered training programme specifically geared to develop in-house stars of the future and enable greater access to the profession. It's open to all LOD in-house paralegals in the UK.
LOD awarded Highly Commended for Law Company of the Year 2021
LOD was thrilled to be awarded Highly Commended by the judging panel of The Lawyer Awards 2021 for Law Company of the Year.
LOD awarded an Employer of Choice for a record fourth time
For the fourth year in a row, LOD has been recognised as an Employer of Choice by Australasian Lawyer. This brilliant external recognition further bolsters LOD's status as the premier employer of flexible legal talent.
Establishing remote business-as-usual in unusual times
Managing juniors and new joiners in the "COVID normal"
Introducing LOD Legal
Former in-house lawyer team based in Australia, New Zealand and the UK already providing pragmatic solutions to GCs.
Asian-mena Counsel – March 2019: Deals of the Year Report 2018
Clients are shifting from traditional service to flexible lawyering
"Traditional Service From Law Firms Doesn't Cut It Anymore". When thinking about how to efficiently get their legal work done, Legal firms are taking a more strategic approach.
Challenges and opportunities for Indigenous lawyers amid COVID-19
How NewLaw workplaces are adapting to COVID-19
Lawyers on Demand announces new Country Manager for UAE
Lawyers on Demand, a Consilio company (LOD), is thrilled to announce the appointment of Mark Dodd as the new UAE Country Manager.
The Corporate Counsel Show: Lessons from ‘constant firefighting’
In the Corporate Counsel Show, produced by Lawyers Weekly, LOD's Mark Dodd and Canon Oceania Chief Legal Counsel, David Field, explore the phenomenon of “constant firefighting” that law department leaders are facing, as well as trends around artificial intelligence, data fluency, and ESG.
What 2021 will look like for legal tech and innovation?
In the Spring magazine for Lawyer's Weekly, LOD Director Anthony Wright shared his thoughts on what 2021 will bring for legal tech and innovation.
LOD releases global survey report on how in-house teams are managing in 2023
The fourth annual survey of global in-house teams by LOD and SYKE, who have recently been acquired by Consilio, reveals that staff retention and morale is the number one emerging issue for legal leaders worldwide.
NewLaw: Time to move beyond the edges
GCs are evolving into business strategists
Our Australian Managing Director, Paul Cowling, spoke with Lawyers Weekly about the evolution of the role of General Counsel
LOD and SYKE's combined offering drives further growth
Their Managed Teams + Tech offer is resonating with in-house teams. These revenues have almost doubled in the last year, driving further LOD and SYKE service integration.
The Corporate Counsel Show: Managing a cost-cutting environment
In the Corporate Counsel Show, produced by Lawyers Weekly, LOD's Mark Dodd and Helena Kolenbet join the show to discuss how in-house lawyers can thrive in cost-cutting environments.
LOD’s UAE managing director relocates to Singapore to spearhead Asia practice
LOD, one of the largest and fastest-growing alternative legal service providers, has announced that Managing Director of Middle East, Brett Menadue, has relocated to their Singapore Office to spearhead both their Asia and Middle East practice.
How technology can help in-house counsels to work better
Top Tips To Change the Wiring On Remote Working
Responding to the bushfires in Australia
Like everyone around the world, we have been shocked and horrified by the bushfires impacting communities all across Australia. And like every Australian, LOD wants to do what we can to help those impacted by this tragedy. As a business, LOD will be donating AU$30k to the Red Cross Disaster Relief and Recovery and we will also be matching contributions by our staff, lawyers and consultants.
Exploring the challenges facing in-house legal teams
Paul Cowling and Mark Dodd speak with Jerome Doraisamy at Lawyers Weekly about our recently released report, Risky Busyness, exploring the state of in-house teams globally.
DocuSign announce SYKE as APAC Partner of the Year
DocuSign announce SYKE as Partner of the Year at the DocuSign APAC Customer and Partner Awards, held on 17 August 2023. This recognition celebrates the huge innovation and technology advancements that have been the key drivers of the partnership.
LOD Group hires first-ever Chief Operating Officer
LOD Australia launches ‘Comply’ in response to growing demand for risk and compliance support
As businesses continue to be faced with the pressures of a turbulent and fast-moving regulatory environment, there is a growing need to have effective risk and compliance management in place.
Now is the time that in-house lawyers prove just how valuable they are
Anthony Wright discusses common problems that face in-house legal teams and looks at different approaches for lawyers to better show their value.
LOD & SYKE come together
LOD and SYKE join forces to drive digital transformation and new operating models in the legal sector.
LOD releases global survey report on how in-house teams are managing in 2022
LOD and SYKE’s latest global survey of 169 legal, risk and compliance professionals reveals the main strategic and management challenges being faced by in-house teams today.
Our paralegal offering is growing
Following an initial six-month development and trial period, which began in January 2019 with the establishment of a pool of paralegals now totalling over 100, client demand for our paralegal offering increased on a month-on-month basis in the second half of 2019 and spiked in the first quarter of 2020 by 50%. This was driven by a particularly high demand from clients in March, with 23 current live assignments.
Are lawyers ‘quiet quitting’ their jobs?
Sofia Khan, LOD Australia's Head of People & Development, spoke with Lawyers Weekly about the emerging trend of so-called "quiet quitting" - why it's nothing new and how employers can tackle disengagement.
New Law Moves: What’s Next For LOD
LOD and SYKE join forces with Consilio
Acquisition creates the market leader in people and tech solutions for legal teams
SYKE launches in Australia
LOD has announced the Australian launch of SYKE as part of their service delivery to clients. Founded in 2016, SYKE is one of the world’s fastest growing independent legal tech consultancies, operating in UK/Europe, the USA and now APAC, helping legal teams choose, design and implement legal technology.
LOD awarded an Employer of Choice for a record fifth time
For the fifth year in a row, LOD has been recognised as an Employer of Choice by Australasian Lawyer. This brilliant external recognition further bolsters LOD's status as the premier employer of flexible legal talent.
Artificial Lawyer – LOD Partners With Eigen To Offer Legal AI Services
LOD Partners with AIEF to Launch Indigenous Internship Scholarship
Is it time to put PQE to bed?
LOD Head of People and Development, Grace Strutton writes for Legal Week on the validity of using PQE today.
Riding the legal op(portunitie)s wave
In the Corporate Counsel feature section of Lawyers Weekly Autumn 2019 edition, Jenny Rees contributed to an article titled: Riding the Legal Op(portunitie)s Wave.
Consilio Integrates Flex Talent Solutions Under Lawyers On Demand – A Consilio Company Brand
Strengthens and Reorganises Global Legal Talent Staffing Capabilities
Suits for hire
LOD's Head of Asia & Middle East, Brett Menadue, speaks to Asian Legal Business about the growth of Alternative Legal Service Providers (ALSPs).
The Corporate Counsel Show: Unpacking trust levels in legal departments
Produced in partnership with Lawyer's Weekly, this episode of "The Corporate Counsel" show explores how trust levels in-house have changed since the onset of COVID-19 and what this means for the legal department of the future.
LOD is an 'Employer of Choice' for 2020: Australasian Lawyer
How to Make Sure Your Legal Panel Review Really Delivers
Legal teams are under increased pressure to save costs and prove their value. David Curtain's article in the latest edition of the ACC’s Asian Briefings outlines practical steps to ensure external legal expenditure arrangements help achieve these objectives.
LOD and SYKE open full-service US Office
LOD and SYKE announce the opening of their first, full-service office in the United States.
We are joined by Vodafone’s Commercial Management Director
We are thrilled to share that we've been joined by Liz Cathelain, a highly experienced sales and marketing professional, from the leading multinational telecommunications company, Vodafone.
Our COVID-19 report highlights the impact & opportunities for in-house legal teams around the globe
LOD acquires lexvoco to accelerate growth and boost legal market in Australia
LOD is delighted to announce the acquisition of lexvoco, further positioning itself as one of the world’s largest and fastest-growing innovative legal services businesses. The combined business will be known as LOD and will bring together a shared commitment to better ways of working for both lawyers and clients.
LOD is an 'Employer of Choice' for 2021: Australasian Lawyer
We are thrilled to announce that LOD has been listed as a winner in the 2021 Australasian Lawyer Employer of Choice Awards for a third year in a row! We pride ourselves on having the best people on our team who love what they do and have fun along the way.
LawTech – The Teenage Years
Putting the people first in managed services
LODs co-founder, Simon Harper, asks ‘Whatever happened to Managed services?’
Rewiring the legal profession
"The COVID-19 pandemic is the biggest business disruptor of our lifetime and it will require a radical response."
LOD celebrates 10 years in Singapore
On the tenth anniversary of LOD’s launch in Singapore, Anita Thompson sat down with Co-Founder Ken Jagger and Head of Asia & Middle East, Brett Menadue to look back and also cast our eyes forward.
What will the millennial legal market look like?
In May, Lawyers On Demand released their fourth report authored by leading legal market analyst Jordan Furlong titled, The Rise of the Millennial Lawyer, which centred on how millennials have begun to drive a seismic shift in the legal profession.
The biggest IT issues facing in-house legal teams
In-house legal teams face unique challenges that differ from the demands of other business functions.
LOD ready for an increasingly flexible marketplace
COVID-19 has taught the legal profession that it can never be complacent and must always be adaptable. LOD is prepared to thrive in this “new normal”, says Paul Cowling, LOD's Australian MD.
LOD releases global survey report into how in-house teams are managing in 2021
Over 18 months into the pandemic, and 12 months since our last market review, LOD has once again carried out an in-depth global survey of 183 in-house legal professionals, which probes further into the sustainability of the changes in working practices that we first saw in 2020.
Lawyers On Demand hires Fatima Seyadi to boost UAE flexible talent offering
Lawyers On Demand (LOD), a Consilio company, has appointed Fatima Seyadi as its new UAE Talent Acquisition and Client Solutions Consultant.
