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As legal practice evolves, with the emergence of alternative business models and new legal technologies, the needs of clients require a greater range of expertise than the traditional lawyer can provide. Responding to this fast-changing picture, firms are employing skilled practitioners from a variety of backgrounds, with new designations such as Legal Project Manager and Legal Technologist. For this final talk in the series, our multi-disciplinary panel will talk about their diverse work and how legal teams can fully integrate a wider range of disciplines and skillsets.
About our speakers
Amanda Chaboryk is a Disputes and Litigation Data Lead at Norton Rose Fulbright’s London office. She focuses on developing and supporting the disputes group’s use of Disputes Analytics, Litigation Finance, and Litigation focused Technology across the EMEA offices. Her role also involves executing strategic projects and creating tools to provide insight to help inform business intelligence and matter management. Amanda is also part of NRF Transform, the firm’s global change and innovation programme. Transform aims to deliver traditional legal services in a more effective manner, providing new solutions to client’s most pressing business problems. She is passionate about legal informatics, intelligent data banks, and the mechanization of legal analysis. Prior to joining Norton Rose, Amanda spent several years in the legal services industry, working at the Attorney General’s Office, other law firms, and a litigation fund. Amanda completed her undergraduate degree at The University of Toronto, law degree at The University of Exeter, and is currently completing a data science certificate at IBM.
Joe Cohen is the Innovation Manager for Dentons' UK & Middle East Region with a focus on understanding what clients want from their legal service providers and translating this into practical tools, processes and operational models to allow the legal teams to deliver in the most effective way. His initial career background is non-legal, having started in technology consulting at the Big Four before moving onto Innovation roles at two magic circle firms which has allowed him a strong grounding in this relatively new field. Joe takes a strongly commercial approach to the utilisation of knowledge as broadly defined in the efficient delivery of legal services. The hands-on integration of practice development, knowledge management, training, business development and other aspects of effective service delivery and practice support keeps him constantly engaged.
Adam Curphey is the Innovation Engagement Manager at Reed Smith where he works with clients and internal legal, technology, and knowledge professionals to identify efficiency and transformational gains, and is responsible for administering the firm’s internal innovation programme. His work involves helping to understand client and internal pain points and then designing and developing innovative solutions, taking a people-process-technology approach. A capital markets solicitor by training, Adam has a passion for future lawyer skills, having previously worked at BPP University as a lecturer and innovation head where he was responsible for introducing new educational and legal technology solutions. He is also an active member of the O-Shaped Lawyer steering group and the Lawtech UK education taskforce.
Nick West is Mischcon de Reya's Chief Strategy Officer with overall responsibility for technological transformation within Mishcon de Reya. He leads the Technology and Strategy groups as well the Firm's research and development arm, MDR R&D. The latter includes establishing one of the industry's first in-house Data Science and Machine Learning teams. He is also the Founder of MDR LAB, a programme for tech start-ups in the legal space.