LawPage On Air

Caught between the rock of hype and the hard place of risk, it becomes difficult to assess the pros and cons of using AI professionally or knowing exactly where the primary risks are and that is our talking point in this podcast with Jim Meyer and Richard Matthews KC.

Jim is currently using the LawPage YouTube channel to consider the proposition that most of the high-profile failures blamed on AI are not tech failures of AI. Instead, they are the failure to remember the age-old requirements of professional control and judgement. 

Join us for a lively discussion split over 2 parts which will challenge your thinking and offer a different perspective.

Firms and chambers consistently report that transformation is a top priority with a focus on technology and strategy. The problem is that the people working within firms and chambers don’t like change. They have got used to the existing systems and whilst there may be plenty of things to moan about, better the devil you know creeps into everyone’s thinking. It acts as a mantra to ward off the fear of change.

So, firms and chambers get stuck their ways, progressing and securing their business at a snail’s pace. And maybe they will get away with it right up until the point when the proverbial hits the fan and it becomes obvious that the mantra wasn’t so protective after all.

Join Richard Matthews KC and Jim Meyer as they talk about ways to overcome these challenges.

Richard Matthews KC talks about life at the bar, in particular the chambers structure, how it works for and against a barrister’s career and why he set-up Mayfair Place chambers. On the way he talks about ancient technology and rabbits.

A bonus episode on AI, some out-take discussions on using AI your legal practice, also known as the hot-tub episode because that is where Richard and Jim decided to get very nerdy with AI. Listen to see how we get from there to McKenzie’s Friends and Legal Aid.

*Special Guest Victoria Matthews*

Second of a 2-parter on AI in the legal profession. In this episode we explore risks and ethics within AI.  Via hallucinations, the EU AI Act and anthropomorphisation (hint: don’t do it!) Jim, Richard and Martin get to grips with the ethics of AI with our special guest, Victoria Matthews, an expert working in the field of AI ethics and policy.

First of a 2-parter on AI in the legal profession. In this episode we explore what AI is, how lawyers might use it and whether it poses an existential threat to both professions. Via cattle-herders in Uzbekistan, AI bias and Loaded to Legally Blonde, Jim, Richard and Martin get to grips with the practical experience of AI.

We explore the latest in legal media with LawPage Media Gauge, discuss tech trends, and debate PCs vs. Macs in the legal world – which do you use, choose and base your business on?

Jim gets nerdy, Richard wins an argument and Martin talks about his first Mac, sighted on a Penthouse desk when he was busy editing an eco-magazine.

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Why create a new legal software start-up now? And why create software for Solicitors and Barristers when existing systems hadn't? We discuss practice frustrations, disconnects and the inability to share documents safely in virtual conferences because of products being sold in silos to each side of the profession. It's about real life problems and being your own customer.

Season One of LawPage On Air: How Richard Matthews KC and Jim Meyer created the LawPage tech start-up while still managing their own careers and businesses, why they did it, and what lawyers and barristers and indeed tech start-ups can learn from their experience. It will be in turns insightful, interesting, and occasionally silly, covering every subject from nerdy tech to grand plans going awry.

Richard and Jim are ably assisted by Martin Deeson - yes, he of Loaded, GQ and the Daily Telegraph - and Christina Grzasko - she of 30 years experience getting legal software tech companies to do something worthwhile whilst juggling a second career as broadcaster and sound engineer.

Episode 1: Welcome to LawPage on Air.