The Legalpreneurs Sandbox

This podcast was delivered on 7 July 2023 and is the third session in CLI's AI for Legal Series.

In this session Stan Chua, Service Delivery Manager, Technology, Lander & Rogers discussed Large Language Models.

Topics covered included:

• Machine Learning, Large Language Model, Generative AI – What's the difference?
• Large Language Model: How does it work? How does it learn?
• Transformer – the magic tool behind ChatGPT
• Impact, ethics and risk considerations
• Hallucinations
• Future of Large Language Models

Resources

• CLI Legal Generative AI LinkedIn GroupCLI Generative AI Initiative

If you would prefer to watch rather than listen to this episode, you'll find the video in our CLI-Collaborate (CLIC) free Resource Hub here.

This podcast was delivered on 27 June 2023 and is the second session in CLI's AI for Legal Series.

In this session, Ab Saraswat, Chief Revenue Officer at Lupl and Founder of Fringe Legal discussed ChatGPT Plugins – Why? Now? Next?

Topics covered included:

• The difference between APIs, Apps and Plugins
• How ChatGPT Plugins are solving some of the limitations of ChatGPT, enabling more dynamic, context-aware systems
• The risks and challenges associated with ChatGPT Plugins, including data security and reliability
• Predictions about the future of ChatGPT Plugins, including growth trends and advanced integration possibilities
• The potential for the development of legal-specific plugins and their implications for the legal sector

Resources

• Fringe Legal #82: Unveiling the Impact of ChatGPT Plugins on Legal Tech
• Fringe Legal: Law Tech Daily
• CLI Legal Generative AI LinkedIn Group
• CLI Generative AI Initiative

If you would prefer to watch rather than listen to this episode, you'll find the video in our CLI-Collaborate (CLIC) free Resource Hub here.

This podcast was delivered on 20 June 2023 and launched CLI's AI for Legal Series.

In this session, Caryn Sandler, Partner + Chief Knowledge and Innovation Officer and Mitchell Scott, Data and Delivery Manager, both from Gilbert + Tobin, discussed How to Use Generative AI and ChatGPT in Legal Practice.

Topics covered included:

• The changing AI landscape
• The legal generative AI toolkit
• What's coming around the corner in legal AI
• The approaches taken to AI in the legal industry so far
• Risks and ethical considerations when using generative AI
• The do's and don'ts of generative AI

If you would prefer to watch rather than listen to this episode, you'll find the video in our CLI-Collaborate (CLIC) free Resource Hub here.

In this podcast, the seventh episode of eight in the CLI's Women Legal Business Founders and Leaders Series offered through our Legalpreneurs Lab, Women Legalpreneurs Special Interest Group, Bronwyn Eynon-Lewis, Co-Founder, Lacuna Professional Services facilitated a discussion focussed on when a business idea doesn't go to plan, what's next, with three outstanding women founders and leaders from Australia:

• Kim Trajer, Chief Operating Officer, McCullough Robertson
• Phi Vo, Principal & Director, Catalyst Migration Law
• Alexandra Vost, Legal Optimisation Manager, MinterEllison

Topics covered in this session included:

• How to encourage and sustain creativity and innovative business ideas
• How to create a culture of experimentation vs pilots
• How to frame, communicate and create buy in for your idea
• The pros and cons of falling in love with your own idea
• How to identify that not all ideas have the same risk and how to manage the differences
• Is failure different, worse or the same for start-ups vs established businesses
• How to know when to stay or walk away if your idea fails

If you would prefer to watch rather than listen to this episode, you'll find the video in our CLI-Collaborate (CLIC) free Resource Hub here.

In this podcast, the final of five sessions on Digital Contracting for Net Zero, CLI's Distinguished Fellow, Natalia Crnomarkovic was joined by Bernadette Bulacan Starin to explore how emerging technologies are shaping the future of Climate Contracting and how leading organisations are looking to blockchain and other emerging technologies as key Net Zero enablers.

Bernadette Bulacan Starin is Chief Evangelist at Icertis, a Gartner Magic Quadrant CLM vendor, and 2021 Fellow of the World Commerce and Contracting organisation.

Topics covered in this session included:

• Digital contracting as a key enabler for Climate aligned contracting

• Contract Lifecycle maturity – the state of play and recent market shifts

• Key challenges in driving Net Zero across supply chains and how blockchain-enabled CLM technology promises to transform these challenges into a competitive advantage

• Top tips for organisations seeking to accelerate NetZero through supply chains using digital contracting

You'll find information about the other episodes in this series in the Digital Contracting for Net Zero Report here.

If you would prefer to watch rather than listen to this episode, you'll find the video in our CLI-Collaborate (CLIC) free Resource Hub here.

In this podcast, the fourth of five sessions on Digital Contracting for Net Zero, CLI's Distinguished Fellow, Natalia Crnomarkovic was joined by Alishia Ballantine and Peter Moulton to explore the limitations of current CLM systems in enabling Net Zero and how Next Gen contracting (aka Smart Legal Contracts) will uplift climate metrics capture and reporting across supply chains.

Alishia Ballintine is a Legal Analyst with Stirling & Rose, a first-of-a-kind legal practice specialising in emerging technology and Peter Moulton is Co-founder and CEO of Sensand, an Australian Earth Tech company that is at the cusp of launching a blockchain enabled global carbon trading exchange.

Topics covered in this session included:

• Limitations of current state Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) Platforms in supporting climate contracting, monitoring and reporting

• The evolution of contracts from static artefacts to dynamic Digital Assets (Smart Legal Contracts)

• How Smart Legal Contracts working with new platforms such as carbon trading exchanges promise to streamline the pathway to Net Zero

• How in-house lawyers can help prepare their organisations for DLT enabled Climate Contracting

You'll find information about the other episodes in this series in the Digital Contracting for Net Zero Report here.

If you would prefer to watch rather than listen to this episode, you'll find the video in our CLI-Collaborate (CLIC) free Resource Hub here.

In this podcast, the third of five sessions on Digital Contracting for Net Zero, CLI's Distinguished Fellow, Natalia Crnomarkovic was joined by Marko Misko to explore how lawyers are aligning Construction supply chains with NetZero and the growing importance of technology as an enabler in this space.

Marko Misko is a leading front-end infrastructure lawyer and partner with HWL Ebsworth Lawyers. He is chair of the sustainability policy chapter at Roads Australia and honorary General Counsel of the Infrastructure Sustainability Council of Australia.

Topics covered in this session included:

• Climate as a key business risk and the duty of lawyers to address this risk

• How legal and procurement functions are aligning construction supply chains with Net Zero starting with pre-RFP planning

• The importance of creativity and collaborative cross-disciplinary delivery models to design and implement effective Net Zero programs

• Key challenges and opportunities for lawyers seeking to make a difference in Climate

You'll find information about the other episodes in this series in the Digital Contracting for Net Zero Report here.

If you would prefer to watch rather than listen to this episode, you'll find the video in our CLI-Collaborate (CLIC) free Resource Hub here.

In this podcast, the second of five sessions on Digital Contracting for Net Zero, CLI's Distinguished Fellow, Natalia Crnomarkovic was joined by Jessica Mottau and Tara Fontanilla to showcase how in-house and private practice lawyers are teaming to support NetZero across FMCG Supply Chains, through NetZero aligned contracting and explore the growing importance of technology in this space.

Jessica Mottau is a Partner in Allens' TMT practice based in Sydney and Tara Fontanilla is Senior Legal Counsel NZ with Danone Oceania, based in NZ.

Topics covered in this session included:

• Danone's approach to Net Zero

• How the in-house team works with external legal advisors on Net Zero

• How Australian procurement and legal teams are tackling Net Zero across the contract lifecycle from partner selection to KPIs and audit rights

• The role of technology and data to support decarbonisation benchmarking and reporting

You'll find information about the other episodes in this series in the Digital Contracting for Net Zero Report here.

If you would prefer to watch rather than listen to this episode, you'll find the video in our CLI-Collaborate (CLIC) free Resource Hub here.

In this podcast, the first of five sessions on Digital Contracting for Net Zero, CLI's Distinguished Fellow, Natalia Crnomarkovic was joined by Phoebe Roberts to explore how legal teams are jumping into action to propel NetZero through Climate adjusted risk allocation and Climate contracting.

Phoebe Roberts is a senior legal practitioner in MinterEllison's Climate Risk Governance Team and Director of Implementation and APAC Co-lead at The Chancery Lane Project (TCLP).

Topics covered in this session included:

• The role of legal and contract management teams to secure the pathway to Net Zero

• The shift from traditional risk allocation to climate aligned contracting for climate impact

• Chancery Lane Project (TCLP) as an invaluable resource for climate contracting

• Key challenges across the contract lifecycle for Australian Corporates in addressing climate

• The role of technology in securing a NetZero future

• Tips for lawyers seeking to align supply chains with Corporate NetZero aspirations

You'll find information about the other episodes in this series in the Digital Contracting for Net Zero Report here.

If you would prefer to watch rather than listen to this episode, you'll find the video in our CLI-Collaborate (CLIC) free Resource Hub here.

In this podcast, the sixth episode of eight in the CLI's Women Legal Business Founders and Leaders Series offered through our Legalpreneurs Lab, Women Legalpreneurs Special Interest Group, Melissa Lyon, Executive Director and Experience Designer, Hive Legal facilitated a discussion focusing on the journey from Lawyer to NewLaw Careerist with three outstanding women founders and leaders from Australia:

• Liz Fernando, Head of Legal Project Management, Allens
• Kate Greenwood, National Innovation Manager Family & Relationship Law, Lander & Rogers
• Katherine Thomas, Managing Director, Katherine Thomas Consulting and CEO, Free Range Lawyers

Topics covered in this session included:

• What is (and isn't) a NewLaw career
• How different paths to NewLaw careers are possible, probable, and positive
• The need for and importance of diversity and inclusion in NewLaw careers
• What's next for NewLaw careers – evolution, journeys, paths and capabilities
• How NewLaw careers are shaping/contributing to the transformation of legal practice

If you would prefer to watch rather than listen to this episode, you'll find the video in our CLI-Collaborate (CLIC) free Resource Hub here.