Doing Law Differently

Dec 08 2021 63

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Discover how the world’s most progressive law companies are doing law differently.

There's lots of talk about why we need to change the legal industry, but much less about how to do it. The Doing Law Differently podcast taps into the valuable knowledge of those who are walking the talk of NewLaw. Host, Lucy Dickens interviews leaders of progressive law companies who are reinventing traditional legal practice and transforming the profession for the better.

From alternative fee arrangements and new technology to innovative business models and new ways of delivering services, find out what NewLaw looks like from the inside.

Join Lucy Dickens in her weekly conversations with forward-thinking leaders in law who share how they’re doing law differently.

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Great Work + Great Culture = A Great Australian law firm. David Newman, on how Maddocks is combining clients and culture to continue to grow (ep 98)

Dec 08 2021 32 mins

If you ask a law firm leader to list their firm’s top values, there’s a good chance you’ll hear words like “access to justice”, “innovation”, “excellence” and “integrity”. For Maddocks, though, the guiding value is something far more unique: “stewardship”. As David Newman, partner and CEO at Maddocks, explains to me in this interview, stewardship

Hire for now: perfect-fit contract lawyers for short-term needs with Fionn Bowd (ep 97)

Dec 02 2021 40 mins

Fionn’s idea was simple – to have the flexibility to do the work she loved doing and to do it the way she thought it could be done. But with a background working in with big firms and big companies with traditional values, Fionn found she was not given the opportunity to explore her ideas. Fionn decided there had to be a better way for lawyers to work and came up with an id

Proving the critics wrong – Growing a specialist law firm in a country town with Bernadette Duell, Great Southern Wills (ep 96)

Nov 23 2021 25 mins

After 20 years’ experience in estate law, Bernadette Duell saw her fair share of inadequately drafted Wills and thought, ‘there must be a better way.’ After moving to Albany in the south of Western Australia, Bernadette saw her opportunity to fix the problems she’d encountered at their root cause. She decided to establish a law firm that specialised solely in Wills and

Building a Homeforce in law and beyond with Jo Alilovic, 3D HR Legal (ep 95)

Nov 16 2021 37 mins

After many years spent working at a traditional law firm, Jo established 3D HR Legal, a specialist employment law firm that operates in a completely virtual working environment. Jo quickly realised that the concept of being family friendly and flexible was a point of difference and the firm grew rapidly. When COVID hit in 2020, Jo realised that her unique experience of ma

Oh, Christmas Tree! Embracing creativity in law with Anthony Curtin, Merton Lawyers (ep 94)

Nov 11 2021 39 mins

Anthony Curtin credits Christmas trees, in part, with being a better lawyer. Intrigued? Back in 2009 Anthony found himself stung by the GFC and losing his job to redundancy. Needing to draw an income between jobs, he started a Christmas tree delivery business, Melbourne Christmas Trees, which is still successful today. Anthony found that his business had a much bigger impact

Targeting the “missing middle”: Prevention is better than cure with Jacqui Brauman, TBA Law (ep 93)

Nov 03 2021 29 mins

Jacqui Brauman has spent time delving into the psychology of the ‘missing middle’ and understanding the barriers that prevent upwards of 80% of people from getting professional advice. With the goal of creating a safe space for women to access legal services, Jacqui started Legally Wise Women, which she describes as an information and education hub, a community and a starti

OpenLegal: Removing barriers through fixed price subscription services (ep 92)

Oct 27 2021 28 mins

After leaving a litigation role in London and feeling a bit disconnected from the world, Philip Evangelou signed up to a Nomad MBA, where he spent three months studying digital marketing in South Africa. Fast forward to 2020, and he then found himself at the end of an employment contract and at the beginning of a COVID lockdown. While many of us would panic, Phil saw this as an op

What if it doesn’t look like a law firm? Taking inspiration from clients, not lawyers (ep 91)

Oct 20 2021 33 mins

The covid pandemic forced the world into a whole new way of thinking and for Alistair and Shona, it marked the creation of their innovative new law firm, Tend Legal. Having the opportunity to design their firm their own way, Alistair and Shona took inspiration from creative agencies and tech companies and asked, ‘Why can’t we do that with a law firm?’. Focusing on comm

What are we fighting for? Out of court solutions for separating couples with Kirsty Salvestro, Flourish Family Law (ep 90)

Oct 13 2021 30 mins

Kirsty’s biggest rule is ‘No court’. After her own bad experiences and seeing her clients struggle mentally and emotionally with the court process, Kirsty has developed her business to focus on out of court solutions. Kirsty took a big step in leaving the traditional law firm where she was partner for seven years to concentrate on helping peop

More than just a motto: Building long term client relationships with Stipe Vuleta, Chamberlains Law Firm (ep 89)

Oct 06 2021 33 mins

The Doing Law Differently Podcast is back with the last season of 2021. Today, I’m joined by Stipe Vuleta, Managing Director at Chamberlains Law Firm. Back in episode 82, James d’Apice gave us a glimpse into life at Chamberlains and suggested I speak with Stipe to learn more about some of the law firm’s innovations. In this episode, I do just that. Coming