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Upcoming Event Webinar: Unfair Contract Terms Changes: Are You Ready?
Are you ready for the upcoming Unfair Contract Terms Changes? Our upcoming webinar, 'Unfair Contract Terms Changes: Are You Ready?' on October 10, 2023, is your opportunity to gain essential insights.
Join Verity White, a leading force in contract design and automation, as she delves into the practical intricacies of these new laws and their implications on businesses of all sizes and industries.
Discover how to create contracts that not only comply with the latest regulations but also foster transparency and trust.
Upcoming Event: Legaltech Confab - How I built a 10 minute chatbot
On Thursday 21st September 2023, Verity will join Fiona McLay, Principal Lawyer & Consultant at McLay Legal and author of the Tech Enabled Lawyer to discuss “How I built a 10 minute chatbot”. Hosted by Centre for Legal Innovation.
Verity will discuss her experience in building an AI chatbot called Magenta, a tool she uses to show clients how to improve their contracts. You'll be taken through a step by step breakdown of how this was done and how you can do it too!
Contract Design Workshop - Fair Terms Special (Melbourne)
A special 'fair terms' contract design workshop
What to expect:
🔸 A fun, hands-on workshop that equips you with the skills to make your contracts easy-to-read and understand
🔸 Insights into the updated Unfair Contract Terms laws and how contract design can help
🔸 CPD Points (1 x Practice Management and 1 x Professional Skills)
Upcoming Event: Women's Small Business Summit
One Roof, in partnership with Pin Payments and City of Melbourne are so excited to bring you this two day Women's Small Business Summit.
Over two days we will be creating both an in-person and virtual space for women business owners to connect, learn & gain inspiration. The focus for this Summit is on the topic of digitisation. With loads of speakers and experts we will be discussing how to successfully automate and scale your business.
Upcoming Event: Contract Design Roundtable (Auckland)
Look out Auckland, it’s time for Legal Design!
What to expect:
🔸 Small group discussion with some of the best creative minds in contracting
🔸 Insights into comic contracting, large scale contract design projects, and using AI for contracting
🔸 Lots of fun and new legal design friends!
More details: https://checklistlegal.typeform.com/events
Event Details
📅 Date: Wednesday, 31 May 202
⏰ Time: TBC
📍 Location: TBC
Upcoming Event: Contract Design Roundtable (Wellington)
Look out Wellington, it’s time for Legal Design!
What to expect:
🔸 Small group discussion with some of the best creative minds in contracting
🔸 Insights into comic contracting, large scale contract design projects, and using AI for contracting
🔸 Lots of fun and new legal design friends!
More details: https://checklistlegal.typeform.com/events
Event Details
📅 Date: Tuesday, 30 May 202
⏰ Time: TBC
📍 Location: TBC
Upcoming Event: Contract Design Workshop: Fair Terms Special (Sydney)
A special *fair terms* edition of our popular hands-on contract design workshop.... Excited to deliver this one in real life in Sydney!
📅 Date: Wed, 3 May 2023
⏰ Time: 6pm for 6.10pm start
📍 Location: The Commons, George Street, Sydney
What to expect:
🔸 A fun, hands-on workshop that equips you with the skills to make your contracts easy-to-read and understand
🔸 Insights into the updated Unfair Contract Terms laws and how contract design can help
🔸 CPD Points (1 x Practice Management and 1 x Professional Skills)
Upcoming Event: Contract Design Roundtable (Perth)
Look out Western Australia, it’s time for Legal Design!
What to expect:
🔸 Small group discussion with some of the best creative minds in contracting
🔸 Insights into comic contracting, large scale contract design projects, and using AI for contracting
🔸 Lots of fun and new legal design friends!
More details: https://checklistlegal.typeform.com/events
Event Details
📅 Date: Thu, 20 April 2023
⏰ Time: TBC
📍 Location: TBC
Upcoming Event: Tech Enabled Lawyer: Real Talk (Melbourne)
Coming up on Tuesday 21st of March 2023, Verity will join Fiona McLay, Principal Lawyer & Consultant at McLay Legal and author of the Tech Enabled Lawyer for a FREE in-person informative and practical session on everything legal business and tech.
This session is hosted by Centre of Legal Innovation. Verity will also be joined by Emma Maxwell, Director and Family Lawyer, Anchored Family Law and Laura Vickers, Director + Principal Lawyer, Nest Legal.
In-House Practice: The Secrets to Success
Verity White will be chairing an upcoming virtual workshop for Leo Cussen Centre of Law. Coming up Thursday 17th of November Verity will be joining a lineup of legal professionals to present a workshop on gaining confidence and how to hit the ground running when starting out as an in-house lawyer. The following legends in law will be sharing insights and tips from their own experiences.
Lunch & Learn at The Commons South Yarra
How would you like to have a speed date with your business contracts? This month at The Commons South Yarra, Verity White is bringing her legal know-how to town for her members-only Lunch and Learn debut.
Happy Lawyer Happy Life Conference 2022
Our founder Verity White will be at the upcoming Happy Lawyer Happy Life Conference in Kingscliff this week and offering a free legal design audit and contract scorecard assessment for those looking to improve their engagement agreement and onboarding process (service valued at $900+).
Legal Innovation & Tech Festival
Our Founder and Chief Contract Enthusiast Verity White has been working with the Legal Innovation & Tech Festival for many years now. Here are some of her Contract Design Presentations, Tips and Resources from Legal Tech Fest.
Upcoming Event: In-House Lawyers Intensive
Our Founder and Chief Contract Enthusiast Verity White will be joining Leo Cussen, Centre of Law for their upcoming In-House Lawyers Intensive Event. Verity will be hosting a session on E-signatures & Smart Contracts-Risks and Benefits.
World Sustainable Contracting Day 2022
Better contracts, better business, better society.
This month Checklist Legal founder Verity White will be speaking at World Commerce & Contracting event – World Sustainable Contracting Day 2022. This panel will discuss how design and simplification create empowering contracts.
IWD Event: World Commerce & Contracting - Panel discussion
Our Founder Verity White is excited to talk all things inclusion, equity, equality and empowerment with Lizzy Kuoth, Sally Guyer, and Bernadette Bulacan on the panel for WCC International Women’s Day Inspiring Women 2022.
Event - Crafty Counsel - Talking conscious contracting with Crafty Innovates
Our founder Verity White talks to the wonderful Crafty Innovates community from Crafty Counsel about Conscious Contracting(™) and the potential impact of this innovative contracting approach for in house practice.
CONTRACT DESIGN WORKSHOP: LET’S CREATE A WORLD WHERE THE LAW MAKES SENSE
Details for Verity White and Melanie Thomas's Contract Design Workshop event. A workshop to help lawyers and designers understand more about each other’s role in their industry.
Delivering Digitisation with Design
Verity White participated in the Altacon 21 Legal Tech Conference and Expo in June 2021 discussing Delivering Digitisation with Design.
Our Founder Verity White is teaching Contract Design for Automation at University of Melbourne
We’re excited to announce our Founder and Chief Contract Enthusiast here at Checklist Legal will be an Honorary Senior Fellow at the University of Melbourne.
Verity will take students through the wonderful world of contract design for automation.