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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!
Why do business owners need contracts?
Contracts are super important for business owners because they bring clarity, trust, and protection, making the entrepreneurial journey successful and secure.
Legal Design VS Contract Design Our founder Verity on Legal Creatives Podcast
Discover the secrets to creating contracts that clients absolutely love with Verity's expert guidance and innovative approaches. From practical tips to real-life examples, Verity's mission is to transform contracts into powerful tools that not only protect your interests but also foster strong relationships.
Help! What to Do When You're Caught in a Business Dispute!
A Guide to Handling Business Disputes and Recovering Your Money.
8 Surprising Facts About Lawyers
Discover surprising facts about lawyers, including ethical obligations, specialisations, gender representation, education requirements, and the evolving nature of the legal profession.
Clause Play Episode 02: My Legal Service Conditions Old v New Walkthrough
In episode two of Clause Play Verity takes you through her own award winning Service Conditions and compares her 2020 and 2022 documents.
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.
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.
What I learned from 1-year full time in my own law firm
Highs and lows from a year of learning. It was a crisp October morning in 2021 when I entered my co-working space for the first time as a self-employed business owner. Sure, I had been ‘side hustling’ for a long time already. Writing blogs, speaking at conferences and then in April 2020, starting a side hobby law firm.
How to protect your business
When you first start up a company, it is exciting just to get started and make that first sale! You might make something or set up a service for a friend and just start selling it straightaway under your own name. Eventually, you might start thinking about getting a business name, a formal business number, and other kinds of company structures.
Member in the Spotlight interview with .au Domain Administration
Our founder and chief contract enthusiast Verity White was recently interviewed by .au Domain Administration about Checklist Legal and how she manages her online business.
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.
100 ways to improve your contracts
Whether your contracts are B2B or for consumers; internal for employees or external for millions of customers, there are lots of ways and even more reasons to improve your contracts for speed, efficiency, values, and client centricity. Here’s my list of 100 ways you can improve your 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.
Why bother getting B Corp certified?
Our journey to certification as a B Corporation and tips on where to start if you want to become a B-Corp.
Legalpreneurs Expo - Law Institute of Victoria Careers Week 2021
The Law Institute of Victoria Legal Innovation and Technology Committee in conjunction with PEXA present the ‘Legalpreneurs Expo’ to inspire and educate legal professionals and law students on the ever growing ways to embed legal innovation in your career. Verity White joined this Panel Discussion event, along with Tom Dreyfus and Sam Flynn from Josef and Eric Chin from Alpha Creates.
In-House Leaders 2020
Verity White was featured in The Lawyer Magazine’s In House Leader feature in her role as Legal Counsel for Telstra.
Top 10 questions to ask your lawyer
What to ask your lawyer and what to expect to make the most of legal advice
Whether you chose to work with Checklist Legal or someone else, it is useful to understand the kinds of information a lawyer will ask you about. And perhaps even more importantly, be ready to ask the lawyer some key questions yourself!
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.
Automated Letter Builder: Are you being paid correctly?
Most employers want to do the right thing by their workers. Different awards and pay rates and entitlements are often confusing for small to medium businesses. Even large corporations can make mistakes about the pay and entitlements of their staff.Speaking with your employer or writing a letter is the first step to ask your current or former employer to confirm your pay entitlements.