In this special episode, we go to the Sydney 2018 Legal Innovation and Tech Fest where Verity Presented on Legal Intrapreneur Basics.

Dealing with a tricky government contract you want to simplify? Government lawyers pushing back on your updates to their agreement?

Creating a business case for legal innovation can be a major stumbling block for many legal professionals. In fact, it’s the one step of the legal innovation process that causes most people to come unstuck, not because it’s particularly difficult or time consuming, it’s a problem of translation.

Trying to do something different in a legal team gets overwhelming.

There’s lots of roadblocks. Heaps of competing priorities. Very little (i.e. zero) budget to spend. And on top of all of these challenges, lawyers are human (believe it or not!) and aren’t known for changing their ways in a hurry.

Time to make your contract process more productive. On this episode of the Checklist Legal Podcast, we look at: How to create a mind map, My favourite application for creating mind maps, How to create process maps for more complicated contracts with lots of moving parts and of course our ACTIONABLE CHALLENGE that we have in every episode for you to try.

On this episode of the Checklist Legal Podcast, we look at: Why you have to get your contract process in sync with your contract document, An example of an out of sync, slow process and how process mapping fixed it, Why a visual map of a contract process is so useful, The common culprits of slow contract processes and how to fix them and of course our ACTIONABLE CHALLENGE that we have in every episode for you to try

On this episode, we look at the SLAPP test. This test gives some key tactics we can use to improve the productivity of the contract document.We’ll cover: Academic studies showing the effectiveness of visual contract elements, The picture superiority effect, Why easy to read is easy to like and Contract formatting tips.

Legal teams must cut costs. But how can you innovate with no time and no money?

In this article, I share some ideas and tips on how to innovate your legal work with little to no extra funding.

On this episode, we look at the SLAPP test. This test gives some key tactics we can use to improve the productivity of the contract document. We’ll cover: • Academic studies showing the effectiveness of visual contract elements • The picture superiority effect • Why easy to read is easy to like • Contract formatting tips

Write for readability On this episode of the Checklist Legal Podcast, we are covering the Triple O Productivity way to approach your contract document.

Today’s show is all about the Delegate like Beyoncé checklist.

Can you delegate that?

In this episode of the Checklist Legal Podcast we discuss… Why minion is not a dirty word, We look at the different types of minions available to you, Examples of some basic Robot Minions to try, Tactics for approaching minions and What to do if you have no minions.

Do you have an EXTRAordinary skill set?
On this episode of the Checklist Legal Podcast, we’ll go through: What a contract is and what it could be, Who is a contract for? Who is the user of a contract, Why your ordinary laywering skills are not enough anymore and why you need an extraordinary skill set, What does it mean to think digitally? and How does digital thinking apply to building a contract?

This episode Verity discusses the Reverse Sandwich Contract method.

Do you ever wish you could write other people's emails for them? Perhaps you get requests that come through with missing information or unclear details? Maybe you want to direct certain requests to another person, but you don't want that person to get lump with lots of unclear requests.

The right tool can make a big difference. You can't easily hammer a nail with a spoon and it's hard to eat cereal with a hammer. There are lots of productivity tools and helpful apps out there for lawyers.

What’s coming up on the Checklist Legal podcast

With technology a key player in your legal team, you can deliver incredible value and legal service to your business whilst enriching your legal career and ensuring its longevity.