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Welcome to the Checklist Legal blog, your comprehensive hub for transforming your legal challenges into strategic opportunities. As a B Corp certified law firm, we blend our commitment to commercial law, contract simplification, and legal innovation with a passion for creating a fair and equitable business environment.

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Verity White recognised as a Fellow with World Commerce & Contracting

Join us in celebrating Verity White's remarkable journey, from legal novice to becoming a Fellow with World Commerce & Contracting. Her story is a testament to dedication, growth, and a commitment to excellence in Contract and Commercial Management

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Verity White of Checklist Legal finalist for Innovator of the Year

Join us in the remarkable journey of Verity White, a finalist in the prestigious "Innovator of the Year" category at the Women in Law Awards 2023. Explore her dedication to innovation in the legal industry and how Checklist Legal is making a positive impact.

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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.

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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!

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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.

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Building Strong Business Relationships and Contracts!

Get ready to dive into the exciting world of business relationships and contracts.

Contracts may sound dull, but trust us, they’re way more interesting than you think. Let’s explore how they can add some spice to your business connections!

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Ep11 How to make a Reverse Sandwich Contract – the high level process for creating a powerfully productive contract

Time to make your contract process more productive. This is the episode that puts together all the previous episodes and ideas into one full process overview… We run through the four big Secrets of Productive Contracts. We step through six steps of how to make a Reverse Sandwich Contract™  which makes use of those four contract secrets

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Ep10 How to map a contract for productivity

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.

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Ep09 How to make your contracting process more productive

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

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Ep07 SLAPP your contract into shape: The SLAPP test for productive contracts

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

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