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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.
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.
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.
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.