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The impact of legal tech on clients, customers, and society

38m · Manchester Law & Technology Initiative Podcast · 25 Aug 11:00

This episode focuses on the impact of legal tech on clients, customers, and society as a whole. It considers design-thinking as a means of making tech-enabled legal services more user friendly and the importance of leadership and culture in achieving strategic change around technology. Guests for this episode include: 

  • Bruce Tether (University of Manchester) 
  • Joanna Kingston Davies (Jackson Lees Group)
  • Alessandro Torrisi (Fletchers Solicitors) 
  • Fran Eccles-Bech (Manchester Law Society) 

Discussion is hosted by Christina Blacklaws, former president of The Law Society of England & Wales and Chair of the government-backed Lawtech Delivery Panel. 

To learn more about the Manchester Law & Technology Initiative, please visit The University of Manchester website.

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