Lawyers Who Code: Natalie Sandpearl – Profile
Legal Geek is compiling a ‘hack-book’ of lawyers and legaltechies who code. If you code, or are learning to code, we would love to include you in our ‘hack-book’. Drop us a line via [email protected] [yes it is .co]. Natalie Sandpearl is a former insolvency solicitor who now works for legal engineering business SYKE as […]
LawTech in Amsterdam: ready for take off
On our recent Road Trip across Europe, we stopped at the main centres that are driving innovation in LawTech, thanks to a concentration of tech expertise and entrepreneurial thinking. Amsterdam was, of course, unmissable – the Dutch LawTech scene is one of the most exciting. The UK Department for International Trade (DIT) is working hard […]
Libryo interview: fight that regulatory complexity!
Libryo interview: fight that regulatory complexity! Last week we chatted with Nextlaw Labs to find out how the European LawTech scene looks to investors. This week we caught up with one of Nextlaw’s latest investments, Libryo, to take the startup temperature from the other side of the pitch. Garth Watson co-founded Libryo, which offers Software […]
Legal startups connecting!
London-based LawTech platform Linkilaw has acquired legal comparison site LawyerFair increasing the breadth and competitiveness of its legal services for start-ups and small businesses. Linkilaw was founded in 2015 to help start-ups complete their legal affairs in an affordable manner by connecting start-ups with pre-approved lawyers. The platform is free to use and only […]
Wow – our biggest and best online courts hackathon yet!!
What an AWESOME 24 hours of fun, coding, building, hustling, competing, eating pizza, hanging out and high fives. A personal career high for Jimmy Vestbirk was a high five with the Lord Chief Justice. The hackathon embodied everything that is amazing about the Legal Geek community. We had a crazy attendee rate of 210 out of […]
Live feed our Online Courts Hackathon
This weekend we are planning a huge hackathon which had over 400 applicants from around the world, including teams from Russia and Australia. Wow! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXiAPxsUDOQ In the spirit of collaboration we are providing a live feed of the hackathon available for those who can not make it: For more information see: www.onlinecourtshackathon.com Love Legal Tech? Check […]
Final leg of the Legal Geek RoadTrip
After awesome events in Amsterdam, Berlin, Brussels and Paris we got up at 4am to drive back to London and get parked on the pavement in Canary Wharf outside Thomson Reuters offices. We heard from: Lucinda Case, Managing Director Thomson Reuters Legal UKI Jimmy Vestbirk, Legal Geek Julien Lasala, Nextlaw Labs/Dentons Garth Watson, Libryo See all the photos on Facebook: You […]
Paris Leg of Legal Geek Tour Complete
After awesome events in Amsterdam, Berlin and Brussels we arrived with high expectations in Paris on our #LGRoadTrip organised in collaboration with Nextlaw Labs. Stay up to date with our event on our dedicated Road Trip page. For our Paris event we collaborated with Open Law and Village de LegalTech to organise a startup pitching event: We met and […]
Brussels Leg of Legal Geek Tour Complete
After awesome events in Amsterdam and Berlin to open our #LGRoadTrip organised in collaboration with Nextlaw Labs. Stay up to date with our event on our dedicated Road Trip page. For our Brussels event we collaborated with Legal Tech Belgium to organise a startup pitching event: We met and interviewed in Betty: @tprlegal @LawboxBe @OnSolAtt lex.be See […]
Dentons and Nextlaw labs: what’s next?
Europe is a hotbed for legal innovation, which is why we set out on our road trip to get the latest on how startups are changing this industry for the better. Berlin is one of the key centres for LawTech in Europe, and it’s also where you’ll find some of the key minds behind Nextlaw […]
