Course curriculum

    1. Introduction

    2. The relevance of legal technology

    3. Key business challenges for law firms

    4. Why businesses use legal technology

    5. Barriers to the adoption of legal technology

    1. What is legal technology?

    2. Legal technology in the context of transactions

    3. Legal technology in the context of disputes and investigations

    4. The legal technology market

    1. What is legal automation?

    2. The benefits of legal automation

    3. When is legal automation helpful?

    4. Misconceptions and limitations

    1. Introduction to Avvoka's technology

    2. The basics

    3. A comprehensive demonstration

    1. Final thoughts

    2. Learn more about Avvoka

Legal technology

  • 18 lessons
  • 1.5 hours of video content

Why is this course the best introduction to legal technology?

In short, because our speaker's unique combination of experience working as a City lawyer and then as a senior legal technology executive means he truly understands the legal technology landscape, including how it can support lawyers in practice.

  • The most comprehensive online course specifically built to demystify legal technology for aspiring commercial lawyers.

  • Includes a live demonstration of how legal automation actually works, plus loads of real life examples of how legal tech is implemented in practice.

  • We structured the course around the topics that aspiring lawyers often talk about during interviews.

Instructors

Head of growth at a leading legal tech business Giles Thompson

Giles spearheads Avvoka’s growth strategy, which involves working with in-house legal teams, leading law firms, and businesses. Previously, Giles worked as a City lawyer at Herbert Smith Freehills and Kirkland & Ellis. Giles also has in-house experience working for BP’s in-house legal team and in the regulatory division of PAX Labs/Juul.

Commercial Law Academy Founder & Ex-Freshfields Lawyer Jake Schogger

Jake Schogger is a qualified lawyer, career coach, entrepreneur, author, copywriter and consultant. He is the founder and CEO of City Career Series, a publishing company that has sold ~50,000 handbooks designed to help students secure City careers, including the critically acclaimed Commercial Law Handbook and Training Contract Handbook. He also founded Commercial Law Academy. He trained at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP and now acts as a legal adviser to start-ups and scale-ups, whilst also working as a career coach and delivering career-related presentations at universities across the UK. In addition, Jake works with tech start-ups and runs a variety of his own businesses. Connect with Jake on LinkedIn via www.linkedin.com/in/jakeschogger

Course reviews

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5 star rating

Great foundation!

Rachel Lawrence

I thoroughly enjoyed partaking in this course! It was a great foundational introduction into the emerging powerhouse that is legal tech, and I feel confident...

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I thoroughly enjoyed partaking in this course! It was a great foundational introduction into the emerging powerhouse that is legal tech, and I feel confident in my ability to further research the wider scope of technology maximised within the commercial world.

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Great course

George Finney

Very good course and I found it very insightful to hear from Giles Thompson of Avvoka and how legal technology is specifically used in practise. Great to giv...

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Very good course and I found it very insightful to hear from Giles Thompson of Avvoka and how legal technology is specifically used in practise. Great to give me extra commercial awareness for applications especially as this is such a growing area and considerations for law firms.

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5 star rating

Refreshing and Inspirational

Huma Shafi

Clear perspective on use of legal tech that inspires viewers to innovate new solutions

Clear perspective on use of legal tech that inspires viewers to innovate new solutions

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