In-House Counsel Conference - Ethics, Professional Skills and Practice Management for In-House Counsel: Dealing with Regulators: Digital Technologies and In-House Legal Practice
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Description
Attend and earn 1 CPD hour in Practice Management & Business Skills
This program is applicable to practitioners from all States & Territories
Practice Management & Business Skills
4.15pm to 5.15pm Digital Technologies and In-House Legal Practice
- Challenges and practical approaches to legal technology implementation
- Leveraging tools already in the technology stack
- Tips for capturing and interrogating practice data
- New technologies: some examples
Presented by Patrick Sefton, Special Counsel and Alexandra Vost, Legal Optimisation Manager, MinterEllison
Presenters
Patrick Sefton
Patrick is a specialist technology and IP lawyer. Patrick has extensive experience advising on ICT contracts and programs, as well as the protection of innovation and brand. In his specialist areas, he has advised all levels of government, and multi-national and listed entities through to startups. Patrick values collaboration, pursuit of shared goals, commercial resolution of differences, and collective success. He keeps the big picture in his mind, although his role also includes attention to and responsibility for the details. Patricks clients value his responsiveness and commerciality. Patrick has particular interest staying current across novel applications of ICT including, most recently, commercial applications of machine learning and AI, and their associated legal issues. More broadly, Patrick is enthusiastic about the value that technology can unlock when it is appropriately planned and implemented.
Alexandra Vost
Alexandra is a Manager in MinterEllison's Legal Optimisation consultancy practice. With a depth of legal industry experience and a background as a client relationship management professional, she supports in house legal teams to develop creative solutions and transform the way they engage with their broader organisation. She has supported a number of in house legal teams in both the public and private sector to improve their processes, leverage technology to create efficiencies and adopt a client-centric approach to their own service delivery. She is an AgilePM Practitioner, Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt and certified Josef Chatbot Designer and Builder. Alex also has experience in client data management, including through use of platforms such as PowerBI and Tableau.