Episode 80 - Young Legalpreneurs SIG Launch: Building the Next Legal Practice – Yes, YOU Can!

In this session, the Centre for  Legal Innovation (Australia, New Zealand and Asia- Pacific) launched its Young Legalpreneurs Special Interest Group with a panel discussion on “Building the Next Legal Practice – Yes, YOU Can!”

The session was facilitated by the Centre’s Executive Director, Terri Mottershead, and brought together six intrapreneurs, entrepreneurs – all of whom are legalpreneurs, who discussed how they have taken their ideas, experiences, different approaches, different mindsets and focussed on what matters most to them and built the next legal practice, their way!

Terri was joined by:

• Elizabeth Aitken, Partner and National Head of Workplace Relations & Safety, SLF Lawyers
• Sheetal Deo, Principal, Shakti Legal Solutions
• Tom Dreyfus, CEO and Co-founder, Josef
• Perveen Maan, Legal Counsel, LOD; Co-Founder & Director, Anika Legal
• Simon Playford, Lawyer, Law Squared
• Dennae Smith, Analyst, Government Affairs and Public Policy, Asia, Microsoft

Topics discussed included:

1. The differences between traditional and the next legal practice.
2. How the legal marketplace is changing.
3. How early career professionals can identify and pursue opportunities.
4. The importance of knowing your strengths and playing to them.
5. The new, different and emerging capabilities for the next legal practice (and why they matter).
6. How early career professionals can effect change.
7. The next or first step on the path to building your legal practice, your way!

Thank you so much Elizabeth, Sheetal, Tom, Perveen, Simon and Dennae for an outstanding and inspiring session!