Reimagining Justice

In episode no. 75 I speak with Catherine Bamford, CEO & Founder of BamLegal. We cover: BamLegal’s clients and services; The UK legal industry’s adoption of document automation; How Catherine addresses some common objections to legal technology; The relevance of time billing and fixed fee in this context; How legal technology intersects with ‘real lawyering’; Who should and shouldn’t ‘own’ a legal tech product or project; How legal technology vendors get sales pitches ‘wrong’; Catherine’s ‘why’ for leaving BigLaw and the steps that led her to create her own business;  How Catherine got started with legal technology, what she’s working on now and why; Real examples of how document automation assists people with low-middle income; How point-in-time online guidance has significantly improved accuracy of UK divorce forms; Other advantages of technology for clients, lawyers and courts; Catherine’s motivation to produce ‘BamBytes’, ‘Breakfast with Bam’ and to compile innovation and technology resources for the