All articles by Joanna Goodman – Page 4

  • The Peres Center for Peace and Innovation in Tel Aviv, Israel
    Feature

    Israel reaches for new tech horizons

    23 September 2022

    With ‘start-up’ nation Israel at the forefront of game-changing technology, a roundtable discussion considers the crossovers of legal tech.

  • Kaplan-test-centre
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    Exam graded

    12 September 2022

    Twelve months on from its formal implementation, the jury remains out on whether the Solicitors Qualifying Exam will achieve its noble aims. 

  • Tech people
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    Computer says yes

    29 July 2022

    What’s it like to advise the world’s top tech entrepreneurs? Joanna Goodman finds out.

  • Virtual reality
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    New frontiers in the metaverse

    22 July 2022

    Law firms need a strategy to make the most of tech innovation and balance virtual and physical collaboration.

  • Workplace culture RT
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    Culture club

    15 July 2022

    Hybrid working arrangements bring challenges and opportunities for the culture of the legal workplace. Joanna Goodman reports from the latest Gazette roundtable discussion.

  • City skyline
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    Done deal

    1 July 2022

    Despite the doom-mongering, Brexit appears to have had little impact on the UK’s position as a leader in mergers and acquisitions. But, writes Joanna Goodman, there are clouds on the horizon.

  • ESG
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    Dig the new breed of law firm

    24 June 2022

    Tech innovation is increasingly being driven by moral and even political considerations as ESG grows in importance.

  • Joanna Goodman
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    Golden gateway?

    20 May 2022

    Soaring salaries for the City’s newly qualified solicitors mask the potholed and expensive road to qualification for many. And associate attrition rates are rising.

  • Margarita Sivakova
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    The wartime CEO

    13 May 2022

    A Ukrainian legal tech startup has continued operations since the country was invaded by Russia. Its chief executive, who was in Kyiv when war broke out, explains how her company is busier than ever and why contributing to the economy helps the war effort

  • Ukrainian refugees
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    Automation for the people

    8 April 2022

    Consumer-facing apps and portals can help address the unmet need for affordable legal services – and aid Ukrainian refugees. But the vast majority are commercial initiatives and in the end someone has to pay.

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    Flexing the abs

    25 March 2022

    Sir David Clementi’s vision of a liberalised legal services market really began to take shape a decade ago this week with the creation of the first SRA-licensed alternative business structures. So how much has changed? Joanna Goodman reports

  • City
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    The Covid dividend

    18 March 2022

    City and commercial practices have traded far ahead of expectations in the two years since Covid hit. How did they do it – and can the sector’s stellar performance be sustained? Joanna Goodman reports.

  • Digital contracts
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    Spoilt for choice

    18 March 2022

    The advent of the legal tech directory has simplified the purchase of products in areas such as contract analysis. And businesses can also check that the environmental, social and corporate governance credentials of law firms match their own.

  • Digital train
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    Clients driving a runaway train

    25 February 2022

    Last week’s Sandbox Showcase demonstrated that the best tech companies are no longer following the law firm.

  • Stress cartoon
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    The watchful hours

    2022-01-28T00:01:00Z

    Email fraud, threats to third-party supply chains and ransomware pose nightmare scenarios for law firms. Joanna Goodman looks at the everyday perils that give compliance officers sleepless nights.

  • Sandbox
    Feature

    The beforetimes and what comes after

    2022-01-21T00:01:00Z

    Can technology give legal services a transformational makeover in 2022?

  • Joanna Goodman
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    Value judgements

    22 November 2021

    Digitisation and a focus on more subjective business goals have made the act of measuring value a moveable feast. Yet there is no doubt that technology can enhance this process.

  • Joanna Goodman
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    Technology: a community reunited

    25 October 2021

    The return of Legal Geek as an in-person event gave the industry a chance to see how far lawtech has evolved during the pandemic.

  • Data-analytics
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    View from the engine room

    18 October 2021

    The Gazette’s latest roundtable discussion, sponsored by Conduent, focused on the role of business professionals and technology in powering profitability and growth in large law firms.

  • Meal illustration
    Feature

    Law boldly explores the hybrid realm

    20 September 2021

    In following the footsteps of the retail sector, law firms can reshape their businesses into hybrid models that offer both modern service delivery and good customer experience.