This was also evident in Immigration4Ukraine, which involved about 25 organizations such as law firms, pro bono charities, universities, and legal design and technology companies. The project began with a LinkedIn post asking for help developing a resource where Ukrainians fleeing the Russian invasion can find legal information and seek advice. Within 24 hours of the letter, the project was underway. And in one week, 150 lawyers, paralegals and legal designers created a user-friendly and accessible website. Ultimately, the project showed how collaboration between different parties can lead to better innovation. Ashurst received the Next Generation Innovation and Compliance and KYC Innovation Awards at the Legal Innovation Awards, held in London on Friday, May 22. The company also received a highly appreciated reception for the Diversity Innovation Award. Law firms or incubator projects or start-ups that have demonstrated high levels of innovation, success and acceptance. Norton Rose Fulbright was recognized for its work in developing the claims control solution to help airlines track, review and mitigate EC261 claims related to flight delays and cancellations and reduce the „loss of value” of airline bottom lines. A key feature is that the solution also collects actionable data to help airlines minimize delays over time.
Norton Rose Fulbright has designed a detailed process to proactively track, review and defend claims, with project management and most of the work done from its Newcastle centre. This work is monitored via an online platform overseen by a dispute resolution team in London and other jurisdictions. The solution was developed as part of NRF Transform, Norton Rose Fulbright`s global change and innovation program. Open only to international law firms with multiple offices. It is not open to law firm networks. This award aims to discover innovations in the delivery of legal services across a law firm`s network of offices around the world. This can be a targeted project or a project that changes a key element of the participant`s culture or performance. In fact, it could be the development and implementation of an overall strategy for the company. The contribution must clearly state the objectives of the project and provide strong evidence that they have been achieved. (from left to right) Andrew Ryan, Awards Host; Filipe Mayer, Partner, CCA ONTIER; Justice Paul Heugh, Founder and CEO, Skarbek Associates Blockchain Legal Notices — Marketplace for Close-out Clearing „In the last 12 months alone, our team has helped clients respond to dozens of major cyberattacks, each involving complex forensic investigations and raising a wide range of legal issues.
Developing a technology-based solution to address the growing trend of repeat claims was critical to enabling customers to take a more strategic and lean approach to managing these claims. Several projects had much more than the minimum of three employees from different fields, as stipulated in the pricing rules. This included other legal service providers, academics and government agencies. Many show that a variety of perspectives and skills help teams understand both the problem to be solved and the needs of everyone who benefits from the solution. These awards are unusual because they aim to discover and promote continuous innovation, rather than simply recognizing projects whose results are already known. Participants had 12 months to come up with an idea, find collaborators and develop a project to show that the idea worked and had a significant potential impact. „This is a great distinction and we are delighted that Legal Week has recognized our efforts to bring innovation, creativity and new ideas to the legal industry. » Organizations: People from legal technology companies, law firms, in-house teams and charities initiated the project; UPJ and Pro Bono Germany have now taken the lead in coordination One project, for example, investigated how difficult it would be to collect all the legal data needed to make AI tools effective – given that no legal team or law firm has enough data to properly train AI. Open to individuals who have led diversity initiatives in the field of technological innovation. Judges will look for evidence from: Immigration4Ukraine – pro bono legal assistance for Ukrainian refugees Organized by Legal Week at the Jumeirah Carlton Tower in Knightsbridge, the awards aim to recognize individuals and teams from law firms and other legal service providers who help advance their business through innovation and new ideas. Corporate lawyers themselves can try to become more efficient through better use of technology. One of the obstacles to digitalization, however, is the lack of standardization.
This is the problem identified by the staff behind the legal measures portal. The project highlighted the need for a common language to measure and collect meaningful data for legal functions. The team received the award for its impact on the industry. „We are delighted to have received this award for the second year in a row. Our goal is to set new standards in the delivery of technology-enabled legal services to clients. In this case, we were able to „evolve” the cutting-edge expertise of our cybersecurity and process teams so that their strategic approach could be applied to thousands of simultaneously evolving cases. » Open to law firms and alternative business structures. This award aims to discover the HR teams that are driving change in their organizations with initiatives that set them apart from the crowd. This could include policy implementation; benefits and incentives to promote new attitudes and ways of thinking; or talent recruitment and retention strategies to shape the company in the future. Ashurst received the Next Generation Innovation Award – which examines companies that develop new ways to nurture emerging talent – for creating a legal analyst role for graduates who don`t follow the traditional articling path. The company also won the KYC Compliance and Innovation Award – which recognizes the compliance team`s significant contribution to the company`s overall success – for developing a state-of-the-art risk assessment system that collects information on customers and issues initiated by the company worldwide.
Ashurst was recognized for the Diversity Innovation Award, which recognizes investments in innovation in new processes and strategies to promote greater diversity within corporate culture. Technology that has significantly disrupted or altered an existing sector, market or work technique in the legal services industry. In some cases, the advent of legal technology is helping to find revolutionary answers to corporate legal problems. But how much more impact and originality could this innovation have if law firms, in-house teams, technologists and beyond came together? Open to people who have demonstrated exemplary innovation towards their customers and their daily work. Key members of the firm`s team included Robin Springthorpe (partner), David Carter (product manager), Craig Armstrong (claims manager), Daniel Ang (director of business solutions), Karin Barker (business analyst) and Diana Vilarino (legal technology program manager). A multidisciplinary and cross-border team from Norton Rose Fulbright developed this client solution. He drew on the expertise of the firm`s cyber specialists, cross-border commercial litigation specialists and the data protection team, working with Norton Rose Fulbright`s legal project managers, a development team, a small claims team at NRF Newcastle Hub, and local Norton Rose Fulbright teams and other lawyers in multiple jurisdictions. Many teams came from the NRF Transform program. Winners (industry impact): Legal Metrics Portal – a common language for legal operations data SmartCLE/CPD – simplifies access to online training for legal teams In addition, the firm partnered with the University of Porto`s Science and Technology Park, where it organized a legal boot camp with seminars outlining the potential challenges and concerns of startups.
and sponsored a day of presentation at the park, where the winner received 20 hours of free legal advice. Sign up to receive the latest legal developments, ideas and news from Ashurst. By registering, you agree to receive marketing messages from us. You can unsubscribe at any time. The OneNDA project received the Design and Development Award because of the plan it provides for legal industry collaboration. Now in its seventh year, the awards recognize outstanding achievements in the legal sector and work on groundbreaking and groundbreaking projects and initiatives. Open to law firms and alternative business structures. This award aims to discover innovations in the field of marketing. The contribution should focus on a clearly defined project or initiative; state their objectives; and provide strong evidence that they have been or will be achieved.