Law and technology conference 2019

Isabel is an experienced and dynamic leader of innovation and transformation in legal services. She trained as a finance lawyer at Freshfields, then moved from fee earning to set up Freshfields’ Legal Solutions Hub in Manchester. She is currently Freshfields’ Chief Legal Innovation Officer, leading the development of client facing digital products, and has recently also assumed responsibility for the firms’s Knowledge function. Isabel was listed as one of the top innovative lawyers in the FT Innovative Lawyers Report for 2018, and has a strong track record of successfully implementing large scale global change programmes within the sector.

David Rivett is a founding Director of Nalytics and has spent over 30 years in the IT industry involved in delivering many high profile IT solutions in both private and public sectors. David has extensive experience of start-up businesses and developing new IT solutions having founded and developed PRL Scotland Limited and Hanon Solutions Limited before becoming CTO for the OLM Group. David originally trained with Digital Equipment Corporation where he was a Principal Engineer. David has a BSc in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from the University of Paisley in Scotland and an MBA from the University of Liverpool.

Callum Murray is the CEO of Amiqus Resolution, a company building purpose-driven software products. Amiqus was founded in 2015 after Callum experienced the civil court process first hand as a litigant and was motivated to help make legal information and expertise accessible online.

Amiqus ID, the first tool launched by Amiqus, helps firms to collect, analyse and manage anti-money laundering and compliance information whilst making the process simple and repeatable for clients.

It is now accredited and recommended by regulatory bodies throughout the UK and has been adopted across multiple sectors. The Amiqus team have picked up multiple awards for their work including Entrepreneurial Scotland's Rising Star of the Year 2017, Barclays' Regional Startup of the Year 2017, Deloitte's Most Disruptive Startup 2018 and Tech for Good Award at the Scottish Tech Startup Awards 2018.

Paul Mosson started working for the Law Society of Scotland in November 2017 as Executive Director of Member Services. Paul has a strong background in delivering member services within the legal sector having worked with the Bar Council of England and Wales for nine years, starting as its Head of Member Services and ultimately as its Director of Services, Policy and Representation. Most recently he set up as a consultant and has been working with Mills Rendall & Associates on strategy development for, among others, the Birmingham Law Society and on a leadership programme.

Chloe is a Legal Technologist within Ashurst’s “NewLaw” legal operations division, Ashurst Advance. In this role, Chloe provides and delivers legal technology solutions to drive efficiency and cost savings across various legal matters and work-streams.

Chloe holds an LL.B (Honours) in Scots Law and a Diploma in Professional Legal Practice from The University of Edinburgh. She has possessed an interest in technology from a young age and this developed into Legal Technology during her studies and her enthusiasm has grown since joining Ashurst in 2018.

By combining her passion for technology with her legal background, Chloe takes pride in knowing she is playing a key role in innovating the delivery of legal services and supporting the implementation of legal technology firm-wide to enhance global efficiency and reduce unrecoverable hours."

Basil is a digital forensics consultant, owner of Strathclyde Forensics and the Manager of The Cyber Academy at Edinburgh Napier University.
He has diverse business experience in the UK and Greece, and has worked with organisations like IBM, Abbey National, Glasgow University, HM Government and Edinburgh Napier University.
Since 2009 he has been running his own business, Strathclyde Forensics, providing Expert Witness and Digital Forensics services, businesses and individuals, but mainly to the legal profession. He has been involved in several high-profile cases and has been providing customised CPD training to solicitors and other legal professionals in Digital Evidence, Cybercrime and Cybersecurity.
Through his position at The Cyber Academy he has provided training to the Chinese Government, including the Ministry of Industry and IT, and the South-to-North Water Diversion Project, as well as most branches of the Scottish Government on Incident Response and Cyber Resilience.
 Basil is a regular speaker to universities (Glasgow, Strathclyde, Edinburgh Napier, UWS, Robert Gordon, SAN, American College of Greece) and conferences in the UK and abroad (Poland, Romania, Greece, Germany) and he has organised this year’s Big Data in Cyber Security Conference, at Napier University which attracted an audience of 250 and speakers from around the world, including the ITU and the FBI.
In the last year he has participated in several events of The Law Society of Scotland, has been working (and presenting) with INTERPOL’s Digital Forensics Expert’s Group, and has had over 20 awareness engagements that also include SYLA (Scottish Young Lawyer’s Association) and SPA (Scottish Paralegal Association).

Mark Potkewitz is Co-Director of the Legal Innovation Centre at Ulster University. He is a licensed attorney and previously served as the Director of Policy for the Center for Urban Business Entrepreneurship at Brooklyn Law School, the Legal Technology Fellow at Brooklyn Law School and was a Google Policy Fellow and Adjunct Fellow at the policy think tank, TechFreedom.

In Washington. D.C., he worked as a policy advocate focusing on U.S. federal legislative issues relating to privacy, technology, national security, intelligence, and defence. As a paralegal, he worked on civil and criminal litigation in the United States Courts of Appeals for the Fourth, Eighth, and District of Columbia Circuits.

His research interests are computational law, natural language processing and machine learning, data privacy, linguistics, cryptography and encryption, legal services delivery, and intellectual property.

Nick leads growth marketing for Clio in the United Kingdom. Clio empowers law firms to be client centred and firm focused, the only cloud-case management software to be endorsed by the Law Society of England and Wales and approved by the Law Society of Scotland. A four-year veteran of the technology industry, Nick is passionate about educating lawyers on using tech to improve their lives, practices and ultimately the clients they serve.

David is Research & Development Manager for DWF Ventures, the research and development company for DWF. David uses design thinking and a toolkit of techniques to help lawyers and clients understand their needs and develop effective solutions.
 
Coming from a legal engineering background, David has experience of improving legal processes using technology solutions such as document automation, workflow creation and app development. David now works to help to break down, understand and frame problems that lawyers and clients face in order to successfully test solutions to these problems. Through the testing of ideas and solutions, David is able to help DWF and clients understand if solutions deliver the necessary benefits and how these could be implemented and operationalised.

Kerry Trewern joined the University of Glasgow as Director of the Diploma in Professional Legal Practice in December 2016, having been Deputy Director at the University of Edinburgh since April 2014.  
Prior to this, Kerry worked in private practice, specialising in civil litigation.  She worked as a trainee and solicitor at Balfour + Manson Solicitors and subsequently joined Morton Fraser LLP.  At Morton Fraser, Kerry’s role involved training colleagues and clients, as well as fee-earning.  
Kerry has also worked at the Scottish Law Commission and has undertaken secondments to both the Scottish Government and Standard Life.
Last year, Kerry oversaw the introduction of a new course on the Glasgow Diploma: Legal Innovation and Technology.  

Giuseppe a second year trainee at Burness Paull, currently out on secondment at EDF Renewables. His previous seat was spent split between Burness Paull’s Tech & Commercial team and working with the Innovation Manager – the first person to undertake this dual role at the firm. Before commencing his traineeship, Giuseppe undertook a four month internship in the legal team at STV, which influenced his interest in the fusion of law and technology.

Mark Potkewitz is Co-Director of the Legal Innovation Centre at Ulster University. He is a licensed attorney and previously served as the Director of Policy for the Center for Urban Business Entrepreneurship at Brooklyn Law School, the Legal Technology Fellow at Brooklyn Law School and was a Google Policy Fellow and Adjunct Fellow at the policy think tank, TechFreedom.

In Washington. D.C., he worked as a policy advocate focusing on U.S. federal legislative issues relating to privacy, technology, national security, intelligence, and defence. As a paralegal, he worked on civil and criminal litigation in the United States Courts of Appeals for the Fourth, Eighth, and District of Columbia Circuits.

His research interests are computational law, natural language processing and machine learning, data privacy, linguistics, cryptography and encryption, legal services delivery, and intellectual property.

Alan Stuart is a projects lawyer based in Edinburgh with over 25 years' experience in assistng clients to achieve their goals. After qualifying, alan worked in two of Scotland's largest legal practices, he then spent 17 years in a large and well respected Scottish law firm based in both Edinburgh and Glasgow and was a partner in the Commericla department for 12 years. Alan set up his own specialist practice in 2014 with leading London Corporate Lawyer Mark Lawson. Alan specialises in IT, Space Science, Life Sciences and International Contracts. He also acts for a large number of software companies ranging from start ups to PLCs. A;an acts as a consultant for other law firms and lectures on IT Contracts and International Contracts.

Catriona is a Partner and the Innovation Manager at Weightmans LLP. In this role, Catriona is responsible for the development, delivery and management of the firm’s innovation and technology projects, as well as the broader innovation programme. She works closely with the Innovation Group, clients, suppliers, academia and legal teams to ensure that Weightmans continues to evolve and offers real market-leading solutions. Catriona is a solicitor and has plenty of first-hand experience of civil litigation and market strategy that she uses to assist with innovative service delivery.