Posted by: Scott Thompson
I was very honoured to accept, on behalf of our firm, the inaugural ALPMA/Telstra Thought Leadership Award for 2013, presented at the ALPMA National Summit's Gala Dinner in Sydney. The Australasian Thought Leadership Awards 'shine a light on innovative projects and new initiatives being conducted by firms across the legal sector in response to the changing legal landscape and provide recognition for firms who have successfully implemented innovative projects and strategic initiatives'.
Over the last 12 months, Anderssen Lawyers have been engaged in 'unlearning' the way we practice law and 'relearning' exciting, highly automated legal workflows in a 100% paperless environment. This environment is available to us 24/7 from anywhere in the city, country or globe and from any device.
For decades, the legal industry has been rewarded for its inefficiencies; the more inefficient you were, the longer the job took and the more the client paid and the harder the lawyer had to work. Anderssens has always challenged this notion, firstly by quantifying any economical savings made by our innovative projects and passing those savings directly onto clients and secondly by living a culture & developing technology to support and promote a remote working model. This provides staff with the ability to balance work and personal commitments, and results in healthy, contented staff and a firm with an enviable reputation as an employer of choice.
Thought leadership is predominantly preached as something we do, rather than earn or achieve. By questioning the entire concept of how best to deliver professional legal services to clients battling a challenging economic climate and changing technological landscape, together with genuinely investing in the lives of our staff, thought leadership has emerged instead as a result of those actions and relationships. I thank ALPMA, Telstra and the panel of judges for recognising this new way we do law. - Scott Thompson
The Firm has been requested to participate in an ALPMA Webinar detailing our project on 7 November 2013. Please Click Here to learn more about that event.
Click Here to read more about the Firm's Awards.
Over the last 12 months, Anderssen Lawyers have been engaged in 'unlearning' the way we practice law and 'relearning' exciting, highly automated legal workflows in a 100% paperless environment. This environment is available to us 24/7 from anywhere in the city, country or globe and from any device.
Thought leadership is predominantly preached as something we do, rather than earn or achieve. By questioning the entire concept of how best to deliver professional legal services to clients battling a challenging economic climate and changing technological landscape, together with genuinely investing in the lives of our staff, thought leadership has emerged instead as a result of those actions and relationships. I thank ALPMA, Telstra and the panel of judges for recognising this new way we do law. - Scott Thompson
The Firm has been requested to participate in an ALPMA Webinar detailing our project on 7 November 2013. Please Click Here to learn more about that event.
Click Here to read more about the Firm's Awards.
