Transforming the UK legal sector through tech
The legal and tech community have the opportunity and responsibility to restructure and reinvent legal services, to meet and exceed the evolving demands of business and society, in our digital world.
LawtechUK is an initiative that will help transform the UK legal sector through tech, delivered through a collaboration between Tech Nation, the Lawtech Delivery Panel and the Ministry of Justice. It will provide leadership, tools and a targeted work programme to help the legal and tech community deliver tomorrow’s legal services, today. Together.
We think of lawtech as technology that supports or enables the provision of legal services or dispute resolution systems – the term is roughly synonymous with legaltech or legal technology.
Lawtech includes technology used by legal service providers and the justice community to help them deliver legal services or resolve disputes. It also includes technology that allows businesses and individuals to take care of their own legal matters.
The UK has emerged as a hub for startups and scaleups developing lawtech products and services. Here are some key facts on this growing tech sector.
(correct as of May 2020)
Lawtech startups and scaleups play a pivotal role in the advancement of the wider lawtech sector, which also encompasses the law firms, the in-house and justice community, established tech companies, academics, alternative legal service providers and more, who are developing lawtech and/or embracing digital innovation.
Lawtech is becoming increasingly central to the delivery of legal services and dispute resolution systems, helping to meet and exceed the needs of business and society in our digital world.
Established in 2018 by the Secretary of State for Justice, The Lawtech Delivery Panel (LTDP) is a government-backed initiative bringing together legal sector leaders and experts from government, the judiciary, academia and industry in a single forum, to support the digital transformation of the UK legal sector.
The LTDP act as an important advisory board to LawtechUK and Panel members are actively involved in advancing the LawtechUK work programme.
We are pleased to announce the opportunity to join the Lawtech Delivery Panel. We are looking for leaders in the field of lawtech, whether a highly experienced technologist, entrepreneur or thought leader, to help elevate and enrich the work of LawtechUK.
Interested in applying or want to find out more?
The engine room behind LawtechUK
Jenifer Swallow
Director of LawtechUK
Alexandra Lennox
Head of LawtechUK
Shirley Tam
LawtechUK Executive
