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Lessons for in-house lawyers from the Australian financial services industry on Risk & Compliance management

Australia’s Banking Royal Commission and APRA’s Prudential Inquiry into the Commonwealth Bank of Australia have highlighted the considerable influence an organisation’s approach to Risk & Compliance management has on its ability to manage misconduct. And these lessons are not just limited to the financial services industry – all industries and organisations, in both Australia and NZ, can learn from the challenges experienced by financial institutions in achieving effective Risk & Compliance management practices.

A decade of New Law changes the legal industry. What’s next?

When we launched Lawyers On Demand (LOD) in 2007 it dropped into a quite different world to the one we see in 2017.

The emerging roles of humans and robots in the legal industry

We are currently at the CLOC Institute 2018 event in Las Vegas. Its the world’s biggest gathering of legal operation professionals – to discuss optimising the delivery of legal services to businesses. Key takeaways from the first day have been around developing soft skills for people and the future of emerging technology in our industry.

Can you put a number on your worth?

The second day of CLOC Institute 2018, for us, can be neatly surmised by the infamous Peter Drucker quote: “If you can’t measure it, you can’t improve it”.

Design thinking – it’s all about having an open mind

In May 2018 we were lucky enough to join The Lawyer’s GC Strategy Summit in sunny Spain. Two key sessions that stuck out for us at LOD were one on how to ‘Design Think for In-House Teams’ and one on ‘Releasing Your Inner creative’ – we promise it’s not because we’ve written a toolkit on the very subject.