The Wired Wig | Law and Technology

Annabel Pemberton

Demystifying technologies and educating about the future of law. The Wired Wig is a law and technology podcast for current and future lawyers who are interested in the intersection between Law and technology. With host Annabel Pemberton, we explain technologies and highlight technology-based career paths in Law. Each week we'll touch on a new topic such as how technology will change the future of the profession, developments in major sectors such as finance and health, and how the law may react to new advancements in online tracking, surveillance and social media. www.thewiredwig.com/blog

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Finding your legal voice w/ Blessing Mukosha

Eccentric and confident, Blessing is the creator of Blessing at the Bar, a legal community and education platform that helps drive students through Bar school and complete the BPTC. In this episode we look at how technology might change the industry in the future. We focus on why a personal brand is important, how lawyers, law students and chambers can stand out with marketing and where the Bar might be heading in the future. We also discuss how and why Law is important for everyone in soci...

Jun 26, 2020•27 min

How Legal Tech will transform the legal market w/ Marián Porvaźnik - Vacuumlabs, Sparring and Trama

Since becoming qualified, Marián Porvažnik has taken an entrepreneurial route within Law. Now, the founder of Sparring, Co-founder of Trama and Chief Legal Officer at Vacuumlabs, Marián has a focus on disrupting the legal industry including changing how LegalTech businesses are funded in the future. In this episode we discuss: his route to the industry,  how the technology growth in Law will change the market and  what the future of a firm may look like. This episode is beneficial for ...

Jun 19, 2020•24 min

To regulate or not to regulate? Facial recognition in society w/ Annabel Pemberton

Following the news of IBM condoning facial recognition in surveillance and policing and Amazon now following suit later in the week, Annabel Pemberton, the host of the show, explores how facial recognition is regulated. The episode discusses, what tech companies are doing now about facial recognition, why there is reason to be hesitant about it's use in policing and why we shouldn't out right ban the technology.  Be sure to follow the The Wired Wig on your chosen podcast provider if you wan...

Jun 12, 2020•21 min

Cyber Security Law with Nicole Pitches

Cyber security and how it interacts with Law is becoming more important as we use more data and devices. Also a graduate from Warwick in Law, I speak to Nicole Pitches who undertook her postgraduate in cyber security at the university of Edinburgh. We discuss some of the common cyber security risks, the Law relating to the field and some resources around cyber security Law and Law and technology.   Nicole is also the host of 'The Reasonable Woman' which you can listen to here: https://open....

Jun 05, 2020•33 min

Data at the heart of a deal - StructureFlow with Tim Follett

Tim Follett is the CEO and Founder of StructureFlow, a legal tech tool that allows for collaboration and organisation around legal deals. Using diagrams to provide 'a window into the deal', Tim and I discuss the aim behind the tool, how it achieves this aim and StructureFlow's use cases in the industry.  You can find out more about the tool here: https://www.structureflow.co/ . Listen now to get a glimpse of how lawyers can use technology to improve their collaboration, efficiency and preci...

May 29, 2020•20 min•Season 1Ep. 4

Law and Tech at Tesla with Ilona Salo

Ilona Salo is a Data Privacy Intern at Tesla working at the European HQ in Amsterdam. She undertook her Law LLB at the University of Warwick and then completed a masters in International Business Law at the University of Helsinki. After gaining experience at several other businesses, Ilona and I discuss how she got into Law and technology, what her job involves at Tesla and how Data Protection under the GDPR is handled in a multinational company. Towards the end of ...

May 22, 2020•30 min

Online Disputes with Claudia Nyon

Claudia Nyon is a University of Warwick graduate, studying the UK Bar course (the BPTC) as a member of the Middle Temple in London. Having taken part in the Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot in an online format this year, we discuss online hearings. This episode gives an insight into a potential future of the legal profession, exploring how online hearings can take place and how they differ to in person hearings. For aspiring moo...

May 15, 2020•21 min•Season 1Ep. 3

The Law of Location Data with Stéphane Hamel

From contact tracing to geolocation use in advertising, the uses of location data are powerful and multiple. However, this does not mean it comes without legal consequences. In this episode I talk to Stéphane Hamel, CEO and founder of Immeria Consulting, to discuss the use of location data in digital analytics and society. We talk about how location data can be collected, the technology behind it and the legal implications of using the data. Be sure to follow the The Wired Wig if you want to hea...

May 08, 2020•33 min•Season 1Ep. 2

Welcome to The Wired Wig

Welcome to The Wired Wig! Today I will be introducing the podcast, myself and some of the topics I will cover in the future. The Wired Wig is a podcast for lawyers and law students who are interested in technology topics in law but may feel intimidated by the technicalities. With host Annabel Pemberton, we will explore different topics such as how technology will change the future of the profession, developments in major sectors such as finance and health and how the law may react to new advance...

May 01, 2020•6 min•Season 1Ep. 1

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