Episode description

Hannele Korhonen is a Finnish legal designer who runs her own legal consultancy, Villa Verto. With over 20 years of Contract Law experience, Hannele has the aim of changing the world for the better, improving how lawyers work with contracts and how society interacts with the Law. This is through using Legal Design, a skill she teaches lawyers at her design school to utilise in their practice. Hannele also shares insights into using Legal Design to reimagine the practice as a lawyer on her blog Something Simple First. 

In this episode we focus on what Legal Design is and the work Hannele is doing through Villa Verto's Social Impact Hub. We discuss how Hannele is working on a Legal Design project for Plan International, looking to improve the options available to and the Law supporting immigrant women and girls. 

Hannele's work: You can read Hannele's blog Something Simple First and see her legal design work on Villa Verto's website.

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