Today, over 200 people from law firms, in-house legal teams and the technology industry will be joining some of New Zealand’s leading legal technology thinkers at LawFest 2017, New Zealand’s premier legal innovation and technology event, in Auckland.
LawFest provides a platform for legal professionals to discover technology and develop a greater understanding of how technology and innovation can impact them, their organisations and their clients.
Andrew King of E-Discovery Consulting, organises and runs the event and says it’s the biggest turnout to date.
“This year’s event has the most attendees and the most exhibitors in the 5 years the event has run, which I think demonstrates the legal sector’s move toward adopting technology and looking for ways to innovate.”
The impressive speaker line-up includes legal tech thought-leaders such as former District Court Judge David Harvey, Spark’s Assistant General Counsel Rod Morris, and Privacy Commissioner John Edwards, through to speakers from start-up firms with exciting technology like Claudia King from Automio. The event also boasts a 1:1 male to female ratio of speakers, something that is often not achieved at a legal event, let alone a technology event.
LawFest is also the only event in New Zealand that provides the opportunity for the industry to meet leading legal technology providers that will help firms practice law more efficiently, and more cost-effectively today and into the future.
This year the sponsor line-up is impressive including Thompson Reuters and CommArc as the premium sponsors, and LexisNexis, NuLegal, InfoTrack, LawMaster, and Ricoh as Bronze sponsors, as well as a long list of legal tech providers exhibiting in the trade show.
Those attending are lawyers, CEOs, CIOs, practice managers, IT professionals and legal counsel from government agencies and corporate teams from across the country.
LawFest builds on the success of the past four annual conferences, with the 2016 event attracting over 150 participants. The event continues to be expanded to appeal to a wider audience of legal professionals with an interest in innovating the delivery of their legal services through technology.
Sponsors of LawFest 2017 include:
CommArc: CommArc have helped all kinds of kiwi businesses get their IT spot-on for 25 years. With their IT services, they design, implement, manage and support everything you need to make your business a success. From hardware to advice they do it all with a winning mix of moxie, creativity and charm.
Thompson Reuters: Thomson Reuters is the world’s leading source of intelligent information for businesses and professionals. It combines industry expertise with innovative technology to deliver critical information to leading decision makers in the financial, legal, tax and accounting, scientific, healthcare and media markets, powered by the world’s most trusted news organisation.
InfoTrack: InfoTrack is a market-leading information broker that provides fast and easy solutions for all your property, corporate, personal searching and affiliated services. Their search capabilities support customer productivity, profitability and growth. They represent over 7,000 clients across New Zealand and Australia, with over 100 new clients coming on board each month. Their services assist various industries including legal & conveyancing, banking & finance, surveying, mercantile, accountancy and government.
The InfoTrack intuitive online system is designed so that you can order, save and distribute your searches and related services swiftly, with costs immediately captured and available for billing. With the added ability to seamlessly integrate with third party accounting software, document management and most practice management systems, your firm is saving time and money.
LawMaster: LawMaster is the ultimate practice management software providing solutions to Law Firms since 1988. With 5 fully integrated management centres, LawMaster seamlessly caters for both back and front offices functions for legal practices. Our technology is so comprehensive there is no need for software add-ons and no reliance on legacy systems.
NuLegal: NuLegal are experts in electronic discovery and electronic trials. Our focus is on delivering a great user experience and working with those who are passionate about bringing simplicity, efficiency and reduced cost to the legal profession. We service clients right across Australia and New Zealand, with offices in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane.
Everlaw: Everlaw is eDiscovery software made easy. We bring the superior software experiences you’re used to in your consumer life to your litigation toolkit. We’ve already created the most intuitive eDiscovery review platform, and we’ll continue to look at uncharted areas of litigation and build the tools to tackle them.
Ricoh: Ricoh has been providing innovative office equipment, customer centric services and solutions through subsidiaries and distributors for more than three decades. Ricoh shares a common goal of being the most trusted brand with irresistible appeal in the global market by delivering excellence to improve people’s workstyle and to drive sustainability.
LexisNexis: LexisNexis is a leading global provider of content-enabled workflow solutions designed specifically for professionals in the legal, risk management, corporate, government, law enforcement, accounting, and academic markets. LexisNexis originally pioneered online information with its Lexis and Nexis services. LexisNexis serves customers in more than 175 countries with over 10,000 employees worldwide.
For further information please contact:
Heather Phillips
heather@lawfest.nz
021 0279 6008