Show notes
On this week’s From The Courtroom to the Boardroom, Stephen Ward, Managing Director of Clerksroom, Legal Innovator, Barristers' Clerk, Speaker and Author - talks to Simon Gibson about all things tech and disruption at the Bar. We discuss Stephen’s experience as one of the youngest senior Barristers’ clerks in the country at Temple and Gray’s Inn, the challenges he faced disrupting the traditions of the business of the Bar, the biggest opportunities for tech innovation for Barristers today and if the Clerksroom ‘virtual chambers’ model, really is better for Barristers. FOLLOW STEPHEN WARD ►Linked In - https://www.linkedin.com/in/barristersclerk/?originalSubdomain=ukWebsite - https://www.clerksroom.com/ FOLLOW SIMON GIBSON ►Website - https://simon-gibson.com/Linked In - https://www.linkedin.com/in/simon-gibson-31b83643Twitter - https://twitter.com/Simon_Gibson_Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/simon_gibson_ceo/Chapters:0:00 - Introduction6:29 - What is 'Clerksroom'9:35 - The challenges in disrupting the traditional model11:32 - Solicitors setting their own budgets15:04 - Mental well-being of barristers16:16 - Mental well-being of barristers19:22 - Navigating the vision and plan21:11 - Ad Break22:41 - Lawyers implementing new technology & good leadership27:32 - Billybot & AI35:41 - Market chance and deregulating the legal marketplace39:49 - Metaverse 43:43 - International aspirations