Leah Molatseli is a lawyer, published legal tech author, speaker and Legal Tech and Innovation Specialist who currently holds the role of Head of Business Development at Legal Interact. She focuses on the intersection between law, innovation and technology, using her expertise to educate and empower the legal market.   

She is a Guest Lecturer at the University of Cape Town where she develops and teaches legal tech and innovation related courses to the broader legal industry. She is a Mandela Washington Fellow, a University of Notre Dame alum who enjoys everything that speaks to using technology and innovative processes to empower lawyers in whatever roles they find themselves in, from practicing lawyers to inhouse legal teams.   

She sits as a Council Member of the University of the Free State, is part of the Advisory Board for the Global Legal Tech Hub and Women in Tech South African Chapter, a country member for the Global Legal Tech Consortium and is one of 2022’s ILTA’s Most Influential Women in Legal Tech Honouree.  

Leah discusses her transition from the traditional Lawyer route into Legal Tech, why she transitioned, but also how she managed to own each space that she was in while staying true to herself.