Shepherd, Jack

• (Article) Regular column - Technology

  01.04.2022
  In his first new regular column in Modern Lawyer, Jack Shepherd reflects on a career in legal technology.

• (Article) Technology - How to buy legal technology

  31.07.2022
  Throughout my legal technology career, I have seen a number of different approaches when it comes to buying legal technology. The ideal approach to buying technology prioritises the business value which technology delivers ahead of everything else.

• (Article) Working practices lawyers could learn from other industries

  31.10.2022
  Many private practice lawyers pride themselves on offering a highly bespoke service to their clients. When you ask a lawyer what their typical day consists of, you hear things like, "every project is different", "it depends", "different stuff comes up every day". The truth of the matter is that as a lawyer, when you start work in the morning, you have very little idea of what surprises are in store for you.

• (Article) Jargon-busting in legal tech

  14.02.2023
  When I first stepped into the world of legal technology, I was confused. I thought I knew a thing or two about technology, but there was a whole category of words, phrases and acronyms that I had not heard before.

• (Article) Change in law - technology starts the discussion, but isn't what the discussion is about

  12.05.2023
  While many are hailing the advent of generative AI (and other similar developments) as a potential catalyst of change in legal, we shouldn't forget that lawyers, as a whole, often lack the desire, time, or space to even think about changing how they work. It therefore seems a good time to reflect on the numerous factors that influence whether a particular tool will get adopted, and whether these factors will remain, irrespective of any new developments in the technology space.