Reimagining Justice covers issues at the intersection of innovation, law and social justice and you will enjoy it if you’re someone who hopes to make a positive improvement to people’s experience of the law through new ways of thinking and doing.
In episode no. 89 my guest is Fiona Kirkman, CEO and co-founder of FamilyProperty. We cover:
- The functionality of expert system FamilyProperty that Fiona and her co-founder (husband!) Tim developed;
- The journey of FamilyProperty from an idea to MVP, to market, to acquisition;
- The integration of FamilyProperty with global practice management software, Smokeball bringing the ‘business of law’ together with effective delivery of legal advice;
- How technology is always changing and the need for ongoing maintenance (especially when court forms change!);
- The importance of beta testing and accurate data mapping;
- Benefits of this use of technology for lawyers and clients;
- What it is about the people that adopt these new methodologies and the organisations in which they work, including their size and what that means for change management;
- The impact of the pandemic on the legal industry;
- Where you fit on ‘the innovative scale’;
- The importance of understanding users’ pain points and how technology can assist with that, as well as empower the professionals to do more of the ‘human work’;
- Plans for scaling and expansion of FamilyProperty in the USA;
- Unexpected uses of the financial aspects of FamilyProperty and a model that Legal Aid is piloting;
- Constraints that Fiona and Tim have come up against recently;
- The importance of confidentiality and cybersecurity;
- Fiona’s 3 passions and how they relate to her numerous roles;
- What lawyers will need to be effective mediators in the future;
- What is the ‘resolution revolution’?;
- The importance of collaborative practice and multidisciplinary input;
- When Fiona became comfortable with being labelled an ‘innovator’;
- What she is most proud of along the journey of both joys and challenges;
- How technology is an enabler of access to justice; and
- Fiona’s definition of legal innovation.
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