Legaltech Arcade

The rise of no-code legal automation, with Evan Wong of Checkbox

In this week's episode, I talk to Evan Wong, CEO and co-founder of Checkbox.ai. We discuss the importance of no-code platforms in legal, what it takes to make them a success and the need for organisations to shift from a services to a product mindset.

Topics of discussion

• The key elements of a no-code platform
• The inception of Checkbox
• Why early stage research and validation is critical to product success
• The importance of no-code for corporate legal teams
• Productisation of legal services
• Why law firms struggle to shift from a services to product mindset
• The network effect - making platforms viral
• The importance of risk tolerance when deploying no-code platforms
• The future of no-code platforms and their place in an ever-consolidating market

Building a legal platform, with Stuart Barr of HighQ

In this week's episode, I talk to Stuart Barr - Chief Product & Strategy Officer at HighQ (part of Thomson Reuters). We discuss what it takes to build and sell a legal platform and how to ensure customers see value from the product, as well as the move towards a single 'legal operating system'.

Topics of discussion

• Is LegalTech a thing?
• Defining a legal platform
• Benefits of a toolkit platform vs. point solution
• Challenges of selling a platform
• The move towards productised solution templates
• How to ensure clients see value from a platform
• Measuring and demonstrating ROI
• Structuring a product team to build a platform
• The importance of integrations
• Market consolidation
• What next for legal platforms?