Community Spotlight: Shreya Vajpei and Chioma Wilson-Dike
What does meaningful progress for women in legal tech actually look like? Is it more visibility, more opportunities, or something deeper? Ahead of their interactive Women in Legal Tech workshop at Legal Geek Conference 2026, we caught up with Shreya Vajpei, founder of the Indian LegalTech Network, and Chioma Wilson-Dike, founder of the Nigerian Legal […]
Identity crises?
Identity crises? The rumour that AI companies are bulk buying books and destroying them so that their content can be scanned in to train their AI models has been verified twice: by court documents in California and by journalists at 404 Media who hid an Airtag in a rare book sold to a bulk purchaser. […]
Community Spotlight: Caroline Mylward
Caroline Mylward, Deputy GC, Chief Corporate and Securities Counsel at Sotheby’s How do you introduce AI into a business built on centuries of expertise, trust, and craftsmanship? We sat down with Caroline Mylward, Deputy GC, Chief Corporate and Securities Counsel at Sotheby’s, to explore how one of the world’s most iconic brands is balancing heritage […]
From rogues to riches
From rogues to riches In July both OpenAI and Anthropic disclosed that their powerful AI models had ‘gone rogue’ during internal cyber evaluations, escaped their secure testing environments and hacked into other organisations to access what they needed to complete the exercises. Obviously when these activities were detected, the evaluations were stopped. Were these occurrences […]
What’s the geekiest thing about you?
What’s the geekiest thing about you? Curiosity, passion and a healthy dose of geekiness are what bring the Legal Geek community together. So we asked attendees at Legal Geek Growth to share the geekiest thing about themselves. The answers were everything we’d hoped for. https://vimeo.com/1205728435/ae27c29c58?share=copy&fl=sv&fe=ci See what’s coming up next at Legal Geek on our […]
New foundations?
New foundations? On 24 June, Perplexity launched Computer for Counsel, which connects its agentic platform Perplexity Computer to legal use cases. There are now five major foundational models directly targeting the legal market with legal AI tools and development partnerships: OpenAI, Anthropic, Microsoft, Palantir and now Perplexity. And while Google does not have legal-specific offerings, Anthropic is built on Google Cloud. Freshfields, the first Magic Circle firm to partner directly with Big Tech to build legal AI […]
Community Spotlight: Wayne Barnes
Wayne Barnes, Barrister at Squire Patton Boggs What does a Rugby World Cup Final have in common with a high-profile investigation? More than you might think. We sat down with Wayne Barnes, partner at Squire Patton Boggs and one of the most experienced international rugby referees in history, to talk about decision-making under pressure, lessons […]
A legal AI trinity?
A legal AI trinity? Last week AI reached a new dimension when Pope Leo XIV made it the topic of his first encyclical, or teaching document, entitled Magnifica Humanitas. Pope Leo highlighted the danger of the ‘technocratic paradigm’ where choices are dictated by efficiency and profits, urged clarity about responsibilities and accountabilities, and shared standards […]
Community Spotlight: Jo Farmer
Jo Farmer, Managing Partner of Lewis Silkin Meet Jo Farmer, Joint Managing Partner at Lewis Silkin, a law firm known for doing things differently and championing the ideas and people shaping modern business. With deep roots in advertising and media law and a career spent at the heart of the creative industries, Jo brings a […]
Community Spotlight: Christian Bartsch
Christian Bartsch, CEO of Bird & Bird Meet Christian Bartsch, CEO of Bird & Bird and a long‑standing leader at one of the world’s most tech‑forward law firms. With nearly two decades at the firm and a background in technology law, Christian brings a clear, grounded perspective to leading through change in a profession being […]
