Blog

Welcome to the Checklist Legal blog, your comprehensive hub for transforming your legal challenges into strategic opportunities. As a B Corp certified law firm, we blend our commitment to commercial law, contract simplification, and legal innovation with a passion for creating a fair and equitable business environment.

Join us as we create ripples of change in the world of contracts and business.

How to navigate these posts

Just scroll on through and read what takes your fancy or select from the categories below to get down to specifics.

Podcast, Professional Development, All Verity White Podcast, Professional Development, All Verity White

Ep1 Legal Ops Starter Pack for Small Legal Teams with Katrina Gowans from CLOC

Time to make your contract process more productive. This is the episode that puts together all the previous episodes and ideas into one full process overview… We run through the four big Secrets of Productive Contracts. We step through six steps of how to make a Reverse Sandwich Contract™  which makes use of those four contract secrets

Read More
Podcast, Professional Development, All Verity White Podcast, Professional Development, All Verity White

Ep2 From Solo Lawyer to Head Legal Beagle: Building a Tech-Savvy Legal Team with Kate Sherburn

What does it really take to go from solo legal counsel to Head of Legal at a fast-growing B Corp?

In this episode of Legal Lightbulbs, we chat with Kate Sherburn, Head Legal Beagle at Who Gives a Crap, about building confidence, leading with purpose, and scaling a legal function with strategy and values.

Kate shares the lessons she’s learned from private practice to in-house, how she used tech and contract simplification to scale legal impact (not headcount), and why emotional intelligence is the superpower lawyers need most in the age of AI.

You'll hear how her small team handles legal ops, budget requests, contract design, and stakeholder education… all while staying aligned with the company’s bold sustainability mission.

Read More
Podcast, Professional Development, All Verity White Podcast, Professional Development, All Verity White

Ep11 How to make a Reverse Sandwich Contract – the high level process for creating a powerfully productive contract

Time to make your contract process more productive. This is the episode that puts together all the previous episodes and ideas into one full process overview… We run through the four big Secrets of Productive Contracts. We step through six steps of how to make a Reverse Sandwich Contract™  which makes use of those four contract secrets

Read More