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Client Stories: Nat Bryant, General Counsel at Sharesies
In this instalment of our Client Stories series, we catch up with the innovative Legal Legend Nat Bryant, General Counsel at Sharesies, who is innovating legal services in her small but might legal team.
Our favourite B Corps and why we love them
March is B Corp month, here is a list of our favourite B Corps and why we love them so much.
Client Stories: Bronwyn Smith Founder of Promoloco
In this instalment of our Client Stories series, we catch up with Bronwyn from Promoloco, who is shaking up the world of promotional merchandise for the better.
Like many small business owners, Bronwyn Smith of Promoloco has a close working relationship with her customers. She initially ran her business on trust, but is now protected by a Checklist legal set of service conditions and privacy policy. Having collaborated with Bron on our gorgeous client gifts and Checklist Legal merch, we’re happy to confirm that despite leveling up her legal protection, she hasn’t lost any of the personalised spirit of her business approach!
IWD Event: World Commerce & Contracting - Panel discussion
Our Founder Verity White is excited to talk all things inclusion, equity, equality and empowerment with Lizzy Kuoth, Sally Guyer, and Bernadette Bulacan on the panel for WCC International Women’s Day Inspiring Women 2022.
Event - Crafty Counsel - Talking conscious contracting with Crafty Innovates
Our founder Verity White talks to the wonderful Crafty Innovates community from Crafty Counsel about Conscious Contracting(™) and the potential impact of this innovative contracting approach for in house practice.
Why bother getting B Corp certified?
Our journey to certification as a B Corporation and tips on where to start if you want to become a B-Corp.
The Storytelling Biz - We Rebranded! Feat. Checklist Legal & Verity White (S2EP4)
Verity joined Michelle Newell from The Storytelling Biz interviewed on Instagram Live recently all about Checklist Legal’s own brand refresh and how she incorporates branding into contracts for her clients.
Re-designing contracts for readability, usability, and trust
Do you have a contract you hate working with? Do you get complaints about how long the contracting process takes? If you aren’t proud of your contracts, you can change them! You can re-design contracts to help better achieve your organisation’s strategy and reduce real business risks (instead of using the same old precedents!).
Legalpreneurs Expo - Law Institute of Victoria Careers Week 2021
The Law Institute of Victoria Legal Innovation and Technology Committee in conjunction with PEXA present the ‘Legalpreneurs Expo’ to inspire and educate legal professionals and law students on the ever growing ways to embed legal innovation in your career. Verity White joined this Panel Discussion event, along with Tom Dreyfus and Sam Flynn from Josef and Eric Chin from Alpha Creates.
Practical Tips For Document Automation with Verity White and Tom Dreyfus
Verity joins Josef’s CEO and Co-Founder Tom Dreyfus to discuss about how legal professionals should prep for document automation.
CONTRACT DESIGN WORKSHOP: LET’S CREATE A WORLD WHERE THE LAW MAKES SENSE
Details for Verity White and Melanie Thomas's Contract Design Workshop event. A workshop to help lawyers and designers understand more about each other’s role in their industry.
Delivering Digitisation with Design
Verity White participated in the Altacon 21 Legal Tech Conference and Expo in June 2021 discussing Delivering Digitisation with Design.
What's Your Legal Tech Type?
Ever wonder where your tech abilities sit in relation to other lawyers? Find out what your legal tech type is and then increase your tech-knowledge-y (see what we did there?) with some tailored tech homework.
In-House Leaders 2020
Verity White was featured in The Lawyer Magazine’s In House Leader feature in her role as Legal Counsel for Telstra.
Top 10 questions to ask your lawyer
What to ask your lawyer and what to expect to make the most of legal advice
Whether you chose to work with Checklist Legal or someone else, it is useful to understand the kinds of information a lawyer will ask you about. And perhaps even more importantly, be ready to ask the lawyer some key questions yourself!
The Legal 500's Guide to AUSTRALIA'S RISING STARS
Verity White is a multi talented legal counsel within enterprise consumer contracting at Telstra, supporting large “whole of business” tenders for some of the largest Australian banks and other service providers. She is a specialist in small business transformation, and is guiding the small business team through a tumultuous period of change in the market and in the organisation to open a new external sales channel and work to support and develop a brand new premier business channel for Telstra’s increasingly sophisticated small business customers.
AUSTRALIA: RISING STARS 2019 > AUSTRALIA
Our founder and Chief Contract Enthusiast Verity White was delighted to be included in the 2019 Rising stars by GC Power List. Here’s the entry…
Designing contracts for yes
How to create contracts clients want to sign.
If I could have one birthday wish (yes… it is my birthday today!), it would be that everyone who writes contracts tries hard to make them readable and understandable. It’s more important now than ever that our contracts are clear, actionable, user-focused, and automated. It was an absolute delight contributing a chapter to Juro’s Modern Contract Handbook
Our Founder Verity White is teaching Contract Design for Automation at University of Melbourne
We’re excited to announce our Founder and Chief Contract Enthusiast here at Checklist Legal will be an Honorary Senior Fellow at the University of Melbourne.
Verity will take students through the wonderful world of contract design for automation.