And I’m ready to help energise your event and keep your audience engaged
Hi, I’m Verity White
Founder & Chief Contract Enthusiast
Hey there!
I’m Verity, a commercial lawyer turned legal innovation expert with a passion for redesigning legal documents, contracts and processes to be easy to read, easy to use and jargon-free. Oh, and I make a delightful Margarita cocktail, too.
After 10+ years in corporate law land, I saw a problem. Too many business owners and lawyers were held back by confusing contracts and clunky legal processes. So, I founded Checklist Legal to put my love for problem solving and fixing things to good use.
Now, I’m a multi-award winning lawyer and legal innovator sharing my love for clear, clever contracts with businesses and leaders across the country.
When I’m not revolutionising the legal industry, you’ll find me going all-out for a themed costume party, walking my very cute Cavalier, Brinkley, watching musicals (I once spent $500 to see Hamilton in NYC #noregrets) or relaxing with my go-to cocktail, a Margarita.
But wait, there's more!
Verity is a Law Institute of Victoria Accredited Specialist in Commercial Law.
Verity is a Certified Practitioner of Human-Centered Design by the LUMA Institute.
In 2021, Verity was named Corporate Lawyer of the Year at the Australian Corporate Lawyer Awards.
Verity's book Create Contracts Client's Love was a finalist for an award in the Education and Academic Non-Fiction category at the Next Generation Indie Book Awards 2022.
Sharing our contract wisdom with the world
Empowering business owners and legal folk to work smarter, not harder is what we do best. That’s why you’ll regularly find Verity sharing her innovative approach to contracts and legal processes with those inside and outside the industry.
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Past Events
Here’s just a taste of Verity’s recent speaking gigs:
Legal Innovation Tech Fest (Sydney)
Legal Innovation Tech Fest (South Africa)
Deakin University (Melbourne)
Victorian Society for Computers and the Law
Melbourne Legal Hackers
World Commerce and Contracting EMEA conference (Madrid)
World Commerce and Contracting APAC conference
Association of Corporate Counsel conferences multiple times in Sydney and Melb
ALTA (Aust Legal Technology Association) Conference
Law Institute of Victoria, Legal Entrepreneurs
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Rebels get results!
How to take your rebellious innovation ideas and make them have impact
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Contract Design for Automation
How to re-design and digitise your contract documents and processes to create contracts clients love!
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Lady Boss Your Legals: Key legals for femme founders
Podcasts
Verity has been a guest on popular business and law podcasts. Here are a few highlights…
Brand Builder’s Lab Podcast with Suz Chadwick
Episode 244 – Making Contracts Easy to Understand with Verity White
The Boutique Lawyer Show
Getting passionate about contracts
Legal Means Business by Leeway
How to design contracts that make sense
On Thursday 21st September 2023, Verity will join Fiona McLay, Principal Lawyer & Consultant at McLay Legal and author of the Tech Enabled Lawyer to discuss “How I built a 10 minute chatbot”. Hosted by Centre for Legal Innovation.
Verity will discuss her experience in building an AI chatbot called Magenta, a tool she uses to show clients how to improve their contracts. You'll be taken through a step by step breakdown of how this was done and how you can do it too!