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Nicola Shaver

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Nicola Shaver, managing director, innovation and knowledge, at the law firm Paul Hastings, was recently named 2020 Innovative Leader of the Year in the International Legal Technology Association’s Distinguished Peer Awards. Not only that, but the law firm where she oversees innovation initiatives was named Innovator of the Year.  While a major honor for anyone in the field of law firm innovation, it is even more remarkable given that until just seven years ago, Shaver was a lawyer practicing media law in Australia with no connection to the field of law firm innovation. When she moved to Toronto for family reasons in 2014, she could find no work in her legal speciality, so took a job at Cassels Brock &amp; Blackwell leading the firm’s innovation initiatives. She was immediately hooked.   After a stint at another Toronto firm, Stikeman Elliott, as director of knowledge management, she moved to Paul Hastings in New York in 2018, where she describes herself as “Dedicated to future-proofing law firms and accelerating the pace of positive change in the legal industry.” She is also founder of Legal Innovation and Design, a global membership group for anyone driving innovation initiatives in the commercial legal space, and publisher of the blog Tower of Babel.  In a year that has presented so many challenges for law firms, Shaver joins LawNext to discuss the innovation initiatives that helped her and her firm earn these awards. She also shares her career journey, her thoughts on innovation, and her perspectives on the pandemic’s impact on the legal profession.  NEW: Comment on this show: Record a voice comment on your mobile phone and send it to info@lawnext.com. We are now on Patreon! Subscribe to our page to be able to access show transcripts, or to submit a question for our guests. Thank you to our leading Patreon member Allen Rodriguez and ONE400 for your support!

<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicola-shaver-21b436b" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Nicola Shaver</a>, managing director, innovation and knowledge, at the law firm <a href="https://www.paulhastings.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Paul Hastings</a>, was recently named 2020 Innovative Leader of the Year in the International Legal Technology Association’s Distinguished Peer Awards. Not only that, but the law firm where she oversees innovation initiatives was named Innovator of the Year.  While a major honor for anyone in the field of law firm innovation, it is even more remarkable given that until just seven years ago, Shaver was a lawyer practicing media law in Australia with no connection to the field of law firm innovation. When she moved to Toronto for family reasons in 2014, she could find no work in her legal speciality, so took a job at Cassels Brock &amp; Blackwell leading the firm’s innovation initiatives. She was immediately hooked.   After a stint at another Toronto firm, Stikeman Elliott, as director of knowledge management, she moved to Paul Hastings in New York in 2018, where she describes herself as “Dedicated to future-proofing law firms and accelerating the pace of positive change in the legal industry.” She is also founder of Legal Innovation and Design, a global membership group for anyone driving innovation initiatives in the commercial legal space, and publisher of the blog <a href="https://www.babel-law.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Tower of Babel</a>.  In a year that has presented so many challenges for law firms, Shaver joins LawNext to discuss the innovation initiatives that helped her and her firm earn these awards. She also shares her career journey, her thoughts on innovation, and her perspectives on the pandemic’s impact on the legal profession.  NEW: Comment on this show: Record a voice comment on your mobile phone and send it to info@lawnext.com. We are now on Patreon! Subscribe to <a href="https://www.patreon.com/LawNext" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">our page</a> to be able to access show transcripts, or to submit a question for our guests. Thank you to our leading Patreon member Allen Rodriguez and ONE400 for your support!

Ep 087: Nicola Shaver, ILTA’s ‘Innovative Leader of the Year’

Nicola Shaver is the global Director of Knowledge Management at Paul Hastings LLP in New York. In her role, she focuses on opportunities to optimize processes and introduce tools that will improve efficiency and productivity, and on leveraging the firm's intellectual capital to better serve clients.Nicola has worked in the legal services industry for over 15 years in three different jurisdictions. Nicola is passionate about finding innovative solutions to existing problems, building a culture of innovation within law firms, and instilling an empathic approach to design.SUBSCRIBE AND REVIEW:  iTunes // Spotify // Pocket Casts // Stitcher Some of the items we cover in the episode include:  How Nikki got to NYC - her story of working in three countries Nikki’s move to KM - Nikki’s view of KM, and why she thinks it’s such an exciting role to be in What she sees as the key components of a KM role What are some of the items that will help lawyers actually want to continue to practice law The shift in technology, processes, and the way law is practiced What is design thinking What components make up design thinking What are the steps of design thinking   Empathy Define Ideate Prototype Test Execute   Why empathy is one of the key components of any problem solving exercise How Nikki was first exposed to Design Thinking How her firm explored the concept of design thinking How to promote the concept to lawyers and have them be engaged What is one key stage, after which, the lawyers will be hooked What is range of time investment required for a design thinking workshop Some amazing tips to help you out if you’re trying this out for the first time Some key takeaways for Nikki after having put design thinking into How design thinking can help tap into the “big brains” of lawyers

Nicola Shaver is the global Director of Knowledge Management at Paul Hastings LLP in New York. In her role, she focuses on opportunities to optimize processes and introduce tools that will improve efficiency and productivity, and on leveraging the firm's intellectual capital to better serve clients.Nicola has worked in the legal services industry for over 15 years in three different jurisdictions. Nicola is passionate about finding innovative solutions to existing problems, building a culture of innovation within law firms, and instilling an empathic approach to design.SUBSCRIBE AND REVIEW:  <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/fringe-legal-a-show-for-lawyers-and-law-firm-leaders/id1454857612" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">iTunes</a> // <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/0tlHTyC9DfH1hDYlk8TmLj" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Spotify</a> // <a href="https://pca.st/563x" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Pocket Casts</a> // <a href="https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/fringe-legal-podcast-for-lawyers-and-law-firm-leaders" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Stitcher</a> Some of the items we cover in the episode include: <ul> <li>How Nikki got to NYC - her story of working in three countries</li> <li>Nikki’s move to KM - Nikki’s view of KM, and why she thinks it’s such an exciting role to be in</li> <li>What she sees as the key components of a KM role</li> <li>What are some of the items that will help lawyers actually want to continue to practice law</li> <li>The shift in technology, processes, and the way law is practiced</li> <li>What is design thinking</li> <li>What components make up design thinking</li> <li>What are the steps of design thinking  <ul> <li>Empathy</li> <li>Define</li> <li>Ideate</li> <li>Prototype</li> <li>Test</li> <li>Execute</li> </ul> </li> <li>Why empathy is one of the key components of any problem solving exercise</li> <li>How Nikki was first exposed to Design Thinking</li> <li>How her firm explored the concept of design thinking</li> <li>How to promote the concept to lawyers and have them be engaged</li> <li>What is one key stage, after which, the lawyers will be hooked</li> <li>What is range of time investment required for a design thinking workshop</li> <li>Some amazing tips to help you out if you’re trying this out for the first time</li> <li>Some key takeaways for Nikki after having put design thinking into</li> <li>How design thinking can help tap into the “big brains” of lawyers</li></ul>

S1.E8 Nicola Shaver on design thinking for lawyers & law firms