You’re a smart lawyer
If you’re a lawyer or work in compliance, you know that being valuable to your organisation means continuously learning and improving your skills. But you don’t have to limit yourself to just understanding and interpreting the law…
There’s a whole world of skills beyond that which can make you an invaluable asset to your team.
Delivering value through the law
One such skill is legal design. It’s not just about practising the law but also about:
- delivering it in a way that puts users at the centre,
- using plain language and engaging visuals to make documents easier to understand, and
- making the law more accessible.
We’re expert legal designers
We’ve been doing legal design for years, supporting people like you to grow in their careers. Our legal designers have also spent time abroad learning about cutting-edge advances in legal design while tailoring it to Africa’s unique context.
Unlock the potential of legal design to advance your career
In March 2023, we’re hosting a legal design workshop specifically designed to help you grow in your career and add value to your organisation in a measurable way. It’s a small, intimate event with limited space, so we can give you the attention you deserve.
- Enhance your legal skills with a focus on design. The workshop will provide you with the knowledge and skills to approach legal documents and processes from a design-focused perspective, allowing you to create better user experiences and more accessible legal information.
- Develop new career-enhancing skills. By learning about legal design, you’ll add a valuable new skill set to your arsenal and become an even more valuable asset to your organisation. Plus, the knowledge and insights you gain during the workshop will help you stand out and grow professionally.
- Create measurable value for your organisation. Legal design is not just a theoretical concept; it’s a practical tool that can help you create real value for your organisation. By understanding how to approach legal work with a design focus, you can implement changes that improve processes, create more accessible legal information, and enhance the overall user experience. As a result, your team will be able to see the impact of your newfound skills, and you’ll feel more professionally fulfilled.
The workshop will take place in:
- Johannesburg: 7 March 2023 | 10:00 – 14:00
- Cape Town: 14 March 2023 | 10:00 – 14:00
Early bird tickets, available until the end of 7 February 2023, are 4735 pp. After that, tickets will be 6943 pp. And don’t worry, if the workshop doesn’t meet the outcomes we promise, we’ll give you a full refund.
Introduction to legal design
- What is legal design, and why is it important?
- Examples of legal design in practice
- Overview of the legal design process
Mapping the user journey
- Identifying the user and their needs
- Mapping out the user journey
- Identifying pain points and opportunities for improvement
Ideation and prototyping
- Generating ideas for improving the user experience
- Rapid prototyping and testing of ideas
- Evaluating and refining prototypes
Implementing and evaluating legal design solutions
- Designing and implementing legal design solutions
- Evaluating the effectiveness of the solutions
- Refining and iterating on the solutions
Case studies
- Reviewing a real-world example of legal design in action
- Discussing the challenges and successes of the project
- Identifying key takeaways and lessons learned
Recap and questions
- Recap of key concepts and takeaways
- Next steps and resources for further learning
- Q&A and feedback session
- in-house lawyers
- compliance officers
- information officers
- governance, risk, and compliance professionals
- contracts specialists and managers
- We have significant practical experience dealing with these specific areas.
- Our sessions are interactive – you are able to ask questions, have your specific issues dealt with, and influence the discussion-points.
- Our sessions are tailored to the attendees – we ask you questions in advance so that we know what your issues are and your existing level of knowledge.
- We do not give sales pitches, which is unfortunately so often what speakers do at conferences.
- We provide insight and simplify the issues, which can only be done after practically applying laws to real business issues.
- We empower you and do not try to entrench ourselves in your organisation.
- We cover the same ground in one day, rather than two. This saves you time and money. We tell you what you need to know, not everything.
Nathan-Ross Adams and Zwakele Mbanjwa will present the workshop. They’ve helped many organisations redesign legal information and coached professionals like you to develop legal design skills. Check out some of the work on our legal design page.
Our public events are at various venues around the world. We choose venues that are central and easy to get to, that have adequate parking, good food, and that ensure you are comfortable. We are also happy to give the data protection workshop or executive briefing at your venue.