Herbert Smith Freehills' Digital Law Group Virtual Experience

6 days ago

Brisbane, Queensland, Australia Gotafe Full time
Overview

Welcome to Herbert Smith Freehills' Digital Law Group Virtual Experience. Our Digital Law Group comprises over 50 lawyers across the world, who investigate and develop new legal technologies and solve the big legal questions associated with global digital transformation.

Why participate?

This Virtual Experience Program is self-paced and should take only 3.5 to 6 hours to complete. It is free for all students. When you complete the Virtual Experience Program, you'll earn a digital badge and certificate you can share on LinkedIn and include on your resume. Throughout the program, you'll learn and develop deep insights into what it is actually like to work as a lawyer at Herbert Smith Freehills. Apply your law knowledge to a real-world problem and gain practical experience and knowledge to draw upon in interviews.

Ready to gain practical insights into working as a lawyer at a leading firm?

What skills will I gain?
  • Sourcing and summarising recent articles on emerging ethical, governance and regulatory changes and challenges in the digital space.
  • Preparing a memo on the ethical obligation of lawyers in the context of new and emerging technology.
  • Conducting research on Smart Legal Contracts.
  • Building a Smart Legal Contract.
  • Providing advice on a breach of a Smart Legal Contract.
What you will do?
  1. Module 1: Exploring the ethical implications of emerging technology (1 hour - 2 hours). Prepare the monthly update to our clients with links to relevant articles that explore the ethical implications of emerging technology.
  2. Module 2: Lawyers' role as trusted advisors (30 minutes - 1 hour). Prepare a memo to inform the content of a Partner's presentation on 'the changing nature of lawyers in the current climate of increased reliance on technology and digital transformation'.
  3. Module 3: What is a Smart Legal Contract? (30 minutes - 1 hour). Conduct research on Smart Legal Contracts and use your new knowledge to answer a series of questions on the topic.
  4. Module 4: Building the Smart Legal Contract (30 minutes - 1 hour). Identify the underlying process, inputs, logic and output of a delay clause, then create a process map or pseudocode for the clause.
  5. Module 5: Advising on a breach of a Smart Legal Contract (30 minutes - 1 hour). Draft email advice outlining the key arguments for each party in a dispute relating to a Smart Legal Contract and note any outstanding questions you have.
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