Fiona is a legal consultant helping lawyers make better use of tech tools. She is also the author of Tech Enabled Lawyer and Consultant and Tech Evangelist at McLay Legal Consulting. She is also someone whose name you will immediately recognise if you are a part of the Australian Legal Innovation and Technology community, where she has a super strong network.
Fiona spent 27 years of her legal career as a lawyer in both large and small firms. Then, in 2019 a shift happened, and she started steering her legal career towards consulting and technology.
In this episode, we explore that shift. We talk about how and why she opted out of the partnership track and how she embarked upon a very deliberate and brave path of career reinvention. We discuss:
The very sensible and conventional start to her legal career;
Why she decided law firm partnership was not for her;
How she embraced the “desert of reinvention” and claimed her space in the Australian legal tech ecosystem;
How she built her strong personal brand and thought leadership, including how she wrote her brilliant book, the Tech Enabled Lawyer;
Her thoughts on Chat GPT and what it is actually good for;
The definition of “tech evangelist” and “knowledge management” and ideas that anyone can implement in their own workplaces;
And much more.
I hope you enjoy this honest conversation and it helps open your eyes to the limitless possibilities as to where your legal career may take you.
You can find Fiona on Linked In here and check out McLay Legal Consulting at: https://www.mclaylegal.com/ and buy a copy of her brilliant Tech Enabled Lawyer at Booktopia here.
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