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Online Course | Self Paced

Lawtech Fundamentals

Do you have a great lawtech startup idea, but aren’t sure how to turn it into a successful business? Our Lawtech Fundamentals programme is here to help. This self-paced, online course takes about 6-8 hours to complete and is entirely free. Lawtech Fundamentals is here to support you to develop the key skills you’ll need in the earliest stages of your startup journey – whether that’s getting you closer to your lightbulb moment, or helping you turn your idea into a reality. Read privacy policy. 

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What is Lawtech Fundamentals?

A Ministry of Justice backed LawtechUK course, designed to help every budding lawtech founder at the very start of their journey.

  • Complete easy-to-follow modules accessed online
  • Learn from engaging content and reflection exercises
  • Hear from successful startup founders about their early stage experiences through video interviews
  • Receive course highlights direct to your inbox to help keep you on track
  • Fit our flexible Fundamentals programme around your busy schedule

What will I learn?

Lawtech Fundamentals will cover everything you need to know to develop your lawtech startup idea, and kickstart your business journey.

  • Learn about the lawtech landscape
  • Understand the basics of building a startup
  • Reflect on the ideas, skills and people needed to get started
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Stage 1

An Introduction to Lawtech

<p>Prepare to challenge your assumptions about your startup, consider how you’ll bring your team on the journey, and prepare for the next stage of growth.</p>
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Stage 2

Understanding a Startup

<p>Review product/market strategy, using best practice frameworks to plan your next steps of business growth.</p>
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Stage 3

Discovering Your Idea

<p>Dig into the fundamentals of product-led growth and reflect on the importance of strategy and roadmaps.</p>
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Stage 4

Identifying Your Skills

<p>Hear from lawtech founders the difference between sales and marketing and pin down a strong, single value proposition.</p>
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Stage 5

Finding Your Collaborators

<p>Review how you will grow customers efficiently and transition to long-term activation and retention.</p>
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Stage 6

Building a Great Culture

<p>Revisit the basics of employer responsibilities and consider company culture and the importance of investing in your team.</p>
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Stage 7

Funding a Lawtech Startup

<p>Understand what options exist to fund your lawtech startup, the key considerations for each and how to prepare to fundraise successfully. Includes an guest introduction from LegalZoom founder and LawtechUK panel member, Brian Liu.</p>
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Stage 8

The Lawtech Landscape

<p>Learn more about current innovations in the lawtech landscape including solutions to address unmet legal need and how AI can be used to solve legal challenges. Contains guest authored lessons by LawtechUK panel members Maya Markovich and Katie Atkinson.</p>

Who is the course for?

Anybody interested in founding a lawtech startup!  We think this course is for anyone interested in lawtech and innovation in the legal sector. This could be you if you:

  • Study or work in law
  • Have an idea for a lawtech startup up but unsure how to turn it into a successful business
  • Want to become more familiar with the lawtech landscape
  • Are interested in working in legal sector – particularly in innovation and tech

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FAQ

Over seven modules, Lawtech Fundamentals will cover everything you need to know to develop your lawtech startup idea, and kickstart your business journey. Following an introduction to the lawtech landscape, the modules cover: stages of the startup lifecycle; discovering ideas; identifying your skills; the value of collaboration; building great culture from day one; and securing funding or investment.

The course features engaging written content and reflective exercises as well as interviews with lawtech founders about their early stage experiences.

This self-paced online course takes about 6-8 hours to complete. We recommend that you spend 1-2 hours a week to complete the course in 4 weeks, but it’s completely up to you how you fit Lawtech Fundamentals into your busy schedule.

Yes, Lawtech Fundamentals is delivered by LawtechUK, an initiative backed by the Ministry of Justice. The course is completely free for you to access.

Yes! LawtechUK offers four education programmes, designed to support lawtech founders from ideation to scale. Our programmes are designed for founders at various stages of growth and companies, firms, and organisations in the legal sector ready to innovate. Explore the full range of programmes.

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LawtechUK is dedicated to driving digital transformation in the legal sector. You can read more about our objectives and mission by reading our about us page. Since April 2023, the LawtechUK programme of activity has been delivered by CodeBase and Legal Geek.

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