Certificate in Legal Technology and Innovation Skills

This module aims to develop students’ understanding of legal technology and innovation, to enable them to add value to legal practice by facilitating digitalisation and process change.

Students will be taught to understand the difference between legal technology, technology law, and legal innovation.

Students will be given an overview of common office productivity tools and legal technology tools and taught to optimise their use.

Finally, students will be equipped with design thinking skills, which is the prerequisite for accurately and rigorously carrying out legal innovation.

At the end of this module, students will be able to:

• Explain the difference between legal technology, technology law, and legal innovation
• Identify relevant technologies for use in the practice of law
• Optimise use of common office productivity tools
• Identify pain points in legal processes and propose corresponding solutions
• Apply design thinking methodology to their analysis of problems and solutions
• Accurately map business processes
• Understand and articulate how legal technology and innovation add value to the practice of law

Group Project - 40%
Final Exam - 60%
Total: 100%

Student must achieve an overall passing grade of 40%. If students fail to achieve an overall passing grade of 40%, students will be permitted one retake attempt in each failed assessment and failure of this retake will require students to re-module the failed module(s) again in full prior to additional retake attempt.

Upon successfully meeting the attendance & assessment criteria, participants will be awarded the Certificate in Legal Technology and Innovation Skills.

Minimum Age
At least 21 years old

Minimum Academic Entry Requirement

• Two passes in GCE A Level Examinations; or
• Completion of equivalent High School qualification (12 years); or
• Pass in appropriate Foundation / Certificate programme; or
• Other similar qualifications

Minimum English Language Entry Requirement

• Achieved a grade C6 or better in English language O level; or
• Equivalent qualification e.g. IELTS 5.5/TOEFL 550; or LSBF PCE Advanced.

Work Experience
A minimum of 1 year work experience in a legal position would be an advantage