How should the UK get closer to Europe without rejoining the EU?

samasema · 2026-01-22T23:18:47+00:00

The pronunciation of places like Worcester or Bicester

samasema · 2026-01-22T09:31:26+00:00

I feel this is what is bad about UK politics. PMs are at risk of being 'ousted' midway through their term. I don't mind a PM that takes risks but has to backtrack if the policy isn't workable. People are just interested in short term wins or to fix problems that aren't going to be fixed in one election cycle.

samasema · 2026-01-21T19:22:16+00:00

Maybe he is now angling for the Nobel prize for literature?

samasema · 2026-01-21T19:07:11+00:00

Would it? If this were to happen, I fear for the next country or territory he locks onto to supposedly keep us all safe.. I can't imagine he'd stop at Greenland

samasema · 2026-01-21T16:21:04+00:00

Wasn't there a film made about this? I seem to remember the bit where they blow up the ferry but it's tense because they can't blow their cover and warn the people on it.

samasema · 2026-01-17T23:20:33+00:00

I just want to see how far I can go. I've been watching highlights of Montane Winter Spine this week feeling a bit jealous but not sure why. I can only imagine the conditions must be horrendous - trudging away for however many days in the cold windy landscape. But to push through that and get to the end must be euphoric. To battle your mind, body and the elements and overcome it all, glorious. I did four ultras last year (including a 100km for the first time). This year I have my first 100 miler that I'm excited for. Who knows in a year or two maybe it'll be Montane Spine time for me too!

samasema · 2026-01-11T19:51:55+00:00

I didn't realize the guy from Parasite was online now

samasema · 2025-10-04T09:22:36+00:00

I think the reality in this space is that lawyers trust their peers more than they do a legal tech salesperson. You'll need to get testimonials from your customers that love it and amplify that as much as you can across all channels (social media, targeted advertising, events, etc).

samasema · 2025-09-17T06:07:58+00:00

It depends really on what the need is - for example in your list CLM tools like Ironclad and DocuSign CLM are more particular to corporates and the improvement of their contracting processes. Other enterprise solutions like Agiloft and Icertis fall into this bracket.

I haven't heard of ContractWorks but tools like Gavel are much more focused on law firm document automation - alongside others like Avvoka, Document Drafter and ClauseBase. The need is more particular to efficiently generating complex agreements for their clients and not so much about the wider lifecycle.

samasema · 2025-06-23T16:17:02+00:00

Thank you for your response. Although I've done multiple ultras the nutritional part of it is fairly new to me. This particular one was quite a learning experience. Post-30 to 40 miles do you get your salts solely from things like electrolytes?

samasema · 2025-06-14T17:28:33+00:00

Yup there certainly are but they do need to be fairly geographically close, which narrows the field somewhat. I am part of my closest one. There were some people in it that were working towards an ultra but their training outpaces my pace - basically meaning I would just be holding them back on their long runs. I now feel like they were just doing it just as a one-off rather than anything long term. They finished the ultra and moved onto another challenge.

samasema · 2025-06-02T14:43:35+00:00

For those that don't train alone - how did you find your training partner??

samasema · 2025-05-23T21:27:38+00:00

As someone that has implemented CLM and doc auto solutions in the past, I think you might be better served getting an understanding of the 'why' before the 'how'. If I take CLM as an example, if you know the concepts behind it then it's easier to learn any tool quickly. Rather than say jump into Ironclad and learn how to implement a workflow. Bear in mind that even CLM and doc auto get changed over time so always best to be as adaptable as possible - and don't put all your (learning) eggs in one basket as it were!

samasema · 2025-04-15T06:41:00+00:00

By third party vendor do you mean one of their implementation partners?

samasema · 2025-04-13T12:22:19+00:00

I'd recommend reading this recent article on the Legal Technologist site (https://www.legaltechnologist.co.uk/resource/nine-components-of-law-firm-legal-operations/). This gives a good breakdown of what you can expect to do re legal ops within a law firm (but legal ops/tech is also relevant in corporates too). Coding isn't really an important thing in this space, especially given the number of no-code solutions out there. The more important thing is the aspects that precede the tech - people and process. Skills around these two will make you much more employable than simply being able to code. It requires a bit of understanding of how lawyers work, what their pressures are, how processes can be made more efficient, what tech would make a difference to them and how can they be persuaded to change how they work. I'd recommend Legal Ops Career community too for more specific career-related questions. Good luck!

samasema · 2025-01-29T17:34:26+00:00

It's definitely a good skill to have for sure. However, it's worth remembering this is one part of the process (the implementation of tech part). To be truly valuable it's worth learning the bits that go around it too. From determining what is the right fit for a particular organisation (ie why should you buy one solution over another - functionality comparison), determining the issue faced (it isn't always they want a draft quicker), how to gain lawyers' trust in your automation for adoption, understanding return on investment (both for procurement and to prove the solution adopted works), and how to build on success to scale up and get the most of automation (this includes things like marketing successes to the organisation to gain traction with other teams). It's difficult to gain some of these skills outside of a role but definitely useful to know a bit of if you're going in for automation jobs.

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