What the first female lawyers can teach us about legal innovation today with Professor Renee Knake Jefferson

<p>Episode no. 52 features Professor Professor Renee Knake Jefferson, Author and Doherty Chair in Legal Ethics at the University of Houston Law Center. Our discussion covers:</p> <ul> <li>The importance of understanding your own and others’ perspectives;</li> <li>Traits of the first female lawyers that make them the original legal innovators;</li> <li>The catalyst for Reinvent Law, one of the first legal design labs;</li> <li>The phenomena of new kinds of legal jobs;</li> <li>Her work as Fulbright Distinguished Chair in Entrepreneurship and Innovation at RMIT</li> <li>Key actions that will make the biggest difference for access to justice;</li> <li>Key findings from the book Renee co-authored, why it had to be written and has the title that it does;</li> <li>Who is Mildred Lily?</li> <li>The Rooney rule and the Mansfield rule;</li> <li>What is required to remedy gender inequality for minority women;</li> <li>How shortlisting preserves the status quo and is not a good indicator of inclusion;</li> <li>Her plans for future research; and</li> <li>Renee’s definition of legal innovation!</li> </ul> <p>Proudly sponsored by Neota Logic and Legally Yours.</p> <p>Links:</p> <ul> <li><a href="https://shortlistedbook.com/">Shortlisted: Women in the Shadows of the Supreme Court</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.reneeknake.com">Renee Knake Jefferson</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.legallyyours.com.au">Legally Yours</a></li> <li><a href= "https://neota-network-global.heysummit.com/replays">Neota Logic</a></li> <li><a href= "http://www.andreaperrypetersen.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Legal-Innovation-Education-Sep-2018.pdf"> Innovation in Australian law schools</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/277370193719479/">QUT Justice Society International Women’s Day event “Women in Justice”</a></li> <li><a href= "https://www.actlawsociety.asn.au/events/digital-innovation-and-access-to-justice"> ACT Law Society webinar "What Are We Not Talking About?"</a></li> </ul> <p>Andrea Perry-Petersen – LinkedIn - Twitter @w