Overview

As today's digital landscape continues to evolve rapidly, legal practitioners are faced with many opportunities and challenges.  

This webinar explores the intersection of law and technology as it provides practical insights into leveraging digital tools and strategies to enhance efficiency, maintain compliance and adapt to the demands of a tech-driven legal industry. From emerging technologies to ethical considerations, participants will gain a comprehensive understanding of how to thrive in a digitalised legal environment. 

Join Adv. Nicolene Schoeman-louw on 21 February 2025, from 13h00 to 14h00 as he explores the transformative impact of digital innovation on legal practice.  

Learning objectives

By attending this webinar, you will develop the following competencies:  

• Understand the impact of digital transformation on legal practices by examining how technology is reshaping traditional legal workflows and client interactions. 

• Evaluate key legal tech solutions, including practice management software that streamlines operations. 

• Understand compliance requirements and ethical obligations of legal practitioners in a digital environment. 

• Identify common cybersecurity threats facing legal professionals and know how to enhance cybersecurity and data protection measures. 

• Understand the future impact of legal tech on access to justice, alternative dispute resolution and legal service delivery.  

Content

The webinar will cover the following topics:

• Digital Transformation in the Legal Sector  

  • Overview of digital tools. 

  • Case studies. 

  • Barriers to digital adoption. 

• Ethical and Legal Challenges 

  • Understanding data privacy regulations. 

  • Addressing ethical dilemmas. 

• Cybersecurity and Data Protection 

  • Best practices.   

  • Responding to threats and breaches. 

About the presenter 

Nicolene  Schoeman-Louw  
Nicolene  Schoeman-Louw is the Founder and Managing Director of Schoeman Law Inc in Cape Town, South Africa. She is an admitted Attorney of the High Court of South Africa, Conveyancer, Notary Public and Mediator with a passion for assisting entrepreneurs to reach their most ambitious goals.  

Nicolene holds an LLB degree cum laude, LLM from the University of the Free State and a postgraduate diploma in financial planning (CFP) from the University of Stellenbosch. She lectured at the University of the Free State during her studies, presently guest-lectures at Stellenbosch Business School. She also presents seminars and workshops on a wide range of legal topics for various organizations. Nicolene is the Co-Founder and Managing Director of PocketAdvisor where she also doubles up as a skilled facilitator.    

Who should attend?

The following persons will benefit from attending this webinar:

• Practicing attorneys.
• Candidate attorneys.
• Paralegals.

Price

• R 265.00 - Online admission - Individual.  

• Group Price 1 - From R184 per person (up to 5 users)  

• Group Price 2 - From R121 per person (up to 10 users)  

• Group Price 3 - From R109 per person (over 11 users)  

Additional material

By attending this webinar you will be provided with:

• A summarized slide presentation.
• Reference documents and/or course material where available.
• You can ask questions during the webinar and you will also have access to the presenter after the webinar.