Resources
Our resources hub provides a collection of research outputs and insights from across our academic and industry collaborations.
Manchester Law & Technology Initiative Podcast
The podcast series explores how technology is reshaping legal practice. Each episode features academics and industry leaders from our partner firms, discussing key developments, opportunities, and challenges at the intersection of law and technology.
This episode focuses on the impact of legal tech on clients, customers, and society as a whole. It considers design-thinking as a means of making tech-enabled legal services more user-friendly and the importance of leadership and culture in achieving strategic change around technology.
This episode focuses on data analytics, considering what the rise of new analytics platforms means for law firms.
The discussion also addresses some of the common challenges around using data to optimise legal processes and procedures.
Conversations for your ‘coffee-break’
The ‘Coffee-Break’ series features expert-led videos with legal academics and practitioners, offering insights into current trends and developments at the intersection of law and technology.
Each episode provides a focused, accessible perspective for professionals and students alike.
Episode one: Claire McGourlay, Professor of Legal Education at The University of Manchester is interviewed by Wing Yan Ng, Legal Technologist at Freshfields.
Master Classes
Our master classes offer insights with experts from diverse professional orientations.
Professor Timothy T. Hsieh (Oklahoma City University) and Dr David Robinson (Partner, Marks and Clerk) examine key differences and shared challenges in patenting software, fintech, and AI innovations across the U.S. and UK.
This members-only event offered valuable insights for practitioners, policymakers, and researchers.
Workshops
Our workshops support collaboration with industry and regulators, often with the purpose of research-led grant capture and policy impact.
In this workshop, Eduard Karel de Jong (MLaTI) and Simon Youel (Head of Policy and Advocacy, Positive Money) explore the future of digital public money infrastructure – what it is, why it matters, and how it can shape fairer, more democratic financial systems.
This conversation is part of an ongoing effort to make knowledge about digital money open source, ensuring that innovation in this space supports the public interest.
In this session, Chastity Murphy (Visiting Research Fellow) contributes her perspective as a leading researcher, offering valuable input to policymakers and shaping the conversation on critical financial and technological issues.