Current challenges for justice innovation highlighted in LxLegal21
In an online format, this year’s edition of the LxLegal event highlighted the innovation in Justice and in the legal system, anticipating some of the themes that will be discussed at the High Level e-Justice Conference, scheduled for April.
Justice Secretary of State, Anabela Pedroso, during the interview
With almost two hundred participants, among professionals and researchers, LxLegal21 allowed the sharing of visions on the construction of Management and Technology ecosystems, as a support for the innovation of Justice.
The preparation and training of legal professionals as key elements for an adequate approach to qualification and competences, as well as the need for greater interaction on the part of the Justice stakeholders, were highlighted during the first session, under the Legal Management theme.
In the afternoon, the focus was on Legal Tech and the context they are going through, in particular the need to ensure that conditions are in place, with the public sector, the private sector and the Academy, for the development of solutions that meet the citizens’ needs in the access to Justice.
During the last five years, Justice has taken “a giant leap” towards what can be called digital culture, “but without losing humanity”, said the Justice Secretary of State in the informal interview that marked the beginning of the event organised by Inov@legal — the Portuguese Institute for Legal and Technological Innovation, with the support of the Ministry of Justice, this Thursday.
“In the end, the great path we have taken these last five years has served to set the foundation of a new service culture, where the digital and the human have to mix and live together, but without forgetting what and who they are” added Anabela Pedroso.
On the Legal Management side, the Justice Secretary of State argued that there could be a "more integrated bridge of connection", from a conceptual point of view, in order to "stop being islands and become " isthmus or continents" – and in which points may we find these elements of support and joint work wherein the entire system will be connected.
“This could be a very interesting discussion on how management can be incorporated, by creating proximity models and common methodologies, which can be used both in the management of the district and in the management of the legal profession,” underlined Anabela Pedroso during the interview.
The analysis of the different perspectives on operational, commercial, on contracts and project management, as well as the Legal Techs and Law Techs ecosystems during LxLegal, corresponded to a first moment of public reflection on some of the central themes to be discussed at the High Level e-Justice Conference “For a people-centred e-Justice”. This conference will be held on 26 and 27 April, under the Portuguese Presidency of the Council of the European Union.