Jenifer Swallow is a general counsel turned strategic advisor who was previously CEO of LawtechUK and has a focus on fast growth tech companies.
Speaking to Legal IT Insider about some of the milestones of the past year, Swallow said that 2024 has been an “ethical wake up call” for the UK legal profession, in the wake of scandals such as Deep Horizon Post OfÏce scandal and the infected blood scandal. “The UK fell to number 20 in the international Corruption Perceptions Index this year,” she says, adding that law firms and legal teams are “going to have to lean in hard to demonstrate that independence and integrity are actually a thing for this profession.”
In terms of new technology, 2024 was a year for testing GenAI but we can expect that to change in 2025. Swallow says: “I think we’re going to be moving next year into a strategic deployment, strategic approach, and that brings its own risks.”