A revolutionary platform
just for lawyers
LawAssist.Online is the first platform of its kind and offers a way for lawyers to collaborate and assist each other in the business of law.
Meet our Digital Collective
Jennie Pakula
After nearly three decades in lawyer regulation, Jennie will be opening an advisory service, The Lawyer’s Friend, in early 2024 to help lawyers with regulatory issues: compliance, practice set-up, client management and tech implementation.
Jennie is also developing products including engagement tools, matter management policies and cost agreements that get lawyers and clients on the same page.
Jennie’s goal is to help lawyers prevent and manage complaints, and offer practical and kind regulatory advice.
Jennie is keen to help anyone who wants to think outside the box to realise their new law vision. You can find out more from Jennie over at jennie@lawyersfriend.com.au
James D’Apice
Founder and principal lawyer at Gravamen, James has recently founded his own firm after 15 years working at other firms, including a stint as a Director at a national firm.
With expertise in partnership, trust and shareholder disputes, litigation forms the backbone of James’ practice. However, over time, James has found himself increasingly giving advice on the conduct of his clients outside of court. James’ specialty is resolving disputes between co-owners - either using litigation or negotiated agreement.
James is the creator, founder and presenter of the famed “Coffee and a Case Note” series of online videos and podcast episodes where he discusses up to the minute cases in his niche area and presents them to camera over a cup of coffee. James can be reached at james.dapice@gravamen.com.au.
Mel Telecican
Emma Heuston
Michelle Snape
Michelle is a commercial lawyer and business strategist who runs her own practices as well as assisting other lawyers and business owners establish and enhance their operations.
Michelle is known for her wisdom and her innovation, establishing one of the first chambers model practices in regional NSW.
MIchelle has a background in education, & training, along with instructional design and compliance. Her combination of wisdom and skill has earned her the nickname ‘the oracle’ in her mastermind groups.
As a co-founder of LawAssist Online, Michelle is now focusing on establishing mentoring and training for other law firm owners and their teams to assist them to focus on being ‘better not bigger’.
You can contact Michelle on michelle@legalsphere.com.au
As Founder and Managing Director of LawUE, Mel Telecican heads up a team of designers, developers, videographers, content writers, analysts, content creators and project managers to create the best law firm marketing agency in the world.
While Mel will continue to assist clients at LawUE with brand development, website design, SEO, article writing, social media and google ads, she has developed a range of digital products that will be joining our ranks shortly.
Mel is committed to offering value delivered honestly and ethically to her clients and the digital products available, including webinars and other checklists will live up to those values.
You can contact Mel on mel@lawue.com
Fiona McLay
Fiona is the founder of McLay Legal Consulting and a legal tech author. She is a friendly face in the world of legal tech and helps lawyers make their firms more profitable and enjoyable places to work by harnessing the smart use of the right tech.
Her book, “Tech Enabled Lawyer” is jam-packed with practical insights and has been described as “the guide the industry has been crying out for”.
With 25 years as a dispute resolution lawyer under her belt, Fiona has experienced big city firms, in-house, and smaller, more innovative firms. This journey has given her an insider's view of how different law firms use their tech - and how to help them do it better.
A teaching fellow at the College of Law and a Geeky Guru at the Centre for Legal Innovation, Fiona is committed to implementing and teaching tech. She believes little tweaks to tech can make a huge difference and loves helping lawyers who aren’t that into tech see how a few small changes can make their work more efficient and more fun.
You can contact Fiona at fiona@mclaylegal.com
Emma is a lawyer (non-practicing), precedent author, and multi-passionate entrepreneur. She provides legal tools and digital products to small business owners through her business Ready to Boss Legal as well as digital product consulting.
Through LawAssist.Online Emma provides the following to law firm owners:
precedent support;
precedents to buy;
business resources for law firm owners to use in their business; and
digital product creation and consulting.
Before ceasing practice to focus on Ready to Boss Legal and LawAssist,Online, Emma was a practising lawyer for 23 years.
As a co-founder of LawAssist Online, Emma is placing her focus on resources and tools for lawyers and the social media and partnership aspects of the platform.
You can contact Emma at emma@readytobosslegal.com
Kristen Porter
Kristen is a commercial lawyer, legal coach, digital marketer and founder of the highly niched virtual commercial law firm, "O*NO Legal - The Real Estate Agents’ Lawyer.
She helps real estate agency owners to shield their assets, future proof their business relationships, expand faster and plan their exit, so that her clients can increase the value of their agency and have peace of mind.
Kristen is constantly innovating, finder ‘better’ ways of doing things and pushing the boundaries of legal practice, including developing alternative practice models such as her REAL Online digital template store, subscription model membership and online digital courses and training.
Prior to starting O*NO Legal, Kristen had extensive experience in private practice and in-house. This included setting up in-house legal teams from scratch and acting as Group General Counsel for large real estate brands and Canberra’s largest developer and builder.
Not only does Kristen have almost 20 years experience in legal land, she is also a passionate digital makerter and loves helping law firms and real estate agencies with developing and promoting their personal brand, lead generation, content marketing, marketing funnels and more.
You can contact Kristen at kristen.porter@onolegal.com.au