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Through the looking glass: The adventures of a designer in legal land
A few years ago, I fell into this deep rabbit hole called legal and since then I’ve been trying to get a better understanding about what it is.
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Why facebook should use Visual contracts
Facebook has been hit with a €1.2m fine in Spain after the country's data watchdog found it broke privacy laws. Among other violations the regulator found Facebook had failed to inform users how their data would be used as it hoovered up the details of millions of people in Spain.
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Legal Design: Collaborating with Lawyers to lmprove Access to Justice
Last week we joined the Service Design Network Global Conference in Madrid. During the first day of this event (the membersday) the newest issue of Touchpoint was handed out.
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Learn about Legal Design Thinking in 1 day!
On Saturday 22 April, 11 Law, IT and Design professionals came together above the roaring North Sea on the Pier in Scheveningen, for a workshop by Visual Contracts on how to revolutionize the way we see law.
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What Legal Tech innovation is missing
Recently I came across a blog which started with the question: "Does coding make you a better lawyer? The author of the blog argued it does make you a better lawyer because coding means applying systems thinking.
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The GDPR: A European law that acknowledges a need for Legal Design
Some of the more law minded among us might have heard of it. On April 2016, the European Union passed the new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which will be fully enforced in The Netherlands in 2018. It will have a host of implications for the subject of privacy, something we at Visual Contracts cannot ignore.
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Legal Design - Always a step ahead
Legal design thinking is on the rise, but why should you invest time and budget in this? What can it do for your office?
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A clear explanation of the NOW: why visual explanation?
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Legal Design Inktober
October is over and so is the Legal Design Inktober challenge. The first thing we want to do is thank everybody that took part in the challenge. We tried to closely follow your contributions and loved them all. If you didn’t have the chance to participate or don’t know what we are talking about so we are going to quickly explain it.
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Creating impact with visual employment contracts.
How fairness and transparency can empower people, and help build sustainable working relationships
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Contributing to diversity and inclusion
About the chicken and the egg. Which came first, the chicken or the egg? Or does it really matter what came first? You need one to have the other, and vice versa. So, drawing a comparison to diversity and inclusivity. What comes first? Inclusivity before you can be truly diverse? Or will diversity naturally ask for inclusivity? Who has the answer? Do we need an answer? Do they not just need to interact, co-exist seamlessly in order to create equal opportunities, and attract top talent within a company? To build a work environment and culture that enables all employees to participate and thrive. In this blog we highlight why both diversity and inclusivity are important for your company to grow and prosper, and how Visual Contracts can help contribute to that.
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How mapping your employee journey will help you optimize your employer branding
Employer branding. Everybody is talking about it. But what does it really mean? Is it how you, as a company, are perceived by the outside world? Is it about your logo? Or all the benefits that come with working at your place?
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Review of the online Legal Design Thinking course
Not sure what legal design is about? I had exactly the same. But following Lieke’s course “Legal Design Thinking”, has definitely demystified this.