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‘Innovation incubator’ draws the best young minds
Macpherson Kelley has gathered its up-and-comers as well as those from the University of Melbourne to play part in a contest which encouraged them to look to the future of law.
Emma Musgrave
The firm partnered with the University of Melbourne to jointly host Innovation Think Tank.
With many looking to what the next disruptors in legal profession will be, the contest was designed to challenge the young lawyers and law students to answer the question: ‘How might the practice of law be different in the future?’
Panelists led by Macpherson Kelley managing director Damian Paul, chief operating officer Rob Patterson and intellectual property principal Belinda Sigismundi, assessed each team’s ideas for commerciality, as well as the innovation and real-world application behind the ideas.
“Feedback from all participants has been really positive and the results from the collaborative teams impressive”, said Mr Paul.
“Now, as a firm, we are investigating how we back and implement the winning idea.”
The winning team received $5,000 for their efforts. It was made up of Macpherson Kelley associate Richard Suthers, lawyer Alexandra Doddridge, and University of Melbourne students Felix Lee and Yuriy Netrusov.
Their creative solutions in dealing with the peaks and troughs of legal work, office real estate and relationships with start-ups won them the sought-after prize.
Pictured left to right: Lawyer Alexandra Doddridge, University of Melbourne students Felix Lee and Yuriy Netrusov, and senior associate Richard Suthers.
Emma Musgrave
Emma Musgrave (née Ryan) is the managing editor, professional services at Momentum Media.
Emma has worked for Momentum Media since 2015, including five years spent as the editor of the company's legal brand - Lawyers Weekly. Throughout her time at Momentum, she has been responsible for breaking some of the biggest stories in corporate Australia. In addition, she has produced exclusive multimedia and event content related to the company's respective brands and audiences.
Prior to joining Momentum Media, Emma worked in breakfast radio, delivering news to the Central West region of NSW, before taking on a radio journalist role at Southern Cross Austereo, based in Townsville, North Queensland.
She holds a Bachelor of Communications (Journalism) degree from Charles Sturt University.
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