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Mills Oakley teams up with Swinburne for ‘strategic partnership’
Mills Oakley has announced what it calls a strategic partnership with a university to enable both parties to be at the forefront of legal innovation in Australia.
Emma Musgrave
The national firm and Swinburne University of Technology confirmed their partnership to the market yesterday, which will see Mills Oakley work closely with the tertiary institution’s Legal Futures Lab on a wide range of innovation initiatives in relation to legal services and legal tech.
The Lab will also work with Mills Oakley to offer innovation training across the firm as well as host “innovation demo days” for both staff and clients.
In addition, the partnership is planning a global conference later this year that is slated to be held in Melbourne and will focus on the future of legal practice.
Mills Oakley added that as part of the partnership, the firm will provide vacation clerk and graduate opportunities to Swinburne Law School students and will co-brand on Lab podcasts.
“We want to build on the success of the ground-breaking legal services accelerator we developed in 2016,” Mills Oakley CEO John Nerurker said.
“Swinburne’s Legal Futures Lab is at the cutting edge of developments in legal services and legal tech innovation, so we’re delighted to be partnering with [Swinburne’s dean] Dan [Hunter] and the team so our clients can benefit from developments in the innovation space.”
Commenting on the partnership, Mr Hunter said: “Swinburne and Mills Oakley are a perfect fit for the next stage in legal innovation.
“We are each at the forefront of innovation practices, and I’m delighted to be working with John and the Mills Oakley partners to create solutions to the many challenges that confront legal practice.”
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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