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And with Justice Lee Sieu Kin's closing remarks, TechLawFest 2020 has come to an end. LawTech.Asia hopes to see you at the next TechLawFest and stay tuned for our coverage of the future legal tech events!

“Passion without skills doesn’t pay the bills”, says Maurice Rabb. It’s important to have skills to bring in innovation.

The system of legal traditions is very diverse, so it’s important not to lose it when introducing cross-border legal innovations - Ji En Lee

It’s important to show resilience in times of distruption, says Honourable Justice Lee Sieu Kin

Legaltech is a space for collaboration, not competition - Honourable Justice Lee Sieu Kin

Hong Kong provides different funding schemes for small law firms to promote innovation, according to Hsiang Low

“Lateral education plays a really huge role in training young lawyers” - Hsiang Low

Open sources and sharing of ideas is a trend in several jurisdictions, says Hsiang Low.

“Innovation thrives when the government creates an environment for innovation” - Aditya Singh

“The Covid pandemic brought the adoption of the existing technologies amongst lawyers who didn’t use it before, and, therefore, people are more interested in innovation now” - April Brosseau.

The firm is willing to embrace diverse views in regard to legal innovation, says Aditya Singh from White & Case.

Legal engineers work together with business providers, and the new generation of lawyers start to appear as legal tech and innovation merge more and more, according to Dave Yuen from Rajah & Tann.

“Innovation requires us to continually explore new streams of services” - Dave Yuen

“People’s mindsets and culture is extremely important in bringing innovation” - Hsiang Low

Make sure to tune in to #Techlawfest panel on the state of Legal Innovation in the Asia Pacific to hear from the wide variety of speakers, including the representatives from Rajah & Tann, Clifford Chance, White & Case and more!

According to Melissa Lim, ASEAN countries share a lot of similarities, so inter-governmental cooperation could be possible in terms of sharing technology.

According to Josef James Gara there is a huge need for government cooperation to promote virtual court hearings and meetings, to name an example.

Melissa Lim explains that Malaysian courts introduced an identification system where the QR code is embedded in the document to show that it’s original.

Tune in to TechLawFest to hear more launch of the 2020 report on the State of Legal Innovation in Asia-Pacific!

(Continued) 3. How do we marry these business demands with the currently available technology solutions? 4. How can the government work with the various stakeholders to support legal professionals during this transformation?