Legal Innovation Lab Wales

of members – was going to be challenge given only six months of the operation period remained. It was therefore decided that the board would not be established.

• Similarly, the Virtual LegalTech platform Advisory Board was not established as planned because of the short outstanding delivery period before the end of the operation.

2.40 The Mid-Term Evaluation noted that earlier set up of the Advisory Board(s) would have helped inform the overall strategic direction of the Lab, and supported timelier and more extensive linkages with the sector. Feedback at this Final Evaluation stage reiterated this point, suggesting that a LegalTech Advisory Board would have been beneficial for providing knowledge and insight to steer delivery. Whilst it is recognised that establishing the board in late-2022 would not have been appropriate given the limited period available to inform activity, overall this should be regarded as a missed opportunity by the operation. Similarly, given its approval in late-2021, the delays in the establishment of the planned Virtual LegalTech platform Advisory Board is also a missed opportunity; a board may have helped to manage some of the issues experienced in the delivery of this activity, enabling delivery by the close of the operation. This is an important learning lesson for any similar future interventions. 2.41 The Mid-Term Evaluation also reported there was scope for greater clarity on the relationships between CYTREC and the operation, and the wider Law Clinic and the operation (with the operation focused on the piloting/testing of new innovations only, not the wider activities delivered via the Law Clinic). Evidence from the Final Evaluation stage suggests that in particular the relationship between the operation and CYTREC continued to raise some ambiguities across both internal and external stakeholders and partners. Thus, feedback from the Cyber Threats team suggested a tendency to refer to ‘CYTREC’ when engaging with partners and applying for funding opportunities. This is not unexpected, but it does provide some challenges when seeking to understand the contribution and outcomes of the operation specifically. Articulating clearly and consistently the relationship between constituent strands of an intervention from the outset is an important lesson for any similar future interventions.

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