Legal Innovation Lab Wales

• Recommendation 1 : The University should seek a timely conclusion to its ongoing options review for the LILW post ERDF-completion. This review should consider (i) the function and objectives of the Lab, to ensure that they remain appropriate, and in light of this (ii) the form and funding of the Lab, including in relation to staffing requirements (management, research and software), and the nature/emphasis of activities delivered. • Recommendation 2: Alongside the options review, the University should consider the feasibility of continuing the work associated with the Virtual LegalTech platform. Given the potential impacts of the platform on the ability of Welsh and UK law firms to access essential LegalTech tools, and its potential to deliver important legacy benefits from the operation, exploring possible funding mechanisms to sustain delivery should be a priority going forward. • Recommendation 3: Subject to the findings of the options review, the University should consider the scope for realising enhanced opportunities from the intersection between LegalTech and Cyber Threats expertise established/developed through the operation to date, and how learning and knowledge can be shared more consistently to identify and leverage such opportunities. • Recommendation 4: The University should consider if and how existing cross- and multi- disciplinary work can be enhanced going forward, as a mechanism to help maintain the increase in research income capture delivered during the ERDF funding period. • Recommendation 5: Going forward for the Legal Lab, and in any similar future interventions, the University should consider implementing and embedding monitoring and evaluation mechanisms and processes within project-level activity (for example, baseline/follow-up surveys) to ensure that evidence on the academic, business/societal and collaboration effects of the Lab’s activity is collated systematically and routinely.

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