{"id":19403,"date":"2017-02-20T11:13:36","date_gmt":"2017-02-20T11:13:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalgeek.co\/?p=19403"},"modified":"2017-02-20T11:13:36","modified_gmt":"2017-02-20T11:13:36","slug":"mishcon-de-reya-lmarks-launched-lawtech-incubator-mdr-lab","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalgeek.co\/mishcon-de-reya-lmarks-launched-lawtech-incubator-mdr-lab\/","title":{"rendered":"Mishcon de Reya and L Marks Launched LawTech Incubator MDR LAB"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Mishcon de Reya LLP<\/strong> and<strong> L Marks launched MDR LAB<\/strong>, a programme for lawtech startups to help them work within their target market to pilot and improve products and to gain a better understanding of how legal services are provided and where lawyers \u2013 and their clients \u2013 would benefit from new technologies. Successful applicants\u00a0will have access to Mishcon de Reya&#8217;s lawyers and business experts throughout the firm for advice, mentorship and education.<\/p>\n<p><strong>MDR LAB<\/strong>\u00a0is\u00a0<strong>accepting applications<\/strong> from businesses with concepts or products and services that are at a revenue-generating stage <strong>until 12th March 2017<\/strong>. For more information visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/lab.mdr.london\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MDR LAB website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Legal Geek members had a unique chance to speak about MDR LAB with <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.legalgeek.co\/speakers\/nick-west\/\">Nick West<\/a><\/strong>, Chief Strategy Officer at Mishcon de Reya and Director of MDR LAB, at our first <a href=\"https:\/\/www.legalgeek.co\/events\/london-legal-tech-events\/lawyers-of-the-future-kick-off\/\">Lawyers of the Future event<\/a>\u00a0on 7th February at Google Campus.<\/p>\n<p>Nick West explained that:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>MDR LAB is part of Mishcon de Reya\u2019s broader technology strategy and is one of a number of R&amp;D projects designed to help us better understand and embrace new technologies.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Mishcon de Reya is not the first law firm to launch a dedicated programme for startups. The global law firm\u00a0<strong>Dentos<\/strong> launched <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nextlawlabs.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Nextlaw Labs<\/strong><\/a> in 2016 to &#8220;help reinvent the business of law&#8221;. Nextlaw Labs is led by\u00a0Dan Janses as CEO, under whose leadership Nextlaw Labs partnered with <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/seedcamp.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Seedcamp<\/a><\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/seedcamp.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u00a0<\/a>and helped several lawtech startups acquire <strong>first round funding<\/strong>.<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>Three startups featuring on the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.legalgeek.co\/startup-map\/\">Legal Geek Startup Map<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0joined Nextlaw Labs as portfolio companies: <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.legalgeek.co\/startup-map\/apperio\/\">Apperio<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.legalgeek.co\/startup-map\/clause\/\">Clause<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.legalgeek.co\/startup-map\/libryo\/\">Libryo<\/a><\/strong>. Nextlaw Labs accepts investment applications from lawtech startups via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nextlawlabs.com\/apply\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">this link<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mishcon de Reya LLP and L Marks launched MDR LAB, a programme for lawtech startups to help them work within their target market to pilot and improve products and to gain a better understanding of how legal services are provided and where lawyers \u2013 and their clients \u2013 would benefit from new technologies. 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