CrowdJustice founder and CEO Julia Salasky wins Financial Times Legal Innovator of the Year award.
Yesterday evening, the winners of the FT European Innovative Lawyer Awards 2018 were announced at the Natural History Museum in London.
CrowdJustice founder and chief executive Julia Salasky was the joint winner of this year’s Innovative Lawyer of the Year award, alongside A&O partner and “eminence grise” Jonathan Brayne.
The FT noted that the judges picked Salasky, a former Linklaters and UN lawyer, for “making a difference to people’s lives”. By applying a relatively new tool (crowdfunding) to a very traditional industry (the law), the FT noted that CrowdJustice was making justice more accessible to those of limited financial means.
Upon learning of the win, Salasky commented:
“At CrowdJustice we’re trying to improve consumers’ access to the legal system and also enable firms to take on more matters by providing alternative funding streams. It’s a privilege to be recognised for this work and we are hopeful that as the world continues to change, we can continue to leverage technology to enable more people to get more legal services.”
See also:
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