Legal Design Thinking IRL with Anna Posthumus Meyjes

How to use legal design in litigation? This week on Legal Design Thinking IRL, we’re thrilled to welcome Anna Posthumus Meyjes, the founder of Aclara Legal Design! ✨ While many recognize legal design's impact on contracts, Anna brings to light the potential of visualizations in the courtroom. 🔍 With her unique dual perspective as both a seasoned attorney-at-law and a pioneering legal designer, Anna shares insights from the forefront of integrating design thinking into legal practices. In this episode we’ll explore the tangible benefits and outcomes of incorporating visualisations in court, drawn from Anna’s personal experiences and success stories. Anna Posthumus Meyjes is a legal designer and founder of Aclara Legal Design. She brings creativity, design and a user-centered approach to law. Aclara Legal Design helps you improve the communication and usability of your legal information. Go from inaccessible, dense legal documents to engaging, easy-to-use legal content your stakeholders will happily read. Anna worked as an attorney-at-law in an international litigation practice for over ten years, amongst others at the top-tier Dutch law firm NautaDutilh. She specialised in liability, insurance and financial law. Designing and using clarifying visualisations became an increasingly important part of her communication and inspired her to start Aclara Legal Design. Whether you're a legal professional keen on enhancing your litigation approach or simply curious about the intersection of design and law in practice, this episode is for you.💡 0:00 Introduction 3:49 Aclara Legal Design 7:34 Litigation in legal design 20:45 Visualizations to the opposing counsel 26:50 Process 43:30 Current projects