In a January 2018 survey by The Consero Group, 69 percent of legal operations professionals said their legal technology infrastructure did not meet their needs. In the same survey, respondents rated managing legal technology their number one priority for the next 12 months—outranking cost control, cybersecurity, litigation management and more.

As they plan to surmount their dissatisfaction with legal tech, these legal operations professionals—and their lawyer colleagues—would be well-versed to expand their horizons down under: Across the Pacific Ocean, the Australian legal tech community is thriving, and law firms and legal departments worldwide are benefiting from Aussie innovation.