Jodie is a transactional lawyer and an agile project manager with a very strong technical background who works with clients on projects focused on transforming legal service delivery by co-designing and co-creating client-centric solutions. This ranges from streamlining legal processes to producing bespoke packages for clients with a keen focus on technology and automated solutions.
Jodie Hosmer
Legal Practice Transformation Director, Birketts
Sessions
15 September 2026
17:50
The Alternative Samoan Circle
Error 404: IT department not found – Has the traditional law firm IT function become obsolete?
The traditional IT team is no longer defined by infrastructure, tickets and technical ownership.
The Alternative Samoan Circle
Error 404: IT department not found – Has the traditional law firm IT function become obsolete?
The traditional IT team is no longer defined by infrastructure, tickets and technical ownership.
As cloud platforms, AI tools and legal tech point solutions become easier to buy, the value of IT sits in a different place: shaping the problem, governing the risk, enabling adoption, managing vendors, protecting data and proving client impact. The debate should ask whether today’s IT teams are evolving quickly enough or whether the old mindset has already made them obsolete.
