Numbers underpin legal transactions in all kinds of ways.
The world increasingly revolves around data, and professionals are expected to be proficient in interpreting it.
Lawyers therefore come across numbers in almost everything they do – but many lawyers are nervous when dealing with them.
We will help you and your team be more confident with figures, avoid mistakes, think more logically, work smarter for clients and be more profitable in your work.
We provide in house training sessions to lawyers, typically 60 to 90 minute interactive presentations, covering basic and more complicated numeracy, and then looking at common drafting issues and pitfalls.
We are Rob Eastaway, an author and broadcaster on maths in everyday life, and John Condliffe, senior real estate lawyer and data science graduate.
“There are so many aspects of our business that require a good understanding of maths and yet a lot of lawyers lack confidence in numeracy. Thanks for delivering an engaging and tailored session to address this. It was pitched at the right level”
Partner, International Law Firm
"Lawyers of all disciplines deal with numbers in one way or another and this is a useful course for all levels of experience. Legal drafting often needs to reflect mathematical concepts and case law illustrates how simple mistakes can have costly results. An interesting mix of amusing anecdotes, practical maths tips and technical drafting points” Knowledge Lawyer, international law firm
Rob Eastaway is a maths author, speaker and broadcaster. His books on everyday maths include the bestselling Why Do Buses Come In Threes? and Maths On the Back of an Envelope, and most recently Much Ado About Numbers (about maths and Shakespeare).He is a regular guest on BBC Radio 4’s award-winning podcast More or Less. He is also Director of Maths Inspiration, a national programme of interactive lecture shows for teenagers, and has given maths talks to audiences of almost every age and background.
John Condliffe has been a real estate lawyer for over 25 years. He was a partner at global law firm Hogan Lovells for 10 years, acting for significant landlords and many household names. He dealt with many complex transactions. He was also on the operational board of the Investment Property Forum, and gave evidence to a House of Lords select committee. He previously did an undergraduate engineering degree at Oxford. Since leaving Hogan Lovells he has taken an MSc in business analytics at UCL. He is passionate about using data and technology to make legal transactions and due diligence work better.
Numbers for Lawyers