Curious about what really powers today’s legal tech tools?

Join us for LegalTech Under the Hood: a relaxed, behind-the-scenes chat with tech leads, legal engineers, and AI experts. We’ll unpack how tools like AI and automation actually work, share stories from the field, and tips for anyone exploring the future of law and technology.

On our panel:

Rowan McNamee

Co-founder of Mary Technology and a Techstars alumnus.

A former family lawyer who spent countless hours wrestling with piles of documents, Rowan now channels that insight into building Mary Technology, which obliterates the dullest, yet essential, parts of document review. Mary Technology’s mission is to free lawyers from paperwork paralysis so they can focus on superior client care and strategy.

Will McCartney

Founder of Habeas, an Australian AI legal technology company dedicated to revolutionising the way Australian lawyers engage with legal research and knowledge retrieval.

Vijay Fitzgerald

Legal Project Manager and former solicitor with over 15 years of experience delivering legal technology projects across government, private, and startup sectors. AI and LegalTech leader driving trusted innovation in eDiscovery, workflow optimisation, and human-centred automation for complex legal environments.

Moderated by Laura Pouri-Robertson

A dual-admitted New Zealand and Australian lawyer with a strong interest in legal innovation, experienced in commercial contracting, compliance, litigation, and risk advisory across multiple sectors. Lautra is known for providing pragmatic, business-focused advice, fostering innovation, and building communities that support new ideas in law and technology.

Hosted by Karen Horovitz

Principal Recruitment Consultant at The Onset, specialising in finding and hiring talent across Marketing & Digital. With 15+ years of experience recruiting across tech, marketing, and legal, she has developed a strong curiosity and passion for LegalTech. Karen is on a mission to bring Sydney’s LegalTech community together to foster collaboration, innovation, and new opportunities in the space.

Generously supported and sponsored by

The Onset

Australia's leading tech recruitment firm and your partner for growth.

Since 2015, The Onset has partnered with over six hundred companies to scale their teams and help them meet that “impossible to find” talent.

Mary Technology

Mary Technology eliminates "fact chaos" for law firms by automatically managing case facts and producing legal-grade chronologies in minutes. Mary's AI ingests and splits thousands of documents and extracts, links, and organises every critical fact, document, person, date, and source.

The result is an interactive document index and timeline of facts you can filter, export, or share with colleagues, saving 72% of preparation time whilst slashing human error.

Built with enterprise-ready security and privacy, Mary slots straight into existing litigation workflows and connects easily to popular DMS and practice-management tools. Lawyers spend less time wrangling documents and more time shaping a winning strategy.