Terri Mottershead

Terri Mottershead is the Executive Director of the Centre for Legal Innovation (Australia, New Zealand and Asia-Pacific) at The College of Law (CLI). Terri works internationally with leaders of legal businesses supporting them in identifying and analysing trends, developing strategies, and transforming their capabilities and practices to deliver legal services/products in the new legal ecosystem. She is the instigator, designer, developer and collaborator-in-chief of CLI’s global initiatives, networks and programs including the Legalpreneurs Lab and the Innovation Incubator Program.

Terri serves as the representative for Australia on the Asia-Pacific Legal Innovation and Technology Association (ALITA) Advisory Board, as a Bilgi Law Labs Advisory Board Member for the Istanbul Bilgi University Law School, as a Fellow of the US College of Law Practice Management, as a member of the CLOC Global Education Advisory Council and Chairs the Queensland Law Society Innovation Committee. 

Terri was profiled as a legal industry thought leader by McCulloch Robertson in 2019 for its Year 101: Women in Law initiative, was a finalist in the Lawyers Weekly Women in Law Innovator of the Year Award (Individual) 2021 and was recognised in the IWD Women Lawyers Association of Queensland 2022 Inspo List for her support and encouragement of women in law.

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