Sian Ashton has a geology degree and believes her science background has hugely assisted in her role as a lawyer - explaining things clearly and without the wordy explanations that come so easily to most lawyers.

Science graduates can make great lawyers and the ability of lawyers with skills in science and maths has long been a known fact.

The UK legal blog Legal Cheek recently interviewed science grad-turned-lawyer.

A former litigator with law firm TLT she has become a client services partner with the innovative law firm, which includes overseeing legaltech developments with the firm as well as advising in-house legal teams on refining their processes.

Though Siân says she would not go back to being a full-time litigator, she appreciates how 17 years in legal practice helps her understand how lawyers and law firms operate. “I have lived that life and I understand when things are painful and frustrating,” she says.

She providedf an example of a current project involving a legal technology provider who has developed a product specifically designed to help corporate lawyers write reports. When thinking about when to test the product, she explains how she knows that corporate lawyers are extremely busy between now and the New Year.

She jointly leads TLT’s FutureLaw team, a team developed and grown to focus on the future of law: looking at consultancy services, technology, transformation as well as continuing to identify new innovations and changes to bring to clients.

Commenting on legal technology and the digitisation of society more generally, she says how in practice the technology itself is often not the most important factor as she notes, “talking to clients is step one”.

But the combination of science and law has been a winner for her and her science-based way of thinking has been a way forward for her in the legal field that continues to pay dividends.