We chat to Julia Salasky, founder and CEO at CrowdJustice; a crowd funding platform working to democratise justice by helping people access the courts and the legal system. A graduate of prestigious universities, and a former “magic circle” lawyer, Julia tells us about why she decided to leave her enviable career as a lawyer for the United Nations to found her own tech startup. We how her experiences working in the justice system inspired her to do something radically different, in using technology to disrupt the traditional market.We hear what it was like to be a pregnant solo female founder, and how Julia embraced this as as asset in working with investors. Julia shares her thoughts on diverse hiring and on tackling the underrepresentation  in the legal sector. Finally, we find out whether working in law really is like being in Ally McBeal!