Legal Clarity: Demystifying Law with Animated Explanations

Introduction

In the fast-paced business world, legal clarity is essential for success. Companies must navigate complex regulations, contracts, and requirements, where misunderstandings can lead to financial penalties, damaged reputations, and disruptions. Ensuring all stakeholders understand legal obligations is crucial.

Clear legal communication prevents costly disputes and ensures compliance, avoiding fines and penalties. According to the American Bar Association, legal misunderstandings often cause business litigation. Effective legal guidance fosters better decision-making, aligning actions with policies and legal requirements, enhancing efficiency, and reducing risks.

Traditional legal documents, filled with dense jargon, often confuse rather than clarify. Animated explanations offer a solution by breaking down complex legal concepts into engaging, easy-to-understand visual content. Visual learning processes information faster and retains it longer than text-based content. The Visual Teaching Alliance states that 90% of information transmitted to the brain is visual, and visuals are processed 60,000 times faster than text.

Animations boost engagement and retention rates. Wyzowl reports that 94% of people have watched explainer videos to learn about products or services, and 84% have been convinced to buy after watching. This highlights the effectiveness of explainer video content.

By using animations, businesses can demystify legal information, making it accessible to everyone, regardless of their expertise. This approach enhances comprehension and retention, with Insivia noting that viewers retain 95% of a message in a video compared to 10% from text. Leveraging animations ensures critical legal information is effectively communicated and retained, improving compliance and reducing legal risks.

The Role of Clear Legal Communication in Business

Understanding legal requirements and regulations is fundamental for businesses to operate smoothly and avoid legal pitfalls. Clear legal communication ensures that all members of an organization are aware of and can comply with relevant laws and regulations. This comprehension is important for several reasons:

Firstly, it helps prevent legal disputes that can arise from misunderstandings or non-compliance. Companies that fail to adhere to legal requirements often face lawsuits, fines, and other penalties, which can be financially crippling and damage their reputation. For instance, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission frequently penalizes companies for non-compliance due to poor understanding of regulatory requirements.

Secondly, clear legal communication promotes better decision-making within the organization. When employees understand the legal implications of their actions, they are more likely to make informed decisions that align with both legal standards and company policies. This reduces the risk of inadvertent violations and fosters a culture of compliance.

However, companies often face significant challenges due to the complex nature of legal jargon. Legal documents and regulations are typically written in language that is difficult for the average person to understand. This complexity can lead to misunderstandings and errors, even among those with a legal background. A report by the American Bar Association found that 75% of business litigation is due to misunderstandings of legal requirements. This is especially true for employees without a legal education and let’s face it, unless you are a law firm, most employees won’t have a legal education.

Furthermore, the sheer volume of legal information that businesses must process can be overwhelming. Keeping up with changing laws and regulations requires constant attention and resources. This can be particularly challenging for small to medium-sized enterprises that may not have dedicated legal teams.

To address these challenges, businesses need to adopt innovative communication methods that make legal information more accessible and understandable. Animated explanations are one such solution. By transforming complex legal concepts into clear, engaging visual content, animations can bridge the gap between legal experts and the rest of the organization. This approach not only simplifies the information but also enhances retention and engagement, ensuring that critical legal knowledge is effectively communicated and understood across the company.

Why Animations?

Animations are a vital tool in communication, particularly when it comes to explaining complex information. The effectiveness of visual content in communication is well-documented, as it engages multiple senses, making it easier for the audience to understand and retain information. This is especially true for legal content, which often involves intricate details and technical jargon that can be challenging to grasp through text alone.

Animations simplify complex information by breaking it down into digestible, visual segments. They use motion, color, and visual metaphors to represent abstract concepts, making them more relatable and easier to understand. For example, animations can depict the flow of a legal process, highlight key points in a contract, or illustrate the consequences of non-compliance with regulations.

Statistics underscore the impact of animated content on retention and engagement rates. According to a study by Wyzowl, 94% of people have watched an explainer video to learn more about a product or service. This indicates a high level of engagement with visual content. Moreover, according to Insivia, viewers retain 95% of a message when they watch it in a video compared to just 10% when reading it in text. This stark difference highlights the superior retention capabilities of visual content.

By leveraging animations, businesses can enhance their legal communication strategies. Animations ensure that complex legal information is not only accessible but also memorable, thereby improving overall understanding and compliance within the organization.

Case Studies

Sperling

Sperling is a legal and tax consultancy in Rzeszów, serving small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), with whom we had a pleasure to collaborate. The firm faced challenges with ineffective promotional materials that failed to attract and engage new clients. To address this, we created a dynamic promotional video, highlighting six key services with emotionally and visually appealing content. The video increased website traffic, supporting Sperling’s growth.

LegalZoom – Legal Document Services

This animated explainer video demonstrates how LegalZoom helps users create legal documents and access legal advice, simplifying legal services for customers.

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The Law Society of England and Wales 

This animation highlights the benefits of consulting a solicitor for business-related legal advice. It covers issues ranging from copyright to insurance, emphasizing the value of expert legal guidance. The video also promotes the “Find a Solicitor” website, which helps users search a database of over 140,000 legal professionals to find the best solicitor in their local area.

Expert Commentary: Wojciech Mądry

“As a business lawyer, I have a keen understanding of how complex and difficult to understand legal issues can be for those without a legal background. With more than 10 years of experience in legal communications, I regularly use modern tools to help my clients understand key issues. One such tool that has grown in popularity in recent years is animations that explain legal complexities.

The benefits of using animations in our industry are immense. First and foremost, they allow us to simplify complex legal content that may seem too difficult at first glance. Animated explanations work especially well when regulations, contracts, or procedures need to be explained in an accessible way to non-legal professionals. In the business world, where time is at a premium, such tools can speed up the decision-making process and increase confidence in working with a law firm.

Animations are not only an effective explanatory tool but also an engaging one – especially in this day and age when audiences expect content that is both accessible and visually appealing.

In my day-to-day work as a lawyer, I often encounter entrepreneurs who find it challenging to understand broad regulations such as RODO (Data Protection Regulation), AML (Anti-Money Laundering), or tax regulations. It is in such cases that animated explanations become an invaluable tool. Using examples related to these issues, I can show how animations can be used effectively to simplify legal content.

The RODO often raises questions for businesses that need to process their customers’ data in a wide range of ways. Data protection requires an understanding of the detailed rules on processing, obtaining consent, procedures for withdrawing consent, or information obligations. When one of my e-commerce clients was struggling with the implementation of RODO, we worked together to create a short, animated video that simply presented the key principles. With this material, the client was able to quickly understand what data he could collect, how to secure it, and how to deal with a breach. The animation helped him avoid potential penalties and streamlined the process of implementing RODO.

Another example is AML – regulations aimed at preventing money laundering. Many companies, especially in the financial or real estate sector, must follow AML procedures, which can seem complicated. One of my clients needed help in implementing the right mechanisms in his company. I created an animation for him that showed step-by-step how to carry out customer identification, monitor transactions, and report suspicious activity. The visual message made complex regulations easier to understand and apply in practice.

Animations can also help and bring you up to speed in M&A processes, or in explaining tax law issues.

In M&A transactions, animations can vividly depict due diligence processes, deal closing stages, or post-merger integration procedures. The visualization of complex legal and operational activities allows for an easier understanding of timelines, obligations of the parties, and legal risks.

Tax regulations, on the other hand, are difficult for many entrepreneurs to understand, especially in the case of international operations. Animations can explain tax accounting rules, such as the differences in VAT between EU countries, or obligations related to income declaration and tax optimization. They can also show how to correctly fill in tax returns or deal with audits.

Animated explanations in areas such as RODO, AML, M&A, or tax regulations not only simplify complex topics but also engage the audience, allowing them to better understand the legal requirements. With such tools, entrepreneurs can implement the required procedures faster, making it much easier to do business in compliance.”

Predictions for the Future of Legal Animation

The use of animations in legal communications is set to grow significantly in the coming years. This trend is driven by the increasing need for clear and engaging ways to convey complex legal information. Here are some predictions and supporting statistics that highlight the future of legal animation:

1. Increased Adoption Across Industries:

As more industries recognize the value of clear legal communication, the adoption of legal animations will expand beyond traditional legal services. Sectors such as finance, healthcare, and technology are likely to integrate animated explanations to simplify regulatory compliance and legal procedures for their stakeholders.

2. Higher Engagement and Retention Rates:

Videos, including animated content, are already known for higher engagement and retention rates compared to text. According to Insivia, viewers retain 95% of a message when they watch it in a video compared to just 10% when reading it in text​​. This effectiveness will drive more legal firms and businesses to adopt animated legal content to ensure better understanding and compliance.

3. Enhanced Accessibility and Inclusivity:

Animations can make legal information more accessible to a broader audience, including those with learning disabilities or non-native language speakers. As businesses strive for greater inclusivity, the demand for clear, visual legal communication will rise.

4. Integration with Emerging Technologies:

The integration of animations with emerging technologies like virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) will provide immersive experiences for legal education and training. For example, VR can simulate courtrooms or legal scenarios, providing interactive learning experiences that are both engaging and informative.

5. Growth in Legal Tech Investments:

The legal tech market is growing rapidly, with significant investments being made in innovative solutions. According to a report by Gartner, legal tech budgets are expected to increase threefold by 2025​​. This influx of investment will likely spur further development and adoption of animated legal content.

6. Increased Use in Legal Education:

Law schools and educational institutions will increasingly use animations to teach complex legal concepts. Animated case studies and explainer videos can make legal education more engaging and effective, creating future lawyers with a better understanding of the practical applications of law.

7. Scalability and Customization:

The scalability of animation production means that legal animations can be easily customized for different audiences and jurisdictions. This flexibility will make it easier for global firms to communicate legal information tailored to specific regulatory environments and cultural contexts.

Conclusion

The evolving landscape of legal communication is increasingly embracing innovative solutions like animations to simplify and enhance the dissemination of complex legal information. Sperling’s success with dynamic promotional videos underscores the tangible benefits of this approach, including increased website traffic, improved client engagement, and higher conversion rates.

Legal animations offer a powerful tool for businesses to convey intricate legal concepts in an accessible and engaging manner. They are particularly effective at improving comprehension and retention, as evidenced by statistics showing that viewers retain 95% of a message when delivered through video compared to just 10% through text​​.

As the adoption of legal animations grows across various industries, we can expect to see their integration with emerging technologies like virtual and augmented reality, further enhancing their impact. The rise in legal tech investments and the need for inclusive communication strategies will also drive the future development of this medium.

In summary, animations are set to play a crucial role in the future of legal communication, offering scalable, customizable, and highly effective means of ensuring that legal information is clearly understood and retained by diverse audiences. Businesses and legal professionals who leverage this trend will be well-equipped to navigate the complexities of legal communication and ensure better compliance and client satisfaction.

Explain Visually specializes in creating animations that bridge the gap between complex, even legal information and client understanding. For more information on how our professionally made animations can enhance your legal communications and client education needs, contact us!

This focus on specialized legal animations underscores our commitment to enhancing understanding and interaction through innovative visual solutions, preparing legal professionals and clients for the challenges of modern law.

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Kamila Ołdakowska

I possess 3 years of experience in marketing, which I have been actively cultivating since the beginning of my second year of undergraduate studies, starting with a role at a consulting company. Currently, as a Marketing Specialist at Explain Visually, I apply my knowledge to devise strategies that enable companies to effectively communicate their core values through animations. My experience also encompasses content creation that drives companies toward their strategic goals. I am presently pursuing a master’s degree in project management, enhancing my ability to organize and execute complex marketing projects. I continually refine my skills by keeping up with the latest marketing trends, ensuring that my experience and contributions to each project are of the highest caliber.

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4 unobvious reasons that make your offer land in the basket

Thank you for the offer, we have decided to cooperate with another supplier;At this point we have suspended the project, we will contact you when we get back to it;Unfortunately, we are not interested. Every salesperson has heard these answers. Often, the reason for...

Our video telling a story about the most creative Polish School

Among dozens of projects that we have carried out this year, the film for the Kornel Makuszyński Elementary School in Radowo Małe is one of our favourites. And not only our favourite: the video scored over 1300 shares on Facebook. Why this project is so important to...

How did Orange tell their employees about the Continuous Improvement? [Case Study]

About the company: Orange – the biggest telecommunication operator in Poland and one of the main companies in the world, made it to the Fortune Global 500 list. Department: Customer Experience, trying to design the ideal customer experience and supporting the...

What is Graphic Recording (and Graphic Facilitation)?

When the lecturer starts his speech on the stage, the atmosphere of concentration fills the lecture hall. It is his name that brought the crowd to this conference. The slides complete his words, and hundreds of people are focused on him and try to remember as much as...

What is whiteboard animation (and how your business can benefit from it)?

Whiteboard animation is becoming more and more popular in business because of the clear and transparent way it provides information. Research shows that it has an advantage over text messages, and often also over static images and ordinary films. That is why it is...

What is explainer video (and how your business can benefit from it)?

  Explainer videos are short movies which explain complicated issues in an easy way. Typically they deliver information about companies, products and services. Today, explainer videos are used by thousands of companies around the world, including the largest...

The curse of knowledge: How it affects managers & marketers

Klątwa wiedzy jest efektem psychologicznym, który w ogromnym stopniu wpływa na naszą pracę oraz życie osobiste. W wielu wypadkach niestety negatywnie. Szczególnie narażone na jego skutki są osoby odpowiedzialne za komunikację w firmie – managerowanie, marketerzy,...

Goodbye to the best boss I’ve ever had

“I heard that you quit your job,” the words echoed in my ears. It was a call from Michał. How on earth did he already know?, I thought. It must have been our Lebanese friend who told him. He was the only person who knew. “Yes, that’s true. The message was being...

Klaudia Tolman of ExplainVisually in the jury of 50 Top Creative list

Klaudia Tolman, our Creative Director, is going to be one of the jurors in the 9th edition of the ranking of 50 Top Creative in Business. The ranking aims to honour companies and people: put their money on innovations and out-of-the-box solutions in their businesses,...

We got the results of the first nationwide research on Visual Thinking

Last year we co-created the very first nationwide research on Visual Thinking. Why did we decide to take part in reliable research on the effectiveness of visual thinking? For years now we have been hearing from our clients, that what we do, works. But it’s one thing...

Maciej Budkowski and Klaudia Tolman to host an “Expert” cycle meeting for Brief.pl

For the last 5 years, we have been building and developing our know-how. During that time we’ve carried out over 200 projects in 19 languages for dozens of corporations, startups and GOs. But never before have we publicly spoken about our agency experiences. This time...

Maciej Budkowski and Klaudia Tolman in the #agencja podcast

Just released, there’s an #agencja podcast featuring our managing team, Klaudia and Maciek. In the podcast we’re telling about our daily work. Link to the podcast –...

ExplainVisually’s film about European Funds submitted to Camerimage

In 2015 we made a film with the Mazovian Unit of EU Programmes Implementation in Warsaw. Its aim was to tell in a simple way how to gain European Funds. The project went very well and many organisations associated with European Funds considered it to set a good...

ExplainVisually’s infographics to support Polish Football Association

Maciek, our Managing Director, has been a huge fan of football for over 20 years and he’s always been dreaming about cooperation with the Polish Football Association. So when they actually called us to say that they needed to explain to football coaches complex...

ExplainVisually a laureate of the competition 50 Most Creative in Polish Business!

We are a laureate of this year’s ranking of 50 Most Creative in Business. 50 Creative is the biggest competition in its field in Poland. The ranking is carried out each year by Brief.pl. Amongst former laureates are CD Project, Brand24, iTaxi, LifeTube, Booksy or...

How to spend money to be happy? Our infographic in “Głos Mordoru” (“Voice of Mordor”)

“Money doesn’t bring happiness” or “You cannot have too much of a good thing”? Turns out, it depends on what you do with it. Those are the conclusions of Elizabeth Dunn and Michael Norton, Professors of British Columbia University and Harvard University. In their book...

Summary 2017

Christmas time has passed, so it’s time for some summary. We can’t describe this year with one word. 2017 was demanding, tragic, developing, successful, sad and joyful. In the period of 12 months we made over 70 films, which means we scored almost 200 total since the...

Our video helped to win 1,000,000$ in a Israeli’s startup competition

A week ago Seegnature, an Israeli InsurTech start-up, used our whiteboard animation during a pitch - presentation to the investors. The stake was high. Pitch is a key moment for a start-up. Several minutes of presentation may determine the company’s future. Especially...

HR Case Study: recruitment video

It was the end of May 2016, when we realized we could not put it off any longer. Everybody took their place, and we started the meeting. “We have to recruit new drawing artists! I can’t do it by myself any longer! We won’t manage when the new projects come…!” Klaudia...

Explainer video production process

Explainer video production process typically takes a few weeks (3-8). The production time depends on the film's duration, its complexity, the flow of works, communication between both parties (or three parties if an Agency also takes part in the discussion), work...