ILTA Voices

In this podcast interview, the speakers will discuss and uncover the partnership between Buchanan Ingersoll and NetDocuments (PatternBuilder Max) and the implementation process.  Moderator:   Nancy Griffing, President 3545 Consulting - Global    Speakers:   Scott M. Angelo, Chief Information Officer, BIPC Jared L. Gullbergh, Director - Shared IT Services and Information Governance, BIPC Michael Hi...

Zoom Rooms, Teams Rooms, Owl Cams, Smart Mics, what are the new emerging technologies to enable real time collaboration and what risks and caveats do they come with?      How do we make spaces that quickly (instantly?) flip from comfy team collaboration rooms to an extension of the court?  Moderator: @Thomas Witherspoon - Senior Systems Support Engineer, Sidley Austin LLP  Speakers: @Thomas Burns...

Hear first hand from Melissa Ballesteros and Barbara Gondim da Rocha on why they joined a legal tech mentoring program. What were their fears? How did they benefit? Hear their first hand stories and learn how you too can benefit from mentorship. Connect with Melissa here . Connect with Barbara here . Join the myMentor program here .

Discover how legal departments are leveraging Generative AI to streamline workflows and enhance efficiencies. This podcast will dive into the use cases and practical applications, compliance concerns, and risk management strategies for in-house legal departments deploying AI. Uncover what it takes to harness GenAI’s potential while navigating ethical and legal challenges.   Moderators:  Matthew Ko...

ILTA's 2024 DEI Climate Survey has been released and we speak with Amy Monett and Karina Willes to get an inside scoop on the results. Does DEI matter? Has ILTA improved their DEI efforts? Hear their insightful discussion now and don't forget to go get your copy of the survey to read the full report.

Join moderators Missy McDonough and TaShika Lewis as they explore the perfect timing for change management, training, and innovation teams in legal tech initiatives. Change management expert Julia Montgomery shares practical insights on early engagement, driving lawyer adoption, and navigating the evolving tech landscape, including AI. Learn proven strategies to score projects, build buy-in, and d...

In this episode, hear how the head of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at a global law firm helps advance DEI, develop tangible goals and initiatives, and measure progress. Gowlings Shereen Samuels Ginevra Saylor Canaan Himmelbaum

The series "Influential Women in Tech" features in-depth interviews with ILTA's Influential Women in Tech award winners. Each episode spotlights one inspiring woman who’s transforming the legal technology landscape. This episode highlights Alma Asay. Hear all about her journey, achievements, and the challenges she’s overcome, offering inspiration and practical advice for anyone passionate about in...

The series "Influential Women in Tech" features in-depth interviews with ILTA's Influential Women in Tech award winners. Each episode spotlights one inspiring woman who’s transforming the legal technology landscape. This episode highlights Terri Mottershead. Hear all about her journey, achievements, and the challenges she’s overcome, offering inspiration and practical advice for anyone passionate...

The series "Influential Women in Tech" features in-depth interviews with ILTA's Influential Women in Tech award winners. Each episode spotlights one inspiring woman who’s transforming the legal technology landscape. This episode highlights Caryn Sandler. Hear all about her journey, achievements, and the challenges she’s overcome, offering inspiration and practical advice for anyone passionate abou...

The series "Influential Women in Tech" features in-depth interviews with ILTA's Influential Women in Tech award winners. Each episode spotlights one inspiring woman who’s transforming the legal technology landscape. This episode highlights Aalia Manie. Hear all about her journey, achievements, and the challenges she’s overcome, offering inspiration and practical advice for anyone passionate about...

The series "Influential Women in Tech" features in-depth interviews with ILTA's Influential Women in Tech award winners. Each episode spotlights one inspiring woman who’s transforming the legal technology landscape. This episode highlights Ginevra Saylor. Hear all about her journey, achievements, and the challenges she’s overcome, offering inspiration and practical advice for anyone passionate abo...

In this podcast panel interview, the panelists will discuss the pros and cons of moving from a server based eDiscovery system to a Cloud based one, what are the benefits, what are the risks and what are helpful tips and tricks.   Moderator: @Shawn McClurg  - Director of Practice Solutions, Miles & Stockbridge P.C.    Panelists: @Rick Clark  - VP, CloudNine  @Rachel McAdams  - Senior Consultant...

The session aims to explore the transformative impact of technology on the legal industry. Listeners will gain insights into the latest legal tech trends, understand the benefits and challenges of integrating technology into law practice, and learn strategies for successful transformation.    In addition, it will also highlight the importance of tech competency in enhancing client service and comp...

GenAI technology provides groundbreaking opportunities for corporate law departments to innovate the legal service delivery model, take the wheel on legal costs, and strategically implement use cases which can drive these opportunities for their companies. Join us in this podcast panel interview to learn how in-house teams are using these tools to steer their organizations towards meaningful chang...

The Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) is an EU regulation that will apply as of January 17th, 2025. Its goal is to strengthen the overall information and communication technology security of financial entities in the remit of the 3 ESAs and ensuring that the financial sector in Europe is able to stay resilient in the event of a severe operational digital disruption. In this podcast, we hop...

In this discussion with Rabiya Hirji, Giulia Paparella shares her professional journey from practicing law to leading customer success at a legal technology company. Giulia provides practical tips for creating a strong community and ensuring equity in hiring and team development. Giulia also highlights the critical role of corporate culture, the importance of allies and mentors, and the value of c...

We are increasingly seeing the merging of these two systems as well as a growing collaboration between knowledge management and business development as firm functions. In this session, we will explore why combining KM and Business Development capabilities have created a huge competitive advantage for firms by curating firm intelligence around “what we do” with “who we know” to capitalize on growth...

From the pandemic to climate change, geopolitical unrest, macroeconomic instability, and technological disruption, we are living in a time of unprecedented uncertainty. How do we navigate these uncharted waters and move from surviving to thriving in these uncertain times?   My guest for this podcast is a seasoned finance and legal executive and growth advisor who will share invaluable perspectives...

More and more ‘attachments’ are not truly attachments anymore. In this podcast interview, we will discuss how you best deal with modern data and attachments and where are they?     Moderator: Monique Sever - Litigation Support and eDiscovery Supervisor, Harper Grey LLP   Speaker: Doug Austin - Editor, eDiscovery Today    

In this podcast interview, we will learn best practices to achieve greater diverse teams, influence origination credits and support diverse development in legal engagements.   Moderator:  Caren Ulrich Stacy - CEO, Diversity Lab   Speaker: @Deepa Zavatsky  - Assistant General Counsel, Wells Fargo Recorded 10-16-2024

In our podcast series Legal Operations: Lessons from ACC Legal Ops Con, we sit down with industry professionals and ask the question, "What does legal operations mean to you?" In this episode, hear the insights from Laura Caponi (Bristol Myers Squibb), Elizabeth Rancourt-Smith (Tilson Technology Management), Deisha Vasquez (Zelis Healthcare). Join us for an exploration of legal operations, how it...

In our podcast series Legal Operations: Lessons from ACC Legal Ops Con, we sit down with industry professionals and ask the question, "What does legal operations mean to you?" In this episode, hear the insights from Reese Arrowsmith (Campbell Soup Company), Tom Stevenson (Legal.io), and Ashlyn Donohue (Linksquares). Join us for an exploration of legal operations, how it interacts with legal techno...

Shannon O’Connor (Legal Systems Manager - Squire, Patton, Boggs, Cleveland, OH)  and Amy Monett (Applications Trainer – McGlinchey) discuss their professional history in the legal field and how they each arrived there, the role ILTA has played in it, and the uniqueness of Shannon’s all female team.

Ever wondered where your data lives, who’s in charge of it, and how it should be managed? Join us as we dive into the wild world of Information Governance with a sprinkle of fun and a dash of expertise!  In this episode, we unraveled the mysteries of data hygiene—because clean data is happy data! We chatted about privacy functions and how they dance with legal and security realms. Plus, we tackled...