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Identifying "Moments of Friction" -- workers' pain points with technology, processes and adoption is critical. In this session, the speaker discussed how to identify whether a MOF is a result of technology or psychology; highlight pain points; adoption; needs analysis; dig into the why and learning how to get to the root/core of the issue and user frustration. Questions the moderator will ask the...

Some people predict that by 2025 half of legal teams will be staffed by non-lawyers. Will that be perceived as a threat or an opportunity? Do lawyers need to learn legal tech, or can they just hire people who specialize in it but are not lawyers? Do you need to be a lawyer to effectively use legal tech? Questions moderator will ask speakers:   - The term “non lawyer” is sometimes perceived as quit...

AI has become an integral piece of responsive/non-responsive coding for reviewing eDiscovery data, and in our last podcast in the series, we discussed how it is increasingly being applied to personal information identification and redactions in litigation and investigations. For this session, the speaker will focus on how AI is being used for data breach response and why it should be part of your...

Common vocabularies are a core requirement if firms want to fully utilize the knowledge created by their attorneys. Organizing those vocabularies into a taxonomy makes it easier to share knowledge across tools and practices. However, many firms don’t create or maintain common taxonomies, resulting in knowledge gaps and a lack of findability. A common vocabulary, whether it’s something that’s speci...

If there was a road map for security and authentication, it’s long gone now! We’re on the road to a Passwordless future and we live in a time where no one even answers their phone! This encore ILTA podcast will quickly bring you up-to-speed and help you…and your users help themselves with better password solutions!  Questions the moderator will ask the speaker(s): 1) This topic was presented at Le...

Innovation in the legal industry is big news, but its often hard to know where to start. Changing the way we think about our work can help find new ways to approach challenges, and the framework of design thinking has proven success in the legal industry for finding innovative solutions to problems. But what is design thinking, and how can we use its principles and ideas to transform our work in l...

In this podcast session, the moderator will discuss with an attorney the best communications strategies and practices they have encountered with Litigation Support and Legal Staff. Questions the moderator will ask the speaker: -What are some steps you take to keep communication consistent in your remote team? -What are some pitfalls about purely remote work that some managers or team members might...

This session explored the ever-evolving factors which influence how corporate legal departments evaluate and select law firms, including a spotlight on how mature departments engage in the process. Specific factors covered will include the performance, spend, and DEI metrics used by data-driven departments, as well as a focus on the growing adoption of advanced tools to facilitate the firm selecti...

Just because you’re not a large law firm doesn’t mean you don’t do e-discovery! You have litigation matters that are just as important, and that means you need to know the proper tools to use for collecting, reviewing, and producing relevant data. In this session, we’ll have a attorney and paralegal from not-so-huge law firms discussing the tools and workflows they use to successfully navigate the...

Your average end user now spends more time consuming and sharing educational entertainment than ever before. From podcasts to film documentaries, there is a formula that keeps us coming back for more, and ensures the audience retains that information well enough to talk about it with everyone they know. How do we capture that spark in professional learning? As trainers and developers, how do we br...

ILTA sits down with an array of SMEs from universities, law firms, and our partners, to talk technical competency rule ABA 1.1 and how technology has evolved and changed the way new lawyers and students learn and thus, practice. Keep up with ILTA and guests as we unpack the ever-changing world of learning and what competency means to them.   Episode 7 features Kenton Brice, Director of the Law Lib...

ILTA sits down with an array of SMEs from universities, law firms, and our partners, to talk technical competency rule ABA 1.1 and how technology has evolved and changed the way new lawyers and students learn and thus, practice. Keep up with ILTA and guests as we unpack the ever-changing world of learning and what competency means to them.   Episode 6 features Michelle Hook Dewey, Legal Technologi...

ILTA sits down with an array of SMEs from universities, law firms, and our partners, to talk technical competency rule ABA 1.1 and how technology has evolved and changed the way new lawyers and students learn and thus, practice. Keep up with ILTA and guests as we unpack the ever-changing world of learning and what competency means to them.   Episode 5 features Michael Robak, Director of the Schoen...

ILTA sits down with an array of SMEs from universities, law firms, and our partners, to talk technical competency rule ABA 1.1 and how technology has evolved and changed the way new lawyers and students learn and thus, practice. Keep up with ILTA and guests as we unpack the ever-changing world of learning and what competency means to them.   Episode 4 features Anely Nunez, CEDS, Analytics & Review...

ILTA sits down with an array of SMEs from universities, law firms, and our partners, to talk technical competency rule ABA 1.1 and how technology has evolved and changed the way new lawyers and students learn and thus, practice. Keep up with ILTA and guests as we unpack the ever-changing world of learning and what competency means to them.   Episode 3 features Kristina L. Niedringhaus, Assoc. Dean...

ILTA sits down with an array of SMEs from universities, law firms, and our partners, to talk technical competency rule ABA 1.1 and how technology has evolved and changed the way new lawyers and students learn and thus, practice. Keep up with ILTA and guests as we unpack the ever-changing world of learning and what competency means to them.   Episode 2 features Geoffrey Geftman, eDiscovery Attorney...

ILTA sits down with an array of SMEs from universities, law firms, and our partners, to talk technical competency rule ABA 1.1 and how technology has evolved and changed the way new lawyers and students learn and thus, practice. Keep up with ILTA and guests as we unpack the ever-changing world of learning and what competency means to them.   Episode 1 features Ashley Picker Dubin, Counsel at Day P...

Are controlled phishing campaigns against your members the best way to keep your respective firm secure from phishing? This podcast session will look at phishing simulation tools, their overall pros/cons and alternatives available to keep your members secure from getting hooked with that phish. Questions the moderator asked the speaker:   1. Phishing is thought to have originated in 1995 and love...

Legal Operations is a broad emerging discipline that encompasses all aspects of the business of law including litigation support, technology, service delivery and more. Thus, eDiscovery is a major operational consideration for law firms and corporate law departments tasked with managing and securing data. Organizations typically handle eDiscovery along a spectrum where they insource or outsource c...

How can we articulate the value of technology in helping meeting client expectations and improving the bottom line? In this session, the speakers discussed this and more. Questions Glenn will ask the speakers:   -There is a  perception by some attorneys that technology is a cost of business and, specifically, only a support function. Where do you think this stems from? -Based on this perception, e...

This session will focus on how companies can continuously monitor and assess their security posture by looking at drift from their control baselines in the cloud.  Questions Corey asked the speaker: 1) What is continuous monitoring generally and why is it important? 2) What are some of the benefits of implementing continuous monitoring in a cloud environment? 3) What are some of the different clou...

Welcome to ILTA’s Risk Management: Data Analytics & Intelligence series. Over the course of this program, we will provide access to experts in the legal industry to discuss challenges of adoption and the benefits of using cloud technologies and Data Analytics to enhance processes, leading to efficiency, cost-savings and secured compliance.   We will review the obstacles, challenges and successes o...

On Monday, April 17, 2023, ILTA sat down with iManage and Bain Capital to discuss their new partnership and #legaltech

This podcast session highlights some creative ways AI has been used inside corporations and law firms.   Questions Ryan asked the speaker: Are there any specific examples of you using AI outside of the box that you would use as an example for people who are not sure if AI is useful for their project? What are the differences between AI and Machine Learning? Large language models: what do they actu...

AI has become an integral piece of responsive/non-responsive coding for reviewing eDiscovery data, and in our last podcast in the series, we discussed how it is increasingly being applied to Privilege reviews. In this session, we focused on how AI is being used for Personal Information Identification.   Questions Andrea asked Dan:  -What do you see as the status quo for how teams identify and reda...