ILTA Voices

In this podcast panel session, the speakers will discuss the challenges of the continuous and increasingly more frequent update cycles of 3rd party software. How can IT keep up with all the changes across the environment and what strategies can be employed to better manage this crucial aspect of living in the cloud. Questions the moderator will ask the speakers: -How do you balance the need for se...

We often think of Practice Management in the context of managing a large legal practice. But how does it actually apply to a startup? What principles apply to the first days and years of a firm with just a few partners? Where do they start? And/or what do they wish they would have paid attention to first if things didn't go smoothly? Questions the moderator will ask the speaker: -Tell us a little...

In this podcast session, the speaker will discuss practical guidelines for the retention of informal means of (evidence collection) communications sent via text (such as, Short Message Service (SMS)) and messaging apps (such as, WhatsApp iMessage, and GroupMe). Questions the moderator will ask the speaker: -What are some considerations that need to be made when setting a retention policy or respon...

In this session, the speaker discussed what are the differences between lit support and DSARs, the priorities for which DSAR work. In addition, they covered suggested processes, tips and tricks.   Questions the moderator asked the speaker:  •        What is it about DSARs that makes them so tricky to respond to? •        What sort of approaches to the DSAR problem approaches have you seen organiza...

More and more vendors are making APIs available, but are they actually worth the investment? Is the data reliable? In this panel podcast, the speakers will explore the various APIs available, use cases, reliability of the content, and how law firms are leveraging external data to supplement or enhance their internal data. Questions the moderator will ask the speakers: -How did you determine what A...

In this podcast interview, the speaker will discuss the differences between doing forensics in the cloud and doing forensics on on-premises servers and hosts. In addition, the speaker will provide a key introduction to the overall tools and techniques utilized and lessons learned.    Questions the moderator will ask the speaker: -What does it mean to perform computer forensics in the cloud?  How d...

In this podcast interview, the speaker will highlight in-depth what are the risks in the use of ChatGPT for corporations.   Questions the moderator will ask the speaker: -We are hearing a lot about Generative AI and AI assistants like ChatGPT. Is this another hype as Blockchain and Metaverse? -If it is something that will stay. What is the probable impact on the legal world? -A lot of people and c...

For many, the past few years since the pandemic brought lots of continual change in the legal marketplace.  In order to stay relevant with like-minded individuals and keep up with emerging trends in industry, many paid more attention and time to social media to stay connected. One social media platform which has remained very popular within Legal and other key industries is LinkedIn.  LinkedIn is...

The legal industry is ripe for automation. Growing developments in generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) have made it easier for firms to generate certain content on-demand. However, has GenAI eliminated the need for traditional document automation tools?  Questions the moderator will ask the speakers: -With so much hype around Generative AI, how do you continue to make a case for traditional...

The final, and last for 2023, Hopscast host and originator, Beth Anne Stuebe, sits down with Sean McGinty, for one more Hop, one more cast.  With a wide-ranging conversation, this episode covers ILTACON 2023, GenAI, a legal tech road map, and much more.  Sit back, grab a Hop, and enjoy!

Join us for another episode of the ILTA CEO podcast series. For the Fall issue of Peer to Peer, we sit down with ILTA CEO Joy Heath Rush and discuss ILTACON, what's new, innovative, and happening at ILTA! 

“Doing the Right IT Projects” sounds simple.  It should be how you to start your project lifecycle and quality methodology: Setting criteria for how IT projects are selected, prioritized and planned, and how the appropriate level of project management, quality assurance and resources are assigned.  There are buckets/workstreams for large/complex IT projects and for simple projects that need only p...

How are firms adopting Artificial Intelligence in the Risk Management space? Given the fast-paced and highly publicized technology trends involving AI, what are the biggest challenges organizations face today with adopting AI technologies and in particular maintaining security and compliance around client, firm, and personnel data. Questions the moderator will ask the speakers: Where do AI capabil...

Given the complex nature of AI and the fact that these models are not transparent, the speaker shared best tips on what do you need to know about your AI model, who built it and what is it based on? Questions the moderator asked the speaker: 1) What is and what is not AI? 2) What are AI models? 3) If you are using a pre-generated AI model what are some questions to ask: - what is it based on? - do...

Questions the moderator will ask the speaker:   -With the audience of this podcast being attorneys and other legal professionals, we have to start with the obvious question, do you see AI taking their jobs? -How do you see AI's role in the legal industry evolving in the future? -When you think of data privacy, security, governance, and compliance, what do you think of related to risk associated to...

In this session, the speaker delved into the transformative power of AI technology in the legal industry. They explored the game-changing solutions that are revolutionizing document intake and processing at law firms, replacing the traditional manual, labor-intensive, and error-prone methods.   In addition, they uncovered how AI-powered solutions are unifying document input sources, streamlining c...

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...