ILTA Voices

In this podcast session, the speakers will discuss changes, challenges, and approaches to supporting enterprise users at their homes. Helpful timeframe of questions asked/responses in the respective podcast: (00.39 - 2:37) "What are the Challenges of Supporting Enterprise Users Remotely?" (2:38 - 4:38) "Did everyone use Citrix and apply to everyone?" (4:40 - 6:18) "Talk about the scope of working...

In this podcast interview session, the speaker will flesh out some of those options as well as tools to have in-house to help make small firms more self-sufficient. The goal is to walk away with more knowledge. Moderator: @Tyler Crabtree  - ​eDiscovery Specialist, Browne George Ross O'Brien Annaguey & Ellis LLP Speaker: @Monique Sever  - Paralegal/Litigation Support & eDiscovery Supervisor, Harper...

In this brief podcast, we hope to bring continued awareness to current cybersecurity vulnerabilities and how cybercriminals are evolving to target individuals/businesses using legitimate-looking emails and social media messages. Moderator:  @Carolyn Bragiel  - Advisor, Legal E-discovery, Cardinal Health​ Speaker: ​Marissa McDermid - Program Manager, Security Awareness, Resilience Recorded on 10-28...

In this podcast, the speaker will discuss how to best leverage technology to facilitate collaboration and task tracking, design workflows that systematize regular, on-going tasks; and facilitate effective communications/working towards common goals for a shared client. Moderator: @Shawn McClurg  -  Litigation Support Manager, Miles & Stockbridge P.C. Speaker: @Jessica Hasen  - Senior Counsel, Perk...

The pandemic has brought about an opportunity for individuals to reflect on their lives, and most, in fact 77% of the legal professionals want to retain elements of this new virtual, remote working - to varying degrees. And critically, 22% said they are likely to leave if their employers didn’t accommodate the new way they want to work. In this podcast, we will briefly discuss differing perspectiv...

In this podcast, the speakers will discuss how to best quantify the ROI of legal technology has on the bottom line of matters, tips in vetting legal technology, etc. Moderator: @Holly Hanna  - KM Firm Solutions Manager, Perkins Coie Speakers: @Ginevra Saylor  - National Director, Innovation and Knowledge Programs, Gowling WLG (Canada) LLP @Giles Thompson  - Head of Growth, Avvoka ​Recorded on 10-2...

This topic was one of ILTACON 2021's most popular conference sessions, and as security is a concern to many the original panel has reunited for a follow-up podcast. Security is complex and when left without robust resources of money, knowledge, and people we sometimes revert to the ostrich head in the sand approach. Even though we try to do our best, we sometimes fall into bad habits. This podcast...

Joining a corporate or government legal department as a young professional can be quite intimidating. As a rule, these organizations tend to skew older since they often hire lawyers who have already worked in law firms for an extended period of time. In this podcast, learn about effective methods of bridging this potential gap with your new colleagues and receive tips and suggestions. Moderator: @...

For Episode #5 of the Europe edition of Fresh Voices of Legal Tech, Mercedes Oppon-Kusi, ILTA UK Community Engagement Manager, and Leanne Williams, founder of InclusiTech and Business Analyst, sit down with Karim Nassar, Legal Products Manager at Travers Smith. They talk about Karim's career development from Product Engineer to Legal Products Manager during the pandemic, transferable skills, and s...

ILTA Publication Join us for the first-ever DEI podcast, EQUITABLE CONVERSATIONS. This all-new podcast is hosted by Karina Willes, PhD, MBA, PMP, Senior Project Manager at Foley & Lardner LLP, and ILTA’s own Beth Anne Stuebe, Director of Publications and Press. They sit down with a rotating series of ILTAns, industry leaders, and SMEs in legal and technology to talk about how diversity, equity, an...

For the Fall 2021 edition of HopsCast, Beth Anne Stuebe, ILTA Director of Publications & Press, interviews Angela Dowd, Director of Practice Innovation at Burns & Levinson LLP, and Leland Smith, Technical Relationship Manager at Conversant Group, at ILTACON 2021. They talk all things tech, co-authoring, and of course, about baseball, and hops. 

Our second featured podcast Woman Leader is Crystal Kelley, IT User Support Manager at Troutman Pepper. She sits down with our WWL group and talks about her Peer to Peer article, mentors, leadership, and more!   About ILTA’s Women Who Lead Advisory Committee put out a call for names earlier this year to identify women who have recently experienced a job transition into their first management role....

In this session, we will discover and learn about the evolving role of business analysts, what they do, how they help legal technology and why they are so valuable. Moderator: @Carly Prellwitz - Business Analyst 1, Fish & Richardson Speakers: @Rex Balboa – Systems Business Analyst, Perkins Coie @Jennifer Perez - IT Business Analyst, Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP Recorded on 09-14-2021

As firms move from jack-of-all trades providers to working with a host of best-in-class tools provided by smaller companies, opportunities for directly influencing product development and product pipeline have greatly increased. During this podcast, we will discuss specific ways in which firms can leverage their networks and vendor relationships to guide the creation of better, more cost efficient...

During this podcast, a cyber security professional will discuss ways that you can ensure that you have adequate visibility to protect against unauthorized access into our data as you move additional pieces of your architecture into the cloud. The conversation will highlight cloud access security brokers, security incident and event management, and data loss prevention tools and strategies. Moderat...

Many junior and mid-level associates are beginning to realize that the billable model is moving towards fixed-fee arrangements. This is becoming especially true during the pandemic, where everyone is looking to cut costs. In this podcast session, we will learn more about how to handle transactions using less lawyer time (through AI or other methods) Moderator: @Brian P. Morris  - IT Business Relat...

Join us as we talk about acquisitions and why they are so important in legal tech! How they move innovation, products and services, and aid the end-users!   Speakers Beth Anne Stuebe, Director of Publications & Press TJ Johnson, AVP, Legal Sector Strategist Bill Mertes, VP, Olenick & Associates

For Season 2, Episode #4, featuring Jeff Pfeifer of LexisNexis, where we sit down and discuss soliciting attorney input and why feedback is important in legal tech product design, plus more! Tune in now!

Join the ILTA Women Who Lead Team as they sit down for an in-depth interview with Lisa Meconi, Director of Legal Engineering at Liberty Mutual Insurance. They talk tech, motherhood, being a legal innovator, and much more. This is a Peer to Peer article podcast complementary to the Summer 2021, Part One  article featured on page 46 . 

For the  Summer 2021 edition of HopsCast, Beth Anne Stuebe, ILTA Director of Publications & Press, interviews Joe Hoegler, Chief Technology Innovation Officer at Kraft & Kennedy, Inc. He joins us from  Port Washington, New York, and talks all things tech, innovation, and of course, about baseball, and hops.

A Summer 2021 Peer to Peer article podcast to complement an article from the part one issue written by Evan Shenkman ( found on page 48 ).  In this episode, ILTA's Beth Anne Stuebe chats with Evan about how you can/should trust, love, and welcome legal tech Startups to your firm.

Litigation support can be daunting to those new to the industry – not only are there technical skills to learn, but also legal considerations, project management and communication & presentation skills are all keys to your success. In this podcast, we will discuss the kinds of transferable skills which will help you in your new role, how best to learn those important technical skills, and how to i...

A Summer 2021 Peer to Peer article podcast to complement an article from the part one issue written by Greg Russo (found on page 28).  In this episode, ILTA's Beth Anne Stuebe chats with Mike Paul, Chief Technology Officer and Information Security Manager at Innovative Computing Systems, about security and the business decisions you should be making to keep your organization safe.  

***Please note this podcast is in Spanish! In this third part of the series, the idea is that the speaker talks about the benefits of using Artificial Intelligence to optimize the work of the lawyers in generating the first draft of any legal document that they have to create. *** Please know the podcast is in Spanish only.  Moderator: @Rodolfo Christophersen  -Sr. Manager, Head of Legal Operation...

The continued growth of law firms, and the increasing transience of their attorneys, have created many new risks for firms to account for regarding conflicts of interest management.   Increasingly, large international Firms have transitioned to a centralized approach for conflicts clearance, utilizing non fee-earning professionals for this function.  Despite this, challenges remain - particularly...