People in Legal

At LEGAL INNOVATION & TECH FEST, Roni Millard, Founder and Health & Wellness Consultant at The Wellbeing Edge, sat down with Ryan from Relativity to discuss one of the biggest challenges facing legal professionals today. It isn't just AI. It's managing ever-growing volumes of data while maintaining security, governance, and trust. 💡 𝗞𝗲𝘆 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗮𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀: ↳ Legal teams are dealing with mo...

🎙️ 𝗦𝘂𝗿𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘃𝗲. 𝗗𝗼𝗻’𝘁 𝗱𝗿𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝗶𝘁. At LegalTechTalk 2026, Redmond sat down with Daniel, COO at Moritz, to discuss what AI really means for the legal profession. His view? AI isn't slowing down. It's a wave that's still building. 💡 𝗞𝗲𝘆 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗮𝘄𝘆𝘀: ↳ AI is changing legal services faster than many firms realise ↳ The future belongs to firms that rethink service delivery, not just adopt n...

🎙️ 𝗔𝗴𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗔𝗜 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘅𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝘃𝗲. At LegalTechTalk 2026, David Woolstencroft sat down with Rafik Hwimli , CEO and Founder of Contractzlab , to discuss how AI is transforming legal and compliance operations. Rather than relying on general-purpose AI, ContractsLab is building specialised AI agents designed to help organisations manage contracts, compliance, and governance more efficiently. 💡 𝗞𝗲𝘆 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲...

Are the traditional days of the "tournament of lawyers" finally over? In this episode of the Law and Beyond Show , Chantal McNaught speaks with Mel Storey - Founder of Council Media, host of the Council Podcast, and the internet's favourite "Career Big Sis" - to pull back the curtain on the realities of the legal profession. Mel has spent 15 years in commercial practice and...

🎙️ 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲. At LegalTechTalk 2026, David sat down with Tim Follett, CEO and Founder of StructureFlow, to discuss how visualising complexity is transforming legal work. A recovering lawyer himself, Tim founded StructureFlow after experiencing first-hand how difficult it was to map complex transactions using traditional tools. Today, that vision is helping legal, tax, finance, and in...

🎙️ 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗯𝗼𝘁𝗵 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱𝘀. At LegalTechTalk 2026, Redmond sat down with Simon Bedford from Nova8 to discuss where people fit in an AI-driven legal industry. Despite all the excitement around AI, one thing remains true: Clients still need human judgment. The opportunity isn't choosing between people and technology. It's bringing the two together. 💡 𝗞𝗲𝘆 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗮𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀: ↳ Demand for legal talent...

🎙️ 𝗟𝗲𝗴𝗮𝗹 𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵 𝗶𝘀𝗻’𝘁 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗹𝗮𝘄. At LegalTechTalk 2026, Redmond sat down with Ira Gupta to explore how legal technology could help accelerate the future of renewable energy. A qualified lawyer from India, Ira shared her journey to the UK to study renewable energy and why legal technology is becoming an essential part of that transition. 💡 𝗞𝗲𝘆 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗮𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀: ↳ Legal tech is expanding beyond draf...

🎙️ 𝗚𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗶𝘀𝗻’𝘁 𝗮 𝗯𝗼𝗹𝘁-𝗼𝗻. At LegalTechTalk 2026, David sat down with Ben Wightwick, CCO from Autologyx to discuss why successful AI isn't just about the model. It's about the process behind it.💡 𝗞𝗲𝘆 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗮𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀:↳ AI and deterministic workflows work best together↳ Governance is essential for trusted AI adoption↳ Knowing who did what, which model was used, and how AI was applied matters↳...

🎙️ 𝗚𝗮𝗿𝗯𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗶𝗻. 𝗚𝗮𝗿𝗯𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗼𝘂𝘁. At LEGAL INNOVATION & TECH FEST, Roni Millard, Founder and Health & Wellness Consultant at The Wellbeing Edge, sat down with Peter Baumann, CEO and Founder at ActiveNav to discuss one of the biggest challenges facing law firms in the age of AI. And it isn't AI. It's data. As Peter explained, law firms are sitting on enormous volumes of unstructured data...

In this special People in Legal roundup from the Lexnova Guild's Communitas conference, Dr Jason Fox joined Chantal McNaught for a thought-provoking conversation about the "provocation and curse of efficiency". Jason, a complexity practitioner and self-described wizard, challenged one of the biggest assumptions shaping modern professional life. That faster, more optimised, more autom...

This People in Legal episode is proudly sponsored by Smarter Drafter by Tensis. David sat down with Steve Hantos, CEO of Tensis, to discuss entrepreneurship, legal innovation, and why automation remains critical in the age of AI. Steve's journey started early, from running a lawn mowing business as a child to investing in technology companies and eventually leading one of legal tech's most...

In this episode of Law and Beyond, Chantal McNaught is joined by Jenn Little, Founder and Managing Director of Insource , to discuss how AI and talent intelligence are reshaping legal recruitment. Jenn explains why many firms are still relying on traditional hiring processes, the costs of traditional methods, and how a more proactive approach can reveal stronger talent pipelines, improve firm rete...

🎙️ 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗰𝗮𝗻’𝘁 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘂𝗳𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗱 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲. At LEGAL INNOVATION & TECH FEST, Roni Millard, Founder and Health & Wellness Consultant at The Wellbeing Edge, sat down with Matt from Yao to discuss what happens when lawyers build technology for lawyers. Yao isn't just another legal practice management system. Its founder built it after struggling to find a platform he wanted to run his own...

🎙️ 𝗬𝗼𝘂’𝗿𝗲 𝗽𝗮𝗶𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸. At LEGAL INNOVATION & TECH FEST, David sat down with Demi to discuss one of the biggest questions facing the legal profession: 👉 Is AI making lawyers more effective, or more dependent? With more than 16 years in legal technology, Demi has seen the industry evolve from practice management systems to generative AI and now agentic AI. But one thing hasn't changed: AI...

At LEGAL INNOVATION & TECH FEST, Mona sat down with Roni Millard, Founder and Health & Wellness Consultant at The Wellbeing Edge, to discuss a topic generating plenty of debate in legal AI: 👉 Is generative AI enough for legal research? As Founder of JurisTechne and a PhD researcher in algorithmic law, Mona explained why she took a different path. Instead of relying on probabilistic AI mod...

What happens when world-class technology policy meets the realities of the courtroom? Max Scott, Chief Technology Officer and Co-Founder of Strat Alliance Global and former global lead at Microsoft's Office of Responsible AI unpacks the gravity of deploying Artificial Intelligence in professional services with Law and Beyond Host, Chantal McNaught. Rather than focusing on extreme sci-fi doomsd...

Tim Kenney sat down with Alex Coupe, Global Head of Sales at LegalTechnologyHub.com, for a conversation unpacking one of the most overlooked dynamics in legal tech: 👉 how vendors sell 👉 how law firms buy 👉 and why so many technology projects struggle before implementation even begins With experience spanning Practical Law, Thomson Reuters, and now LegalTechnologyHub.com, Alex brought a rare per...

At LEGAL INNOVATION & TECH FEST , Roni Millard , Founder and Health & Wellness Consultant at The Wellbeing Edge , sat down with Simon Vollmer and Gerard Molloy from Jude to discuss what law firms are really grappling with as AI adoption accelerates. And one challenge stood out: Many firms are experiencing AI fatigue. After experimenting with countless tools, they're now asking a bigger...

🎙️ Technology should adapt to the firm. Not the other way around. At LEGAL INNOVATION & TECH FEST, David Woolstencroft sat down with Donna Broadley, General Manager APAC at Xperate, to discuss a challenge many law firms face: You invest in technology. But it doesn't quite work the way your firm needs it to. That's where customisation, integration, and legal tech expertise become critic...

David Woolstencroft sat down with Yule and Iolanthe, co-founders of LexNova Guild, to unpack the thinking behind Communitas '26. And it's unlike anything we've seen in the legal industry. Built around collaboration, community, and doing law differently, LexNova Guild brings together experienced lawyers who believe the future isn't about competing harder. It's about working bett...

Tim Kenney sat down with Luke Abagi , Head of Product at Mary Technology , for a deep conversation on litigation AI, “𝗳𝗮𝗰𝘁 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗼𝘀” and why trust is becoming one of the most important layers in legal AI. The name “Mary” actually comes from one of the founder’s relatives: a ruthlessly efficient barrister known for cutting through complexity. And that became the mission. Build technology that helps le...

🎙️ “The future of law is a profession-wide problem.” At LEGAL INNOVATION & TECH FEST, Roni Millard, Founder and Health & Wellness Consultant at The Wellbeing Edge, sat down with Alison Laird, Director of the Centre for Legal Innovation, to unpack one of the biggest questions facing the legal industry: 👉 𝗔𝗿𝗲 𝘄𝗲 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗹𝗮𝘄𝘆𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗮𝗹 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸? Alison shared insights...

🎙️ “𝗠𝗮𝗻𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄 𝗼𝗳 𝗳𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝘆 𝗹𝗮𝘄 𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗲. At LEGAL INNOVATION & TECH FEST , Roni Millard , Founder and Health & Wellness Consultant at The Wellbeing Edge sat down with Adam Norman Jenkins , co-founder of ISaidUSaid.com , fresh off winning the 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐩 𝐂𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐡 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝, to discuss how AI and sentiment analytics are being used to tackle one of the most emotionally confronting areas...

🎙️ “The legal industry isn’t sleepy anymore.” At RelFest 26 Sydney by Relativity, Jonathan Seifman sat down with Chris Brown, Chief Product Officer at Relativity, to explore how legal tech is evolving through AI, collaboration, and continuous innovation. Coming from outside the legal industry originally as a computer engineer, Chris shared why legal tech became one of the most exciting industries...

Tim Kenney had the great conversation with Ted Theodoropoulos, CEO of Infodash, legal tech thought leader, and host of the 𝗟𝗲𝗴𝗮𝗹 𝗜𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗦𝗽𝗼𝘁𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗽𝗼𝗱𝗰𝗮𝘀𝘁, for a deep conversation on AI, enterprise search, knowledge management, and the future of legal innovation. And one message came through clearly: The firms that win in the AI era won’t just buy better tools. They’ll build better infrastructu...