Reinventing Professionals

I spoke with Laura Frederick , the founder and CEO of How to Contract , a provider of contract training for lawyers and business professionals, and the creator of ContractsCon , scheduled for January 2024. We discussed the challenges associated with contract training, the value of training-tainment, the 2024 ContractsCon event, the You Can Contract Show podcast, and the book "Practical Tips on How...

In this 14th episode of Charting Change in Legal, Caroline Hill , Editor and Publisher of Legal IT Insider , and I reflected on 2023, discussed plans for 2024, and highlighted the newest trends that are driving legal forward.

I spoke with Jason Noble , the Co-Founder and Chief of Product Strategy at ikaun , an experience management platform, powered by artificial intelligence. We discussed how law firm marketing and business development professionals should incorporate generative AI into their operations, ways to approach security and privacy when using generative AI, and the opportunities for generative AI to improve...

I spoke with Professor Steven Gallagher , the Associate Dean of the Faculty of Law at the Chinese University of Hong Kong , and author of the new book " Digital Technology and Law ." We discussed what inspired him to write "Digital Technology and Law," how digital technology will affect the practice of law, whether lawyers should learn to code, and how law schools should change the way they teach...

I spoke with Janet Falk , the Chief Strategist at Falk Communications and Research , which provides public relations and marketing communications services to attorneys, business owners, and consultants. We discussed how attorneys can best prepare for their next meeting or conference, conduct effective follow-up, and maximize attendance at remote events.

I spoke with Stuart Clarke , the CEO of Blackdot Solutions , a software company founded with a mission to enable investigative teams to leverage technology to combat terrorism, financial crime, and human trafficking. We discussed the trends driving the need for more sophisticated investigation tools, how regulators are influencing these trends, and ways that technology for investigations is evolvi...

I spoke with Joe Ryan , the Managing Director and Head of the Law Firm Group for Citi Global Wealth at Work , which provides tailored financial, wealth, banking, and lending solutions. We discussed the value of working with a financial advisor with specialized knowledge of the legal industry and how the wealth management needs of lawyers differ from professionals in other industries.

I spoke with Ross Aronowitz , the Vice President for the Law Firm Segment at CT Corporation , within the Financial and Corporate Compliance division of Wolters Kluwer . We discussed the Corporate Transparency Act, how law firms can help their clients prepare for this new law, and the company's Small Business & Corporations Beneficial Ownership Survey.

I spoke with Eric Robinson , the Vice President of Global Advisory Services and Strategic Client Solutions at KLDiscovery . We discussed the most commonly requested e-discovery advisory services, why e-discovery, compliance, data privacy, and cybersecurity are converging, the effect of AI on this alignment, and how legal professionals can use information governance as a strategy to lower their ris...

I spoke with Dera Nevin , a data lawyer, who has held positions that touch on e-discovery, cybersecurity, and information governance, at organizations like Blackstone, TDBank, and Proskauer Rose, and the author of The Journey's the Thing: Pandemic Essays . We discussed the stories in her book that are uniquely suited to lawyers and other professionals in the legal tech community, how she found the...

In this 13th episode of Charting Change in Legal, Caroline Hill , Editor and Publisher of Legal IT Insider , and I discussed the power of business intelligence in legal, the global impact of legal technology on the practice of law, and the projected use case cases for AI in 2024.

I spoke with Sean Monahan , a Senior Director in the Strategy & Transformation practice and lead of the Data Modernization specialist team at Harbor , and Justin Hectus , the CIO of KP Labs, a Harbor company focused on business process automation, contract intelligence, and advanced analytics. We discussed the emerging legal tech that law firms and law departments should understand beyond gene...

I spoke with Ted Theodoropoulos , the Founder and CEO of Infodash , a legal collaboration platform built on SharePoint Online and Microsoft Teams. We discussed the current state of law firm collaboration, how firms can leverage existing collaboration platforms to drive innovation, and the effect of generative AI on this process.

I spoke with Shai Mehani , the Co-Founder and CEO of In-House Connect , a nationwide community of over 50,000 in-house counsel. We discussed the growth of the network, how it differs from other organizations that serve the in-house bar, content that is most interesting to corporate counsel, and how the role of the in-house lawyer is evolving.

I spoke with Lutz-Christian Wolff , the Dean of the faculty of law for the Chinese University of Hong Kong , and the author of a new law review article published in the Spring 2023 issue of the Journal of Law and Technology at Texas called "The AI-Based Legal Paradise - A (Necessary!) Thought Experiment." We discussed How AI will affect the practice of law, the tipping point for lawyers to routine...

In this 12th episode of Charting Change in Legal, Caroline Hill , Editor and Publisher of Legal IT Insider , and I discussed the Say Gap public speaking program, the connection between knowledge management and innovation, and the value of niche conferences.

I spoke with Kelly Lake , the CEO and Executive Director for CEB - Continuing Education of the Bar , a California-focused provider of legal research and CLE. We discussed the connection between continuing legal education and legal research, how CEB combines human editorial expertise with its rules-based machine integration, and the effect of generative AI on legal research.

I spoke with Marco Imperiale , the Founder and Managing Director of Better Ipsum , a consultancy based in Europe focused on legal design, innovation, ESG, and wellbeing. We discussed the legal industry changes that organizations are having the most difficulty addressing and the importance of aligning legal design, innovation, and well-being.

I spoke with Abdi Shayesteh , the Founder and CEO of AltaClaro , an interactive experiential legal training provider. We discussed how interactive experiential training differs from traditional law firm practices, the value of the '"Learn, Do, Review" model, and measuring the return on training investments.

I spoke with Ioana Good and Adrien Maines, partners in Promova , a branding and public relations firm, as well as the co-developers of Find a Rainmaker , a behavioral assessment application. We discussed the value of a behavioral assessment tool, ways that the legal industry can use it to enhance decision-making on revenue generation, coaching, and team formation, and how the behavioral assessment...

In this 11th episode of Charting Change in Legal, Caroline Hill , Editor and Publisher of Legal IT Insider , and I discussed Legal Geek and Relativity Fest, the increasing influence of knowledge management, and, of course, AI.

I spoke with Gary Sangha , the founder and CEO of LexCheck , a leading AI-powered contract acceleration and intelligence platform. We discussed the increasing importance of contract intelligence, the company's release of Copilot , how it leverages generative AI, the value of integrating with Microsoft Word, and how lawyers and businesses will continue to transform the way they manage contracts.

I spoke with Rachi and Shimmy Messing , the co-founders of Altorney , a marketplace platform for sourcing and managing document reviewers and other legal talent. We discussed The importance of transparency in staffing e-discovery projects, the value of efficiency in this process, and where the market for legal talent is headed.

I spoke with David Perla , the Co-Chief Operating Officer at Burford Capital , a leading provider of legal finance. We discussed how the impression of legal finance has evolved, the company's new research on how in-house lawyers view opportunities in affirmative litigation, and how the use of litigation finance will evolve following the $16.1 billion judgment against the government of Argentina in...

I spoke with Andrés Jara, a lawyer and the founder of Alster.law , a provider of alternative legal services, and Kea Technology , a developer of matter management software. We discussed the state of technology adoption in Latin America, unique legal tech challenges in the region, and new opportunities presented by the popularity of generative AI.