The Legalpreneurs Sandbox

In this session, we spoke with  Jean Yang , the VP and Co-founder of  Onit 's AI Center of Excellence. The Center is   a note-worthy offering from a software vendor. Jean's journey to Onit seems like it was a natural progression. A former practising lawyer from New Zealand, she has spent most of her career so far (there's lots more still to come) at the leading edge of AI in legal and, that has no...

In this session, we spoke with  Michele DeStefano about how we can approach change, manage it and leverage it for the benefit of lawyer and allied legal professional wellbeing, for our clients, and legal businesses.  Michele knows a thing or two about this from her many roles as law professor, business founder, educator, consultant, and serial entrepreneur. Her work is visionary tempered with a st...

It's easy to get all caught up in the shiny new tech. It's exciting and even a little mesmerizing, but the change it brings, demands and expects has a very real and human face too. In this podcast,  Isabel Parker , Legal innovator, author and LawTech UK panel member  closed out the Summit with her timely, important and candid reminder of the need to keep an unwavering focus on our humanity in a  h...

So much has happened in tech/AI and the legal world in a year! Will 2024 see GenAI being more impactful, less impactful, the same? And where, what, how and when will it impact? In this podcast,  Caryn Sandler ,  Partner + Chief Knowledge and Innovation Officer at Gilbert + Tobin and CLI Advisory Board Co-Chair gazed into the crystal ball to help you get prepared, and discussed what's next with the...

We don't have the capabilities we need to deliver legal services/products or solutions in a digital world. So what are legal educators doing about this and how quickly can they individually/collectively bridge the gap? In this podcast,  Courtney Blackman ,  Head of Partnerships at Lander & Rogers  discussed how  legal education is changing in the face of GenAI with these leading academics and prac...

Gen AI has reinvented the legal workforce. We're seeing old roles expand, new roles emerge and some disappear too. So how is the legal industry preparing for this? What are the new talent strategies, capabilities, perspectives, retrospectives and yes, everything in between? In this podcast,  Sam Burrett , Legal  Optimisation  Consulting at MinterEllison explored the new world of legal talent with...

ChatGPT4 came after ChatGPT1 – getting from 1 to 4 and beyond took time, money, failure, frustration, resilience, agility, collaboration and multidisciplinary teamwork. These factors are all part of experimentation but they're not typically hallmarks of the legal industry. So, how do we get from here to the new digital legal world? In this podcast,  Michelle Mahoney , Executive Director Innovation...

What is the new and emerging role of regulatory authorities in a GenAI world? Who should be regulated (lawyers and paralegals)? Should the provision of legal services/products/solutions remain a duopoly? Should tech/AI competency be mandated? What does legal professional responsibility mean in contemporary legal practice? In this podcast,  Terri Mottershead , Executive Director  at the Centre for...

We've heard the stats and see every day the increasing and critical need to improve access to justice. There is much GenAI can do to help but it's not a perfect solution, or is it? In this podcast,  Maya Markovich ,  Executive Director and Co-founder of the Justice Technology Association and CLI Advisory Board member, analysed and discussed the impact of GenAI in A2J with an amazing panel of commu...

Will Generative AI destroy law firms? Only if lawyers are too fixed in their ways to see the possibilities that lie beyond who we've always been and what we've always done. In this podcast, globally renowned legal commentator Jordan Furlong , Principal at Law21, unpacked the challenges and opportunities of a GenAI-fuelled and human-centred legal world, one that is new, different and completely re-...

Generative AI has dominated tech meetings, conversations, debates and demonstrations this year. We've been impressed, intimidated, inspired and disillusioned by the tech, so now almost a year since ChatGPT launched, is GenAI REALLY a game-changer? Is it the ultimate catalyst and influencer? Can it/should it sustain its impact on the legal world through pivotal roles like legal ops? In this podcast...

It's been almost a year since  ChatGPT launched! For many of us, that opened the door to a new world – new concepts, new terms, confusion, frustration, exhilaration – a whole lot of stuff to understand, implement and manage. We needed guidance but the sort that shines a light on where to go and doesn't require us to build the flashlight first. It takes a special combination of capabilities to do t...

The title of Marshall Goldsmith's book (2007) "What Got You Here Won't Get You There," has become a mantra for change and with good reason – it's true – we can't do things differently until we think about and approach them differently. That mindset shift, changing the way we think and do, has never had higher stakes or been more in demand than now, as the legal industry embraces AI. Embracing chan...

Generative AI has changed the world of legal work forever! That's a big statement but, we're seeing proofs of concept daily in multiple services, products and solutions from all types of legal businesses. Those engaging with the tech are building the bridges from concept to implementation. It requires work and, in some cases, lots of it. It starts with getting everyone involved and, it won't end,...

No matter what industry you put under the microscope or where you turn right now, there are gaps in digital literacy. Tech and AI are evolving at an unprecedented pace. Legal has and will come under increased scrutiny to keep up to remain relevant. And what that means is upskilling or reskilling on a scale we have never seen before. The legal world is not ready for this, not by a long shot. We won...

This podcast was delivered on 25 August 2023 and is the ninth and final session in  CLI 's  AI for Legal Series . In this session  Lisa Crosbie , Technology Evangelist and  Amanda Fajerman , Engagement Manager, both at  Barhead  discussed  Driving your business forward with Microsoft Copilot. Topics covered included: What is Microsoft Copilot? Where will Microsoft Copilot be available? When will M...

This podcast was delivered on 9 August 2023 and is the eighth session in  CLI 's  AI for Legal Series . In this session  Julian Webb , Professor of Law,  Melbourne Law School, University of Melbourne  discussed  AI and Ethics in Legal Practice – What you need to know now! Topics covered included: A brief background and context of legal AI 'Old school' expert systems Machine learning LLMs and LGAIM...

This podcast was delivered on 2 August 2023 and is the seventh session in  CLI 's  AI for Legal Series . In this session  Joel Barolsky , Principal,  Edge International  discussed how  Generative AI is changing law firm strategy and business models. Topics covered in this session included how current generative AI will impact a law firm's business strategy and business model for: Team structure, s...

This podcast was delivered on 21 July 2023 and is the sixth session in  CLI 's  AI for Legal Series . In this session  Ab Saraswat , Chief Revenue Officer,  Lupl  and Founder,  Fringe Legal  discussed everything you need to know about  ChatGPT Prompt Engineering for Legal …. all the tips and traps. Topics covered included: Prompt Engineering Basics Prompt Formatting Types of Prompting Techniques,...

This podcast was delivered on 19 July 2023 and is the fifth session in  CLI 's  AI for Legal Series . In this session  Patrick Fair , Principal,  Patrick Fair Associates  discussed  Generative AI, ChatGPT and IP Rights. Topics covered included: Generative AI overview Impact of GenAI on: Design Rights, Circuit Layout rights, Trade Marks, Patents and Copyright Compare and contrast the legal position...

In this podcast,  the final episode of eight in the  CLI 's  Women Legal Business Founders and Leaders Series  offered through our  Legalpreneurs Lab ,  Women Legalpreneurs Special Interest Group ,  Terri Mottershead , Executive Director,  Centre for Legal Innovation facilitated a discussion focused on the journey from Managing Partner to Founder and what it takes to build a legacy with three outs...

This podcast was delivered on 11 July 2023 and is the fourth session in  CLI 's  AI for Legal Series . In this session  Krystal Jackson , eDiscovery Senior Manager,  Ashurst Advance  discussed  data  – what you need to know, what you need to do, and how you can get ready for the legal AI revolution . Topics covered included: What data is (and is not) Data governance and storage On premise vs cloud...

This podcast was delivered on 7 July 2023 and is the third session in  CLI 's  AI for Legal Series . In this session  Stan Chua , Service Delivery Manager, Technology,  Lander & Rogers  discussed  Large Language Models. Topics covered included: Machine Learning, Large Language Model, Generative AI – What's the difference? Large Language Model: How does it work? How does it learn? Transformer – the...

This podcast was delivered on 27 June 2023 and is the second session in  CLI 's  AI for Legal Series . In this session,  Ab Saraswat , Chief Revenue Officer at  Lupl  and Founder of  Fringe Legal  discussed  ChatGPT Plugins – Why? Now? Next? Topics covered included: The difference between APIs, Apps and Plugins How ChatGPT Plugins are solving some of the limitations of ChatGPT, enabling more dynam...

This podcast was delivered on 20 June 2023 and launched  CLI 's  AI for Legal Series . In this session,  Caryn Sandler , Partner + Chief Knowledge and Innovation Officer and  Mitchell Scott , Data and Delivery Manager, both from  Gilbert + Tobin , discussed  How to Use Generative AI and ChatGPT in Legal Practice . Topics covered included: The changing AI landscape The legal generative AI toolkit W...