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 session is the opposite of sharing best practices . . . we will call out the absolute worst mistake...
Oct 21, 2021•20 min•Ep. 288
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: @Will Pett - Senior Business Analyst, Fidelity Investments Speaker: @John Crawshaw - Business Analyti...
Oct 15, 2021•11 min•Ep. 287
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 so much more! About the Series For 2021, the Europe edition of Fresh Voices of Legal Tech is a collab...
Oct 07, 2021•32 min•Ep. 286
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, and inclusion are not just buzz words, but practical business choices that move the needle of prog...
Sep 17, 2021•3 min•Ep. 285
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.
Sep 17, 2021•21 min•Ep. 284
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. WWL is profiling four new women leaders in Peer to Peer, one profile in each of the next four issues....
Sep 17, 2021•17 min•Ep. 283
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...
Sep 14, 2021•21 min•Ep. 282
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 vendor offerings. Moderator: @Rebecca Holdredge - Innovation Manager, Husch Blackwell LLP Speakers:...
Sep 02, 2021•20 min•Ep. 281
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. Moderator: @Corey Reitz - E-Discovery Project Lead, Sandia National Laboratories Speaker: Kevin Magee - Chi...
Aug 06, 2021•16 min•Ep. 280
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 Relationship Manager, Holland & Knight LLP Speaker: @Tobin Brown - Chief Practice Management Officer, ...
Aug 06, 2021•9 min•Ep. 279
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
Jul 29, 2021•6 min•Ep. 278
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!
Jul 29, 2021•21 min•Ep. 277
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 .
Jul 27, 2021•18 min•Ep. 276
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.
Jul 26, 2021•10 min•Ep. 275
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.
Jul 26, 2021•17 min•Ep. 274
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 identify the opportunities to develop and improve your skills. Moderator: @Rachel McAdams - eDisc...
Jul 26, 2021•15 min•Ep. 273
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.
Jul 26, 2021•15 min•Ep. 272
***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 Operations, Mercado Libre Speakers: Nicolas Vilela - Co-Founder & CEO, ZTZ Tech Pablo Balancini - CEO, Lega...
Jul 26, 2021•15 min•Ep. 271
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 stemming from increasingly restrictive conflicts language within Outside Counsel Guidelines as well as ...
Jul 23, 2021•15 min•Ep. 270
Hackathons are a great way to gather folks from different departments to formulate new ideas that the entire firm can take advantage of. We recently held a very successful one at McGuireWoods which resulted in items added to the project pipeline for 2021. Moderator: Natalie Baumgardner - Business Development Coordinator, McGuireWoods LLP Speakers: @Rachel Cohee - Manager, Business Intelligence & Analytics, McGuireWoods LLP @Eric Jenvey - Data Science Manager, McGuireWoods LLP Recorded on 07-...
Jul 16, 2021•15 min•Ep. 269
There are a lot of different roles within legal technology. KM, content management, marketing, applications development, etc. How do we get young employees excited about their potential paths and make sure they have a path towards a long-term career in legal tech? Moderator: @Holly Hanna - KM Firm Solutions Manager, Perkins Coie Speaker: @Allison Duncan - KM Practice Innovation Manager, Reed Smith Recorded on 07-15-2021...
Jul 16, 2021•9 min•Ep. 268
There are a lot of different roles within legal technology. KM, content management, marketing, applications development, etc. How do we get young employees excited about their potential paths and make sure they have a path towards a long-term career in legal tech? Moderator: @Holly Hanna - KM Firm Solutions Manager, Perkins Coie Speaker: @Melanie Segraves - Knowledge Management Solutions Analyst, Womble Bond Dickinson U.S. Recorded on 07-15-2021...
Jul 16, 2021•9 min•Ep. 267
There are a lot of different roles within legal technology. KM, content management, marketing, applications development, etc. How do we get young employees excited about their potential paths and make sure they have a path towards a long-term career in legal tech? Moderator: @Holly Hanna - KM Firm Solutions Manager, Perkins Coie Speaker: @Erin Welsh - Practice Innovations Analyst, Perkins Coie Recorded on 07-16-2021...
Jul 16, 2021•7 min•Ep. 266
There are a lot of different roles within legal technology. KM, content management, marketing, applications development, etc. How do we get young employees excited about their potential paths and make sure they have a path towards a long-term career in legal tech? Moderator: @Holly Hanna - KM Firm Solutions Manager, Perkins Coie Confirmed Speaker: @Stephen Chan - Director of Knowledge Solutions, Womble Bond Dickinson U.S. Recorded on 07-16-2021
Jul 16, 2021•8 min•Ep. 265
Beth Anne Stuebe, ILTA Director of Publications & Press, and Dawn Hudgins, ILTA VP of Service Delivery, talk more about ILTACON 2021 details.
Jul 15, 2021•13 min•Ep. 264
With incredible change happening in the legal industry, and the effect that COVID has had on women's careers, there is not a better time to support these pioneering women. Hear practical advice on imposter syndrome, career management, assertive communication, feedback, personal influence, conflict management, negotiation, importance of mentors, resilience, and self-care from an industry expert. Moderator: @Rebecca Holdredge - Innovation Manager, Husch Blackwell LLP Speaker: @Lucy Bassli - Founde...
Jul 12, 2021•25 min•Ep. 263
There are tons of tools and programs out there that can be used for collections, but which ones are firms actually using? This podcast will discuss a few of the tools that firms are using in-house to do their own collections. Confirmed Moderator: @Charles Neal - Litigation Support/eDiscovery Manager, Keating Muething & Klekamp PLL Confirmed Speakers: @Cameron Herzog - Director of IT, Brownstein Rask LLP @Heather Lansberry - Litigation Support Manager, Ulmer & Berne LLP Recorded on 07-06-...
Jul 06, 2021•11 min•Ep. 262
There is no doubt that business decisions based on proven data have the best chance of being the most successful in any campaign, strategy or operation. Gathering the required data from the proper systems and then massaging it into the best format for consumption will power the most successful data driven decisions. In this podcast, we will delve into the deepest reaches of datamining to strike the most valuable information and then refine and process it into consumable reports and end products ...
Jun 04, 2021•15 min•Ep. 261
Join us in learning the perspectives of three eDiscovery practitioners on two common scenarios that lawyers may encounter. In this podcast, we will address archiving and destruction, returning of evidence. All opinions or personal views expressed are their own and not those of their organizations. As the title mentions, this will be a series of podcasts highlighting practical considerations when talking to your lawyers about data. We encourage you to follow the series and provide feedback in the...
May 28, 2021•18 min•Ep. 260
For Episode #4 of the Europe edition of Fresh Voices of Legal Tech, Mercedes Brown, ILTA UK Community Engagement Manager, and Leanne Williams, founder of InclusiTech and Business Analyst, sit down with Kurt Byrne, Business Analyst at Howard Kennedy LLP. They talk about thriving post-lockdown, Kurt's experience within the sector, skills needed to be a business analyst, and more! About the Series For 2021, the Europe edition of Fresh Voices of Legal Tech is a collaboration between ILTA and Inclusi...
May 25, 2021•37 min•Ep. 259
