ILTA Voices

#0058: Influential Women in Tech: Alma Asay

The series "Influential Women in Tech" features in-depth interviews with ILTA's Influential Women in Tech award winners. Each episode spotlights one inspiring woman who’s transforming the legal technology landscape. This episode highlights Alma Asay. Hear all about her journey, achievements, and the challenges she’s overcome, offering inspiration and practical advice for anyone passionate about innovation and leadership.

#0057: Influential Women in Tech: Terri Mottershead

The series "Influential Women in Tech" features in-depth interviews with ILTA's Influential Women in Tech award winners. Each episode spotlights one inspiring woman who’s transforming the legal technology landscape. This episode highlights Terri Mottershead. Hear all about her journey, achievements, and the challenges she’s overcome, offering inspiration and practical advice for anyone passionate about innovation and leadership.

#0056: Influential Women in Tech: Caryn Sandler

The series "Influential Women in Tech" features in-depth interviews with ILTA's Influential Women in Tech award winners. Each episode spotlights one inspiring woman who’s transforming the legal technology landscape. This episode highlights Caryn Sandler. Hear all about her journey, achievements, and the challenges she’s overcome, offering inspiration and practical advice for anyone passionate about innovation and leadership.

#0055: Influential Women in Tech: Aalia Manie

The series "Influential Women in Tech" features in-depth interviews with ILTA's Influential Women in Tech award winners. Each episode spotlights one inspiring woman who’s transforming the legal technology landscape. This episode highlights Aalia Manie. Hear all about her journey, achievements, and the challenges she’s overcome, offering inspiration and practical advice for anyone passionate about innovation and leadership.

#0054: Influential Women in Tech: Ginevra Saylor

The series "Influential Women in Tech" features in-depth interviews with ILTA's Influential Women in Tech award winners. Each episode spotlights one inspiring woman who’s transforming the legal technology landscape. This episode highlights Ginevra Saylor. Hear all about her journey, achievements, and the challenges she’s overcome, offering inspiration and practical advice for anyone passionate about innovation and leadership.

#0053: (CCT) Is that a Cumulus? Making the Case for Moving eDiscovery to the Cloud?

In this podcast panel interview, the panelists will discuss the pros and cons of moving from a server based eDiscovery system to a Cloud based one, what are the benefits, what are the risks and what are helpful tips and tricks.
 
Moderator:
@Shawn McClurg - Director of Practice Solutions, Miles & Stockbridge P.C. 
 
Panelists:
@Rick Clark - VP, CloudNine 
@Rachel McAdams - Senior Consultant, Sky Discovery 
@Christy Weisner - Senior Manager, Practice Innovation & Litigation Services, Paul HastingsRecorded 11-8-2024

#0052: (CCT) Embracing Innovation and New Technologies in Your Law Practice

The session aims to explore the transformative impact of technology on the legal industry. Listeners will gain insights into the latest legal tech trends, understand the benefits and challenges of integrating technology into law practice, and learn strategies for successful transformation. 
 
In addition, it will also highlight the importance of tech competency in enhancing client service and competitiveness in the legal market.
 
Co-Moderators:
@Leticia Naqvi - Data Analyst, Ogletree Deakins
@Aaron Barbee - Learning Systems Administrator, Husch Blackwell LLP
Speaker:
@James McKenna - Chief Information Officer, Fenwick & West LLP
 
Recorded 11-7-2024

#0051: (CCT) Driving Law Department Change with Technology

GenAI technology provides groundbreaking opportunities for corporate law departments to innovate the legal service delivery model, take the wheel on legal costs, and strategically implement use cases which can drive these opportunities for their companies.
Join us in this podcast panel interview to learn how in-house teams are using these tools to steer their organizations towards meaningful change in legal service delivery. Our panel will also discuss the environment in which we are making decisions, how to strategically insert GenAI in technology roadmaps, expectations on what tools can do, and how new technologies are changing the law firm/law department relationship. Additionally, we will explore how legal industry regulators are starting to govern AI use. 
 
Moderator:@Reid Cram - Product Marketing Manager, NetDocuments
 
Speakers:@Brad Blickstein - Principal, Blickstein Group, Inc.@Thomas Daemen - Associate General Counsel, Microsoft Corporation@Ed Sohn - Global Head of Insights and Innovation, Factor
Recorded 11-6-2024

#0050: (CCT) Exploring DORA: What the New EU Regulation Means for Legal

The Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) is an EU regulation that will apply as of January 17th, 2025. Its goal is to strengthen the overall information and communication technology security of financial entities in the remit of the 3 ESAs and ensuring that the financial sector in Europe is able to stay resilient in the event of a severe operational digital disruption. In this podcast, we hope to learn more about how DORA will specifically impact law firms that work with banks.
Moderator:@Leigh Zidwick - Sr Director Info Governance, DLA Piper LLP (US)  
Speaker:@Jonathan Armstrong - Partner, Punter, Southall Law
Resources:FAQS - EU DORA Regulation & Operational Resilience Requirements - Punter Southall LawDORA Legislation 
Recorded on 11-04-2024.

#0049: (DEIC) Giulia Paparella shares tips for creating community while ensuring hiring equity and development.

In this discussion with Rabiya Hirji, Giulia Paparella shares her professional journey from practicing law to leading customer success at a legal technology company. Giulia provides practical tips for creating a strong community and ensuring equity in hiring and team development. Giulia also highlights the critical role of corporate culture, the importance of allies and mentors, and the value of celebrating small wins in fostering an equitable workplace environment.

#0048: (CCT) A Deep Dive into CRM and Experience Management: How Combining BD and KM Can Accelerate Firm Growth

We are increasingly seeing the merging of these two systems as well as a growing collaboration between knowledge management and business development as firm functions.
In this session, we will explore why combining KM and Business Development capabilities have created a huge competitive advantage for firms by curating firm intelligence around “what we do” with “who we know” to capitalize on growth opportunities.We will explore themes such as:1. Factors driving this trend2. Strategic advantages of building Experience + CRM programs 3. Types of data captured and tools used and the influence of AI4. Tangible use cases5. Key tips and pitfalls for launching Experience + CRM initiatives
Moderator:@Paul Giedraitis - CEO, Orgaimi
Speakers:@Carrie Remhof - Senior Firm Intelligence Manager, Troutman Pepper@Jaclyn Walkins - KM Enablement Manager, Sidley
Recorded on 10-29-2024.