ILTA Voices

Lesley Swann, Human Risk Manager at Baker Donelson, joins us to explore what it really takes to change security behavior in a fourteen-hundred-person law firm. Lesley shares how she moved from IT technician to security engineer to building the firm's human risk program from scratch, and why she believes the real us-versus-them in security is the team and its employees versus the threat actors, not each other. We talk about psychological safety, generational communication, gamified training, and why empathy is a security skill.

Join us for our newest podcast series, Hot Topics, posted weekly every Monday. We'll take you through the latest news in the Legal Tech and AI space to keep you up-to-date for the week ahead.
 
Interested in reading more on a certain story? We've got you covered—all of our sources are linked below:
 
AI News
Distill AI Leaders Weekly Briefing (Aug. 21-28) [jackiechen.blog]
AI Tools Recap Daily Briefings [aitoolsrecap.com], [aitoolsrecap.com]
Legal Tech News
Legal IT Insider [legaltechnology.com]
Artificial Lawyer [artificiallawyer.com], [artificiallawyer.com]
Lawzana Legal Tech & AI Briefing [lawzana.com]
ILTA / Press Wall
ILTA Press Wall [iltanet.org]
ILTA Press Releases [iltanet.org]
eDiscovery Today ILTA coverage [ediscoverytoday.com], [ediscoverytoday.com]
Above the Law ILTACON coverage [abovethelaw.com]
BARBRI / ILTA partnership announcement [lawnext.com]

Join us for our newest podcast series, Hot Topics, posted weekly every Monday. We'll take you through the latest news in the Legal Tech and AI space to keep you up-to-date for the week ahead. This one's a very special episode because it was filmed on-site at ILTACON 2026!
 
Interested in reading more on a certain story? We've got you covered—all of our sources are linked below:
 
AI News
 
https://www.distillintelligence.com/briefings/ai-leaders-2026-08-21
 
https://aibriefing.dev/
https://techstartups.com/2026/08/17/top-tech-news-today-august-17-2026-ge-microsoft-nvidia-open-stripe-unitree-more/
https://aiweekly.co/ai-news-today
https://malpass.co/top-ai-stories-2026-08-17/
Legal Tech News
https://legaltechnology.com/latest-news/
https://legaltechnology.com/category/latest-news/
https://legaltechnology.com/
https://www.law.com/legaltechnews/
https://www.artificiallawyer.com/
https://www.legaltech-talk.com/insights/news/
https://www.legaltechdaily.com/
https://www.legaltechmonitor.com/
Legal Tech News
https://www.iltanet.org/about/presswall

Listen to Akin’s shift from AI experimentation to firmwide adoption, featuring Jeff Westcott with Akin and NetDocuments’ Heath Harris. Akin began its journey by testing many AI tools, then focused on practical platforms such as NetDocuments AI  to unlock value from its large document repository. The speakers emphasize embedding AI where lawyers already work, especially in the document management system to reduce friction and improve searchability. Key themes include trust, governance, client sensitivity, and internal buy-in.
 
To learn more about Akin, visit https://www.akingump.com
To learn more about NetDocuments, visit https://www.netdocuments.com/
Find Jeff Westcott, Director, Practice Technology, Innovation & AI, Akin, on LinkedIn
Find Heath Harris, VP, Applied AI, NetDocuments, on LinkedIn

Join Dawn Hudgins, ILTA's CXO, and Josh Villareal, Steno's Director of Field Marketing, as they dive into what to expect at this year's ILTACON 2026!

Nicole Stone is Director of AI & Agentic Solutions, Product Management at Wolters Kluwer Legal & Regulatory U.S., where she leads the development of AI-powered legal and regulatory solutions. A former attorney with more than 17 years of experience in legal technology, she specializes in applying generative AI, trusted legal content, and expert insight to help legal professionals navigate increasingly complex regulatory and legal environments.
Want to learn more about some of the things we discussed in the episode? Check out the links below:
Wolters Kluwer homepage: Wolters Kluwer - Combining Domain Expertise With Advanced Technology | Wolters Kluwer
More information on CCH Jurisdictional Compare: Wolters Kluwer introduces new agentic CCH Jurisdictional Compare solution | Wolters Kluwer
More information on how Wolters Kluwer Legal & Regulatory U.S. approaches legal research: VitalLaw® Expert AI | Wolters Kluwer

Join us for our newest podcast series, Hot Topics, posted weekly every Monday. We'll take you through the latest news in the Legal Tech and AI space to keep you up-to-date for the week ahead.
 
Interested in reading more on a certain story? We've got you covered—all of our sources are linked below:
 
AI News
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/10/meta-muse-glimmer-open-weight-ai.html
https://aitoolsrecap.com/Blog/AINewsAugust2026.aspx
https://aiweekly.co/ai-news-today
https://aibriefing.dev/
https://aireleasetracker.com/latest
https://techstartups.com/2026/08/14/top-tech-news-today-august-14-2026-apple-anthropic-deepseek-google-ibm-pony-ai-openai-spacex-uber-more/
Legal Tech News
https://legaltechnology.com/latest-news/
https://legaltechnology.com/category/latest-news/
https://legaltechnology.com/
https://www.artificiallawyer.com/
https://www.law.com/legaltechnews/
https://www.legaltechmonitor.com/
https://www.legaltechdigest.com/
https://www.law.com/topics/artificial-intelligence/

Relevance isn’t a given—it’s a discipline. In this episode, we look ahead to what leadership demands next and how seasoned executives stay sharp when the ground keeps shifting.
- How do you keep growing—even when others assume you've “arrived".
- One thing C-suite hopefuls should be doing right now that nobody’s talking about.
- Reflections on the belief or habit he had to shed to stay sharp.
- Jim lays out his “skate to where the puck is going” strategy for the next five years.
This episode tees up the live conference conversation with forward-looking insights, honest reflections, and a challenge to every leader: evolve, or risk irrelevance.

Join Dawn Hudgins, ILTA's CXO, and Daryl Fitzpatrick, Intellek's CRO, as they dive into what to expect at this year's ILTACON 2026!

Join Mailise Johnson, Imare' Jordan, and their moderator, LaKeesha Bailey, for the second part of a three-part discussion about mentoring inside of law firms.

Join us for our newest podcast series, Hot Topics, posted weekly every Monday. We'll take you through the latest news in the Legal Tech and AI space to keep you up-to-date for the week ahead.
 
Interested in reading more on a certain story? We've got you covered—all of our sources are linked below:
 
AI News
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/05/meta-debuts-muse-code-to-take-on-anthropic-and-openai-.html
https://aibriefing.dev/
https://aiweekly.co/ai-news-today
https://llm-stats.com/ai-news
Legal Tech News
https://legaltechnology.com/latest-news/
https://legaltechnology.com/
https://legaltechnology.com/category/latest-news/
https://www.artificiallawyer.com/
https://www.legaltech-talk.com/insights/news/
https://www.law.com/legaltechnews/
https://www.law.com/legal-technology/