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Wednesday Jun 18, 2025
#0097: (JIT) ILTA Just-In-Time: An Agentic AI Teaser
Wednesday Jun 18, 2025
Wednesday Jun 18, 2025
What if AI could think like a legal professional—breaking down complex tasks, making decisions, and even taking action autonomously? In this sneak peek of ILTA’s Just-In-Time Roundtable Encore to Evolve: Agentic AI and the Possibilities for Legal, industry expertsndive into the game-changing potential of Agentic AI—where AI evolves from a chatbot to a proactive teammate.
Spoiler: The billable hour might never be the same.
Moderator: Josh Lazar, Founder and CEO, TechThinkTank LLC
Speakers: Reanna Martinez, Director of Innovation, Systems, and Data, Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP Sara Miro, Director of Knowledge Solutions, Sullivan & Cromwell LLPRob Saccone, Chief Technology Officer, Lega Inc.

Friday Jun 13, 2025
#0095: (CT) Metrics that Matter and the Data Dilemma
Friday Jun 13, 2025
Friday Jun 13, 2025
In this session, the speakers explored how data-driven decision-making can empower KM, legal technology, and legal services teams to extract meaningful insights from overwhelming volumes of information.
Moderator:@Alejandro Vallellanes - Former Senior Manager, Research and Information Alerts, Baker McKenzie
Speakers:@Kris Sales - Innovation Product Analyst, Linklaters LLP@Natasha Tucker - Director, Business Development Operations, Bennett Jones LLP@Cem Uçan - Legal Engineer, Legora
Recorded on 06-13-2025.

Wednesday May 14, 2025
#0086: (CCT) Law Firms and AI – A Practical Guide
Wednesday May 14, 2025
Wednesday May 14, 2025
In session 1 of the series, the speaker discussed what policies, frameworks, and oversight structures are essential for a strong AI foundation as well as common stumbling blocks and how to avoid them.
Moderator:@Elizabeth Suehr - Director of Legal Risk Systems & Strategy, Jenner & Block LLP
Speaker:@Morgan Llewellyn - Director, AI Practice Hike2
Recorded on 05-14-2025.

Friday May 02, 2025
Friday May 02, 2025
In this podcast interview, the speaker will provide a key overview of the build vs buy decision in uncovering Ballard Spahr's new AI tool "Ask Ellis." In addition, we will discuss what initial work they had to do with clients if they are using any of their client documents for fine tuning or RAG style solutions. Finally, we will highlight the various three assistants, which are chat, draft and analyze features.
Moderator:Chris Hockey, Manager, Information Risk & Governance, Alvarez & Marsal
Speaker:Lisa Mayo Haynes, Director of Technology Innovation, Ballard Spahr LLP

Wednesday Apr 30, 2025
#0084: (CCT) Byte-Sized Justice: Upskilling Legal Teams for an AI-Driven Future
Wednesday Apr 30, 2025
Wednesday Apr 30, 2025
In this podcast interview, the speaker will do a deep dive into what skills are needed for corporate legal departments to stay on top of all the various new technologies.
Moderator:@Andrea Shirey - eDiscovery Expert, Bayer Corporation Legal Department
Speakers:@Reid Cram - Product Marketing Manager, NetDocuments@Paul Park - Director, BDO USA

Wednesday Mar 19, 2025
#0080: (CCT) Unpacking the “Human Element” in the GenAI Equation
Wednesday Mar 19, 2025
Wednesday Mar 19, 2025
In this podcast interview, the speakers will discuss about how GenAI training often centers on the technology itself.
Technology aside, what are the professional skills and qualities we need to amplify, train, and focus on in within legal technology teams in the coming years to meet advances in generative AI?
Moderator: Helen Stocklin-Enright, Senior Manager, Development & Operations, Perkins Coie
Speakers: Melissa Berry, Director of Attorney Development, Perkins Coie LLPTiffany Mclean, Training Manager, Warner Norcross + Judd LLPLeigh Zidwick, Sr. Director of Information Governance, DLA Piper LLP (US)

Tuesday Mar 11, 2025
#0077: (CCT) Would I Lie To You?
Tuesday Mar 11, 2025
Tuesday Mar 11, 2025
In this world of AI, we are going to have to be more discerning to discover the truth.
Sometimes the 'smoking gun' isn't real.
In this podcast, the speaker will share what are some tips and tricks for finding deepfakes or altered data.
In addition, they will discuss how far down the rabbit hole do we need to go and are there any tools out there that can help?
Moderator:Shawn McClurg, Director of Practice Solutions, Miles & Stockbridge P.C.
Speakers:Julian Ackert, Managing Director, iDiscovery Solutions, IncJerry Bui, Founder & CEO, Right Forensics Tristan Jenkinson, Owner and Author, eDiscovery Channel

Monday Jan 27, 2025
#0067: (CCT) Positives and Pitfalls of Using AI in Proposal Generation
Monday Jan 27, 2025
Monday Jan 27, 2025
Pitches and proposals have long been essential tools for securing new business for firms.
Traditional methods of creating these documents can be time-consuming, and many marketing departments lack the dedicated bandwidth to handle them efficiently. However, the advent of AI offers a solution to these challenges by streamlining the process. The use of AI transforms how firms respond to RFPs and pitches, promising significant time savings. But is this efficiency worth the potential challenges it introduces?
In this podcast interview, the speakers delved into the benefits and drawbacks of leveraging AI in pitch and proposal creation. Moderator:@Tara Patterson - Marketing Technology Manager, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLPSpeakers: @Jeff Lagana - Director of Enterprise Operations & Security, Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC@Ray Meiring - CEO, Qorus DocsRecorded on 01-27-2025.

Thursday Jan 23, 2025
Thursday Jan 23, 2025
In this podcast interview, the speakers will discuss and uncover the partnership between Buchanan Ingersoll and NetDocuments (PatternBuilder Max) and the implementation process.
Moderator: Nancy Griffing, President 3545 Consulting - Global Speakers: Scott M. Angelo, Chief Information Officer, BIPCJared L. Gullbergh, Director - Shared IT Services and Information Governance, BIPCMichael Hill - Director of Product Marketing, NetDocuments

Monday Jan 13, 2025
#0062: (CCT/ Gen Ed) GenAI in Legal: Transforming Your Practice
Monday Jan 13, 2025
Monday Jan 13, 2025
Discover how legal departments are leveraging Generative AI to streamline workflows and enhance efficiencies. This podcast will dive into the use cases and practical applications, compliance concerns, and risk management strategies for in-house legal departments deploying AI. Uncover what it takes to harness GenAI’s potential while navigating ethical and legal challenges.
Moderators:
Matthew Kohel - Partner, Saul Ewing LLP
Leah Leyendecker - Partner, Saul Ewing LLP
Speakers:
Mayura Iyer Noordyke - Trademark Counsel for Global IP, Medtronic
Travis Zimbelman - Strategic Advisor and Freelance Consultant

Wednesday Nov 06, 2024
#0051: (CCT) Driving Law Department Change with Technology
Wednesday Nov 06, 2024
Wednesday Nov 06, 2024
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