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Friday Feb 11, 2022
What Can We Learn from the US Army’s KM and Innovation Programs?
Friday Feb 11, 2022
Friday Feb 11, 2022
For all the differences between operating the military and working in private sector, there is one constant both realms share – innovating to remain relevant and foremost in their respective fields.In this podcast session, we will discuss how leaders across the U.S. Army are establishing knowledge management programs to enhance shared understanding, learning and decision-making. In addition, we will further explore how to apply the military’s approach to innovation to law firm KM processes.Moderator:@Amy Monaghan - Senior Practice Innovations Manager, Perkins CoieSpeaker:Andrew Bragg - Chief of Knowledge Management, U.S. European Command
Recorded on 02-11-2022
Wednesday Dec 22, 2021
Women Who Lead: Carmin Ballou
Wednesday Dec 22, 2021
Wednesday Dec 22, 2021
Our next featured podcast Woman Leader is Carmin Ballou and she is the Director of Data Insights & Analytics at ALAS. 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. WWL will also do an interview with them as part of our podcast series throughout the next year, so stay tuned!
Wednesday Dec 22, 2021
CEO Conversations: Winter 2021 Peer to Peer
Wednesday Dec 22, 2021
Wednesday Dec 22, 2021
For the Winter 2021 issue of Peer to Peer, ILTA's Director of Publications and Press, Beth Anne Stuebe, sits down with ILTA CEO, Joy Heath Rush, to talk end of year and forward-planning goals for 2022. Tune in now!
Tuesday Dec 14, 2021
How to Move from White-Glove Service to Self-Service
Tuesday Dec 14, 2021
Tuesday Dec 14, 2021
Moving to a self-service model for support has many advantages, including faster service for users and fewer redundant tasks for support staff. Over time, a successful self-service model can lead to fewer requests overall, as users learn how to avoid issues and quickly resolve them on their own.In this discussion, we’ll cover how you can shift your firm culture from the traditional deskside white glove approach to a self-service model.Questions moderator will ask speaker: -Where do you feel the legal industry is at these days? (00:49-2:38)-Why do you think more law firms are looking at this now? (2:40-4:02)-How can training and the Help Desk work together to effectively leverage a self-service model? (4:25-6:10)-What are some actionable steps listeners can take today to start shifting the service model? (6:11-7:42)Moderator: @Samantha Sendrowski - Technology Innovation Manager, Bowditch & Dewey LLP
Speaker:@Sherry Kappel - Evangelist, Litera Microsystems
Recorded on 12-14-2021
Tuesday Oct 26, 2021
Tuesday Oct 26, 2021
The pandemic has brought about an opportunity for individuals to reflect on their lives, and most, in fact 77% of the legal professionals want to retain elements of this new virtual, remote working - to varying degrees. And critically, 22% said they are likely to leave if their employers didn’t accommodate the new way they want to work.In this podcast, we will briefly discuss differing perspectives on remote working, the benefits and drawbacks to individuals, firms and clients to remote working, the impact on collaboration and differences by subgroup, working patterns, before and during COVID-19 and desired post-pandemic and which roles should remote working be available to, plus with or without restrictions.We will also understand where you fit in and how you can maximize your own and your teams’ productivity as we progress into a new world of work with mixtures of both distributed and in person teams. Moderator: @Harriet Joubert-Vaklyes - Process Innovation Senior Specialist, Shearman & Sterling LLP
Speakers:@Kristin Rhodes - Senior Practice Manager, Paul Hastings LLP@Natalie Runyon - Director, Enterprise Content, Talent, Inclusion & Culture, Market Insights, Thomson Reuters
Recorded on 10-26-2021
Friday Aug 06, 2021
Maximize Fixed-Free Arrangements with AI, Analytics and Automation
Friday Aug 06, 2021
Friday Aug 06, 2021
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, Perkins Coie
Recorded on 08-06-2021
Friday Apr 30, 2021
Friday Apr 30, 2021
In this podcast, the speaker will highlight a success story where a silo existed and was melted or broken down. They will highlight the effect of the silo structure and how it hindered the flow of information/collaboration. In addition, they will highlight the melting down process and see how that changed the flow of information. Lastly we should show if the change was permanent or just temporary.Moderator: @Christiane Matuch, Innovation Project Manager, Greenberg TraurigSpeaker:@Bárbara Gondim Da Rocha, Head of Knowledge Management and Innovation, RMS Advogados
Recorded on 04-30-2021
Wednesday Dec 30, 2020
Wednesday Dec 30, 2020
ILTA Radio
Tune in and hear from three of the five 2020 ILTA Influential Women in Legal Tech Honorees discuss how COVID-19 has impacted the lawyer's role in the business of law in this 48-minute podcast.Episode 1 includes Jackie Nagtegaal, Futurist & Managing Director at Law for All as moderator and Alice Namuli Blazevic, Partner at Katende, Ssempebwa & Company Advocates and Co-Founder of The Legal Innovation Hub, and María Jesús González-Espejo, Vice President at European Legal Technology Association (ELTA) and Managing Partner at Instituto de Innovación Legal, as guests.The three virtually sit down and chat about how lawyers have created survival plans for their clients (2:30), their ethical role to the society at large (7:08), what students and lawyers need to adopt to drive innovation in the business of law (20:00), the main changes/innovations that have happened in 2020 (34:45), and more!
Listen to the other episodes here:
Episode 2 - Data, Algorithm, and Legal texts: How can we utilize them to improve justice
Episode 3- How the Client Behavior Has Changed
Episode 4 - Is the Pandemic Triggering Transformation in the Legal Industry?
Episode 5 - Future Skills of Lawyers
Thursday Nov 05, 2020
What Does a MarTech Stack Look Like in Legal?
Thursday Nov 05, 2020
Thursday Nov 05, 2020
In this podcast, we will discuss how to build out a workable Martech stack within your firm from regional to global firms.Moderator:@Rachel Shields Williams, Senior Manager Experience Manager, Sidley Austin LLP
Speaker:@Jacqueline Madarang, Associate Director of Marketing Technology & Operations, Blank Rome LLPRecorded on 11-5-2020
Tuesday Sep 29, 2020
Fostering Innovation the Right Way
Tuesday Sep 29, 2020
Tuesday Sep 29, 2020
When there is a new innovative idea, you want to champion it and deliver on it as fast as possible, but in a responsible way. In this podcast, we will discuss what are some best practices for keeping stakeholders engaged while meeting firm governance standards and security requirements.
Questions from Dan to Nikki: -What methods do you use to solicit ideas? -How do you vet a pie in the sky idea vs. something practical, especially when it may be something deep in the weeds of a legal practice? (Relatedly, how do determine if an innovative idea is one attorney’s dream but not universal?)-When do different stakeholder groups get involved in the project? Are ideas vetted through risk, information governance, finance, etc. before they are PoC’d?-How do you productize your innovative projects?Moderator:@Daniel Pratt, IT Business Relationships Manager, Holland & Knight LLP
Speaker:@Nicola Shaver, Managing Director, Innovation and Knowledge, Paul Hastings LLP
Recorded on 9-29-2020
Thursday Sep 17, 2020
Emerging Roles in Legal - Episode #2
Thursday Sep 17, 2020
Thursday Sep 17, 2020
In our second installment of Emerging Roles in Legal Amy Monaghan speaks with members of Orrick's innovation team. In this "fanel," we discuss an array of topics, including: what it means to drive change within an organization, how they are working to empower attorneys to practice at the top of their licenses, and the importance of mentorship. You will hear from each Orrick team member about their roles and contributions to Orrick's innovation initiatives.
We cover a lot in this episode and if you are interested in reading further here are a few applicable resources that might be of interest:
Business of Law Podcast: Orrick and Microsoft Legal Productivity Hackers Discuss Innovation and Microsoft Teams here
Investing in the future: Harvard grad students discover West Virginia here
Extreme Makeover: The Digital Transformation Edition here
The Ant and the Grasshopper: Planning Today to Succeed Tomorrow here
Legal Innovation: It’s the New Roles that Make the New Tools here
For further reading on T-Shaped Lawyers and here
Manyee’s ILTAON session on design thinking
Kendall’s ILTAON session Virtual Training 1 – Being Prepared to Reach a Remote Audience
Interviewer:@Amy Monaghan, Senior Practice Innovations Manager, Perkins Coie
Speakers:@Wendy Curtis, Chief Innovation Officer, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP@Kendall Blue, Director of Technology Training, Orrick , Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP@Manyee Chow, Innovation Project Manager, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLPKelly Cullen, Director, Global Operations and Innovation Center, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLPSamantha DeLee, Project Attorney, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP Kenya Henry, Executive Legal Administrator, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP Whitney Coble, Start-Up Relations Adviser, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP @Vedika Mehera, Innovation Advisor, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP @Kate Orr, Senior Innovation Counsel, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLPJaclyn West, CaseStream Program Manager, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP