IT Operations

Fresh Voices of LegalTech - Interview #6

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 LLP 
Speaker:@Jon Beaumont, Senior Manager of Knowledge Management, Global Knowledge & Research,Shearman & Sterling (London) LLPRecorded on 04-28-2021

Problem Solving - Looking Beyond the Obvious

Sometimes the solution isn’t clear. Sometimes the product doesn’t exist or isn’t in your toolbox and you need to adapt a pre-existing product in a non-standard way. In this podcast, the speaker will talk us through how they trained themselves to look beyond the obvious solution(s) and found success in a non-standard solution.Moderator: @Tyler Crabtree, Senior Legal Analyst, State of California Office of the Attorney General - DOJ​
Speaker: @Shawn McClurg, Litigation Support Manager, Miles & Stockbridge P.C.
​Recorded on 05-03-2021

Be Selfish! Break Down a Silo—or At Least Start Melting One Down a Bit: Part Two

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
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Microsoft Endpoint, Formerly Intune, Then and Now

Microsoft recently renamed Intune to Microsoft Endpoint Manager. This reflects Microsoft's strategy to promote and enhance this tool for use not only as a MDM platform, but to replace SCCM to manage PCs. In this podcast, the moderator will ask the two speakers to tell a little bit about past experience with Intune, what has changed, where is Endpoint Manager in its lifecycle and how would you go about implementing and using this. In addition, they will discuss is this something that your average I.T. admin could set up, deploy and maintain, or would one engage a 3rd party for setup and what are the obstacles?Moderator:@Mark Manoukian - IT Director, Kegler, Brown, Hill & RitterSpeakers:@Chris Owens - Chief Technology Officer, Kraft Kennedy, Inc.@Scott Christensen - Vice President, Professional Services, Olenick
Recorded on 03-12-2021

How Collaboration Between Finance and IT Creates a Successful Work Environment

Finance & IT often need to work together since finance uses multiple financial systems and needs support. IT uses finance for paying invoices and getting help during the budget season. In this session, we will showcase and review best practices implemented by firms in creating a successful financial system implementation or roll out.Moderator:@Jarmila Pencikova - Director, Finance, Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLPConfirmed Speakers:@Jason Thomas - Chief Information Officer, Cole, Scott & Kissane P.A.@Ed Aguero - Chief Financial Officer, Cole, Scott, & Kissane P.A.
Recorded on 03-05-2021​​

Testing External Facing Systems Against Known Vulnerabilities

While law firms continue to push applications to the cloud, there are still a whole host of systems currently on-premise. With limited resources and staff, how can a firm ensure their on-premise applications are safe? In this podcast, experts will discuss the resources available to firms to ensure their external facing systems are secure, some common misconfigurations that can be easily corrected, and provide some best practices for continuous threat monitoring.Moderator:@David Whale, Information Security Manager, Fasken Martineau Dumoulin LLP
Speakers:Brian Carey, Manager, Consulting Services, Rapid7Jon David, Manager, Proactive Services, Mandiant Services
Recorded on 1-22-2021

Rapidly Dealing With Getting Staff Familiar with Various Platforms

In this micro learning podcast, we will discuss how to best get staff up to speed while working remotely with various platforms to ensure success.Moderator:@Marlene Gebauer, ​Director of Knowledge Solutions, Greenberg TraurigSpeaker:@Andre Davison, MSLIS, Research Technology Manager, BLANKROME
Recorded on 7-15-2020

Tips in How to Help Attorney's Excel with MS Teams from Working from Home

Given the current times, many of us find ourselves working remotely due to COVID-19. It can be challenging for attorneys to use various video conferencing tools such as Microsoft Teams. This micro-learning podcast session, will share some tips and best practices to help make this a smoother and more efficient process.Moderator/Speaker:@Josh Lazar, ​Chief Information Officer, 18th Judicial Circuit, Florida Recorded on 7-14-2020

Tips in How to Help Attorney's Excel With Zoom from Working from Home

Given the current times, many of us find ourselves working remotely due to COVID-19. It can be challenging for attorneys to use various video conferencing tools such as Zoom. This micro-learning podcast session, will share some tips and best practices to help make this a smoother and more efficient process.Moderator:@Josh Lazar, Chief Information Officer. 18th Judicial Court, Florida Speaker:@Lucas Schnoebelen, Learning & Development Manager, Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P ​​​​Recorded on 7-14-2020

Tips You Should Consider Before You Go On Video

In this micro-learning podcast, the speaker will share a few tips you should consider before you go on video that will make the overall experience a lot more successful.
Moderator/Speaker:​@Josh Lazar - ​​Chief Information Officer, Eighteenth Judicial Circuit CourtRecorded on 07-02-2020

Operations 101

Are you interested in learning more about what legal operations means in a corporate or government setting? In this podcast session, learn the ins and outs of legal operations in a corporation or government office.Moderator:@Corey Reitz - E-Discovery Project Lead, Sandia National LaboratoriesSpeakers:@Donald Knight -Director of Legal and Tax Operations, Crown Castle
Mike Russell - Lean Leader, Legal Operations, Trane Technologies