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We've all been there: a boss cushions their language so much we leave meetings unclear on whether we were doing a great or terrible job.
In this podcast panel interview session, seasoned managers will discuss on what things to include & avoid in feedback sessions, and how providing feedback on the go is much more valuable than waiting for formal performance reviews
Moderator:@Harriet Joubert-Vaklyes, Director, Legal Operations, CBRE
Panelists:
@Janelle Eveland Belling, Director of Legal Project Management, Perkins Coie @Amy Monaghan, VP of Client Success and Product Innovation, Infodash@Nicola Woodfall, Senior eDisclosure/eData Manager, Travers Smith
RECORDED 4-25-2024
Monday Apr 08, 2024
#0012: (CCT) Sitting in the Hot Seat 2: Trial and Terror
Monday Apr 08, 2024
Monday Apr 08, 2024
Success in the courtroom depends on comprehensive trial support that starts long before the trial date. How do you turn a compelling story into something that’s easy to understand and memorable for the judge and/or jury. Enlisting the assistance of a trial support professional early on is key.
In Part Two of our Sitting in the Hot Seat podcast, our esteemed panel will discuss preparation tips and tricks, effective communication strategies, logistics (in its many forms), technology considerations, and some ideas for you to help your team win.
Moderator: Jill Okerlund - Legal Process Coordinator, Robinson Bradshaw
Panelists: Stephanie Mills - Manager, Discovery Services, Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP Tim Piganelli - CEO, The Piganelli Consulting Group, Inc. David Gomez - Practice Support Project Manager, Robinson Bradshaw
Friday Mar 15, 2024
Friday Mar 15, 2024
In this podcast panel session, the panelists will share the pros and cons for eDiscovery professionals for working in-house at a law firm as opposed to externally at a service provider.
Moderator:@James MacGregor - Managing Director, Ethical eDiscovery
Panelists:@Rachel McAdams - Senior Consultant, Sky Discovery
@Dina Hetherington - eDiscovery Technology Manager, A&L Goodbody LLP
@Jakub Kur - Head of Forensic Technology, Bird & Bird
@Tom Quinn - Head of eDiscovery, Simmons & Simmons
Recorded on 3-15-2024
Friday Feb 23, 2024
Friday Feb 23, 2024
In this podcast the speakers will discuss how can legal operations teams work with each other on both sides of the client/law firm equation. What are best practices? How can a firm improve the client's experience? Moderator:@Damian Priamurskiy - Project Management & Delivery Specialist, Lowenstein Sandler LLP
Speakers:@Julianne Kasprzyk - Paralegal Manager, Investment Management, Lowenstein Sandler LLP @Donald Knight - Director of Legal and Tax Operations, Crown Castle
Recorded on 02-23-2024.
Monday Feb 05, 2024
#0002: (CCT) The Role of AI Powered Chatbots as Digital Research Assistants
Monday Feb 05, 2024
Monday Feb 05, 2024
Every firm currently struggles with making sure all of the knowledge in their organization is written down, up to date, and searchable.
In the future, chatbots could serve as a kind of automated research assistants for firm knowledge. They’d be responsible for answering questions by sourcing information from the right person, document and they could also be used to proactively record tacit knowledge into living documents by periodically interviewing key people about their progress on company initiatives.
In this podcast interview, we discussed the role of AI powered chatbots as digital research assistants and more.Moderator:@Alejandro Vallellanes - Former Senior Manager, Research and Information Alerts, Baker McKenzieSpeakers:@Stephanie Goutos - Practice Innovation Attorney, Gunderson Dettmer, L.L.P.@Avi Saiger - Practice Innovation Attorney, Gunderson Dettmer, L.L.P.@John Scrudato - Legal Engineering and Data Strategy Manager, Gunderson Dettmer, L.L.P.Recorded on 02-05-2024.
Thursday Jan 25, 2024
Legal Career Labyrinth: Navigating Your Unique Path in Law
Thursday Jan 25, 2024
Thursday Jan 25, 2024
In legal operations and other knowledge or practice management roles, there's often a lot less structure and clarity on the types of roles and career progression available in the industry.
In this podcast session, we'll talk through some ways to first figure out what your options are, then how to get started down the path you want to be on, and where to turn for help when it's not available within your org.
Questions the moderator asked the panelists - Tell us a bit about your professional journey and when you were able to steer your own ship with regards to your roles within a law firm. - What steps did you take and research did you have to do to clarify your vision for your next role? - What were some ways that you were able to communicate with management/leaders to get them aligned with your goals and vision for your next career moves? - Did you run into any unexpected obstacles and how did you overcome them? Do you have any advice for others that may be seeking a change in their current role?
Moderator:Harriet Joubert-Vaklyes- Senior Project Manager, Legal Operations, CBRE
Panelists: Danette Shaifer - Facilitator, Relationship Intelligence Coach, Learning Strategist, Florishion ConsultingAmy Wegener- Executive Coach and Consultant, AB Wegener LLC Esther Bowers - Chief Practice Innovation Officer, Honigman LLP
Recorded on 1-25-2024
Monday Dec 18, 2023
Sitting in the Hot Seat: Extreme Ligitation Support
Monday Dec 18, 2023
Monday Dec 18, 2023
Trial Support is often not just for trials. It comprises of arbitrations, mediations, business development proposals, hearings on dispositive motions and/or an in-depth presentation to name a few.In this podcast panel interview, the panelists discussed the various types of presentations, tools, considerations, setup and tips and trick they use when sitting on the "hot seat."
Questions that Jill asked the panelists:
1. How did you get here (brief background of lit experience that led to wanting to be ‘in the hot seat’)?
2. How do you ‘market’ your skillset within the firm?
3. What are the presentation types/tools most used by you/your firm?
4. What are the most important considerations when determining which presentation type will be the best choice for the forum?
5. What to do when technology fails?
6. What are some tips and tricks you’ve learned through your years sitting in the hot seat?Moderator:
@Jill Okerlund Pigeon- Legal Process Coordinator, Robinson BradshawPanelists:
@Timothy Piganelli - CEO, The Piganelli Consulting Group, Inc.@Stephanie Mills - Manager, Discovery Services, Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP
@David Gomez - Practice Support Project Manager, Robinson BradshawRecorded 12-18-2023
Thursday Oct 26, 2023
Pivoting: Career Transitions Within the Firm
Thursday Oct 26, 2023
Thursday Oct 26, 2023
In this podcast interview, the moderator talked with speakers who have both recently transitioned careers within the same firm. They will discuss how has their experience prepared them, why did they chose to stay within firm, what has been the overall key differences in the new role, challenges and successes experienced and more. Questions the moderator asked the speakers:-Tell us a little about your previous role(s) and what you do now-What are some of the key differences between your previous role(s) and current role?-What have been some of the biggest challenges that you have faced in making the transition?-What are some of the biggest factors in your success?-Do you have any advice for others looking to pivot?Moderator: @Harriet Joubert-Vaklyes - Senior Project Manager, Legal Operations, CBRESpeakers: @Tanya Pereira - Business Transformation Specialist, Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP @Martina Udovicic - Account Manager, Legal Operations, Borden Ladner Gervais LLPRecorded on 10-26-2023
Thursday Oct 19, 2023
How eDiscovery Can Support DSARs
Thursday Oct 19, 2023
Thursday Oct 19, 2023
In this session, the speaker discussed what are the differences between lit support and DSARs, the priorities for which DSAR work. In addition, they covered suggested processes, tips and tricks.
Questions the moderator asked the speaker:
• What is it about DSARs that makes them so tricky to respond to?
• What sort of approaches to the DSAR problem approaches have you seen organizations try to take? Do these work? (For example, printing and redacting hard copy, hiring dedicated teams)
• Why is eDiscovery technology is good solution for DSAR responses? (for example, searching, redacting, auditing, collaboration across teams)
• Is there a difference between using this technology for discovery and for DSARs? (For example, the way the review is structured, how the vendor needs to be instructed, use of different types of tools in the platform)
• Can you share some case studies about using eDiscovery technology to complete a DSAR / specific tasks within a DSAR response which wouldn’t have been possible otherwise?
Moderator: @Rachel McAdams - Senior Consultant, Sky Discovery
Speaker:
@Laura Herangi - Partner, Commercial Litigation, Mason Hayes & Curran LLP
Recorded on 10-19-2023
Thursday Oct 05, 2023
Unlocking the Power of LinkedIn for Legal Professionals
Thursday Oct 05, 2023
Thursday Oct 05, 2023
For many, the past few years since the pandemic brought lots of continual change in the legal marketplace. In order to stay relevant with like-minded individuals and keep up with emerging trends in industry, many paid more attention and time to social media to stay connected.One social media platform which has remained very popular within Legal and other key industries is LinkedIn. LinkedIn is a very effective professional development tool if utilized correctly and one that can help people achieve and/or grow their leadership skills.In this session, we will obtain important tips and tricks for unlocking the true potential of LinkedIn for legal professionals. Specifically, we will focus on how you can best share your own unique perspectives into the open for awareness, create a compelling profile, how you can easily identify networking and career opportunities and what you need to do to become a recognized 'thought leader' in the field and more.
Questions the moderator asked the speaker:
-What are 2-3 top tips for creating a compelling profile on LinkedIn? Any unique aspects to consider for legal
-Establishing yourself as a “thought leader” can feel daunting. What approaches do you recommend to someone wanting to leverage LinkedIn to enhance their persona as a thought leader? Any unique aspects to consider for legal?
-What advice do you have for a “newbie” wanting to start engaging or posting more regularly on LinkedIn? Any unique aspects to consider for legal?
-What are some proven strategies for successful networking on LinkedIn? What are the no-no’s to avoid in LinkedIn networking? Any unique aspects to consider for legal?Moderator:@Brendan Miller - Legal Innovation Consultant Speaker:@Stefanie Marrone - Fractional Marketing Director/Social Media, Marketing and Business Development Strategist, Stefanie Marrone Consulting/The Social Media Butterfly
Recorded on 10-5-2023
Wednesday Aug 16, 2023
Risk Management: Data Analytics & Intelligence > AI Adoption
Wednesday Aug 16, 2023
Wednesday Aug 16, 2023
How are firms adopting Artificial Intelligence in the Risk Management space? Given the fast-paced and highly publicized technology trends involving AI, what are the biggest challenges organizations face today with adopting AI technologies and in particular maintaining security and compliance around client, firm, and personnel data.Questions the moderator will ask the speakers:
Where do AI capabilities exist in the Risk Space? Reporting, Terms of Engagement, Conflicts Searching, Data Analytics, Records, etc.
Data captured at client/matter inception is used throughout an organization, would you tell me what key factors join teams together and how organizations maintain consistency especially with AI “running in the background”?
How do firms control the information and the learning?
How or when does an organization begin to trust its AI?
What are the fears/blocks an organization will address prior to deciding to implement AI technology?
As the industry patterns dictate and pressure increases, how can organizations assess security concerns in a timely and thorough manner?
How do an organizations’ client(s) fit into the mix? If an organization’s client(s) oppose the use of AI technologies with their data, how does the firm comply?
What are the specific steps an organization can take to ensure a successful adoption of AI technologies?Confirmed Moderator:
Elizabeth Suehr, Director of Legal Risk Systems and Strategy, Jenner & Block Confirmed Speakers:-Aaron Rangel, Director of Product Management, iManage
-Bennett Borden, Partner, DLA Piper
Recorded on 08-16-2023